The Centre has launched the primary instalment of the Fifteenth Finance Fee (XV FC) grants for the monetary yr 2024–25 to the Rural Native Our bodies (RLBs) in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.
“Andhra Pradesh has obtained untied grants amounting to ₹395.5091 crore and tied grants totalling ₹593.2639 crore. These funds are for duly elected 9 eligible District Panchayats, 615 eligible Block Panchayats and 12,853 eligible Gram Panchayats in Andhra Pradesh. Whereas in Rajasthan, untied grants of ₹507.1177 crore and tied grants of ₹760.6769 crore have been launched for the duly elected 22 eligible District Panchayats, 287 eligible Block Panchayats and 9,068 eligible Gram Panchayats within the state,” the Ministry of Panchayati Raj stated in a press release.
“The untied grants will allow panchayats to handle particular native wants throughout 29 topics beneath the Eleventh Schedule of the Structure of India, starting from agriculture and rural housing to training and sanitation. These funds, nevertheless, can’t be used for salaries or institution prices. The tied grants will concentrate on core companies reminiscent of sanitation, upkeep of open-defecation free (ODF) standing and water administration, together with rainwater harvesting, water recycling and remedy of family waste,” the assertion stated.
In response to the ministry, in step with Article 243G of the Structure, these funds empower panchayats to handle important companies and infrastructure. “The availability of tied grants has offered a big alternative for Gram Panchayats to redefine native self-governance in alignment with Mahatma Gandhi’s imaginative and prescient of ‘Gram Swaraj’, fostering the event of accountable and responsive management on the grassroots degree.”
“This empowerment course of resonates with the federal government’s guideline of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Viswas, Sabka Prayas’ as articulated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, emphasising a agency dedication in the direction of reaching the objective of ‘Viksit Bharat’. By enhancing native governance, these funds contribute to the inclusive development and sustainable rural improvement, reinforcing India’s dedication to participatory democracy and village-level progress,” it stated.
“Authorities of India by means of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Jal Shakti (Division of Ingesting Water and Sanitation) recommends launch of XV-FC Grants to States for Rural Native Our bodies that are then launched by Ministry of Finance. The allotted grants are really useful and launched in two instalments in a monetary yr,” it stated.
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