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New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said it has released more than Rs 1,500 crore as the 15th Finance Commission grants to strengthen rural local governance in six states.The Centre sanctioned and released tied and untied grants during FY 2025–26 for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)/Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in Telangana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Mizoram and Meghalaya to further empower grassroots governance and enable need-based local development.For Telangana, …

New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said it has released more than Rs 1,789 crore under the 15th Finance Commission grants to strengthen rural local bodies in five states.The Centre released Untied Grants for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)/Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra during FY 2025–26. This release covers allocations pertaining to different financial years and aims to further strengthen rural local governanc…

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Centre on Sunday said it has released over Rs 299 crore to strengthen Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in Assam under the 15th Finance Commission (XV-FC) grants for the financial year 2025–26.According to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, the release includes the second instalment of Untied Grants for FY 2025–26 amounting to Rs 256.60 crore.The funds will benefit all eligible 27 District Panchayats (DPs), 182 Block Panchayats (BPs) …

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Centre on Friday said it has released Rs 275.1253 crore to strengthen Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and rural local bodies (RLBs) in Jharkhand as part of the 15th Finance Commission grants during FY 2025–26.According to Ministry of Panchayati Raj, this release pertains to the second instalment of Untied Grants for FY 2024–25 and will benefit all eligible 24 District Panchayats (DPs), 253 Block Panchayats (BPs) and 4,342 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the state.The…

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Centre on Friday said it has released over Rs 1,133 crore to strengthen Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Telangana, as part of the 15th Finance Commission grants during FY2025–26.According to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, in Madhya Pradesh, Rs 652.55 crore has been released as the second instalment of Untied Grants for FY 2024–25.The funds will benefit all 52 eligible District Panchayats, 312 eligibl…

New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said it has released Rs 213.9 crore as untied grants under the 15th Finance Commission for rural local bodies in Assam.This represents the first instalment for the financial year 2025–26, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said in a statement.“It has been released for all 2,192 eligible Gram Panchayats, 182 eligible Block Panchayats and 27 eligible Zilla Parishads across the state, said an official statement.In November last year, the Centre rel…