Grant-in-aid to Rural Local Bodies

On 30th August the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has released an amount of Rs. 13,385.70 crore to 25 States for providing grants to the Rural Local Bodies. This Grant-in-aid is the 1st installment of Tied grants of the year 2021-22.

The grants have been released as per the recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission.

Tied Grants

  • Tied grants are released to the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) for improving two critical services namely
    1. Sanitation and maintenance of open-defecation free (ODF) status, and
    2. Supply of drinking water, rain water harvesting and water recycling.
  • Out of the total Grant-in-aid allocated for Panchayati ....

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