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Grant-in-aid of 2221.2 crore released to Rural Local Bodies in Bihar, Karnataka and West Bengal
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....rant-in-aid of 2221.2 crore released to Rural Local Bodies in Bihar, Karnataka and West Bengal <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 12-3-2022<br><BR>Grant-in-aid of ₹ 2221.2 crore released to Rural Local Bodies in Bihar, Karnataka and West Bengal Total grant of ₹ 31,765.3 crore released to Rural Local bodies so far in 2021-22 The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance on Fri....
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....day released an amount of Rs. 2,221.2 crore to Bihar, Karnataka and West Bengal for providing grants to the Rural Local Bodies. ₹ 1,112.7 crore has been released to Bihar, ₹ 473.9 crore to Karnataka and ₹ 634.6 crore to West Bengal. This Grant-in-aid is the 2nd installment of Tied grants to the State of Bihar and Untied grant to the States of Karnataka and West Bengal of the year....
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.... 2021-22. 15th Finance Commission(FC-XV) recommended Tied grants are released to Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) on the recommendations of the Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation for making improvements on two critical services namely (a) Sanitation and maintenance of open-defecation free (ODF) status and (b) supply of drinking water, rain water harvesting and water recycling. Untied grants are r....
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....eleased to Rural Local Bodies(RLBs) on the recommendations of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj after satisfying the conditions stipulated by the 15th Finance Commission (FC-XV). Out of the total Grant-in-aid earmarked for Panchayati Raj institutions, 60 percent is earmarked for national priorities like drinking water supply, rainwater harvesting and sanitation (referred as tied grants), while 40 pe....
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....rcent is untied and is to be utilized at the discretion of the Panchayati Raj institutions for location specific felt needs. The Local Body grants are meant to ensure additional funds to Rural local bodies over and above the funds allocated by the Centre and the State for sanitation and drinking water under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes. In order to be eligible for grants during the years 202....
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....1-22 and 2022-23, Rural Local Bodies have to fulfill certain conditions. These conditions have been stipulated to enhance transparency, regular conduct of elections to the local bodies and preparation of annual development plans by the local bodies. To receive both tied and untied grants, it is mandatory to prepare and make available online, in the public domain by at least 25 percent of the loc....
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....al bodies, both provisional accounts of the previous year and the audited accounts of the year before previous year. Moreover, the accounts must be uploaded on eGramswaraj and Audit Online portal. The grant is released only to those local bodies which are duly elected. In addition, to be eligible to receive tied grant, Rural Local bodies shall upload development plans on eGramSwaraj containing de....
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....tails of Annual Action Plan for Sanitation and Drinking Water Supply. Annual Action Plan for Drinking Water Supply shall include details about Supply of drinking water, rain water harvesting and water recycling. Annual Action Plan for Sanitation shall include the status & maintenance of ODF and planning and implementation of SLWM interventions in the local body. Local bodies must also upload the d....
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....etails of utilization 15th F.C. funds [both components] on the website. The States are required to transfer the grants to the local bodies within 10 working days of receipt from the Union Government. Any delay beyond 10 working days requires the State Governments to release the grants with interest. State-wise amount of Rural Local Bodies Grants released so far in 2021-22 is given below; State....
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....-wise amount of Rural Local Bodies Grants released in 2021-22 S. No. Name of the State Total amount released during 2021-22 [upto 09-03-2022] Rs. in crore. 1 Andhra Pradesh 969.50 2 Arunachal Pradesh 142.75 3 Assam 593.00 4 Bihar 3709.00 5 Chhattisgarh 752.50 6 Goa 48.50 7 Gujarat 1181.00 8 Haryana 467.50 9 Himachal Pradesh 158.50 10 Jharkhand 624.50 11 Karnat....
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....aka 1662.40 12 Kerala 842.10 13 Madhya Pradesh 1472.00 14 Maharashtra 2153.50 15 Manipur 65.50 16 Meghalaya 91.00 17 Mizoram 34.50 18 Nagaland 80.90 19 Orissa 1168.30 20 Punjab 860.00 21 Rajasthan 2963.30 22 Sikkim 21.70 23 Tamil Nadu 3316.43 24 Telangana 682.50 25 Tripura 98.70 26 Uttar Pradesh 5045.60 27 Uttarakhand 294.98 28 West Bengal 2265.1....
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....1 Total 31765.2715<BR> News - Press release - PIB....