Grant-in-aid amounting to
Rs. 13,385.70 crore released to Rural Local Bodies
Total grant amounting to Rs. 25,129.98 crore released to Rural Local bodies so
far in 2021-22
The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has on Monday
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 are released to the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) for improving 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.
Out of the total Grant-in-aid allocated for Panchayati Raj institutions,
60 percent is ‘Tied Grant’.
It’s earmarked for national priorities like drinking water supply, rainwater
harvesting and sanitation. Remaining 40 percent is ‘Untied Grant’ and is to be utilized at the discretion of the
Panchayati Raj institutions for location specific felt needs, except for
payment of salaries.
Tied grants are meant to ensure availability of additional funds to the
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.
The States are required to transfer the grants to the Rural local bodies
within 10 working days of their 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
(RLB) grants released today and total RLB grants released so far is given
below:
|
S. No. |
Name of the State |
Amount
of RLB Grants released on 31-08-2021 (Rs. in
crore) |
Total
RLB Grants released so far in 2021-22. (Rs. in
crore) |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
581.7 |
969.50 |
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
51 |
142.75 |
|
3 |
Assam |
355.8 |
593.00 |
|
4 |
Bihar |
1112.7 |
1854.50 |
|
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
322.5 |
537.50 |
|
6 |
Gujarat |
708.6 |
1181.00 |
|
7 |
Haryana |
280.5 |
467.50 |
|
8 |
Himachal Pradesh |
95.1 |
158.50 |
|
9 |
Jharkhand |
374.7 |
624.50 |
|
10 |
Karnataka |
713.1 |
1188.50 |
|
11 |
Kerala |
360.9 |
601.50 |
|
12 |
Madhya Pradesh |
883.2 |
1472.00 |
|
13 |
Maharashtra |
1292.1 |
2153.50 |
|
14 |
Manipur |
39.3 |
65.50 |
|
15 |
Mizoram |
20.7 |
34.50 |
|
16 |
Orissa |
500.7 |
834.50 |
|
17 |
Punjab |
307.8 |
860.00 |
|
18 |
Rajasthan |
856.2 |
2392.50 |
|
19 |
Sikkim |
9.3 |
15.50 |
|
20 |
Tamil Nadu |
799.8 |
2783.23 |
|
21 |
Telangana |
409.5 |
682.50 |
|
22 |
Tripura |
42.3 |
70.50 |
|
23 |
Uttar Pradesh |
2162.4 |
3604.00 |
|
24 |
Uttarakhand |
127.5 |
212.50 |
|
25 |
West Bengal |
978.3 |
1630.50 |
|
x |
Total |
13,385.70 |
25,129.98 |
Source : PIB
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