On 20 JAN 2026, the Union Government released ₹213.9 crores as XV Finance Commission Untied Grants for Rural Local Bodies in Assam. This is the first installment for the financial year 2025-26. The grant has been released for all 2,192 eligible Gram Panchayats, 182 eligible Block Panchayats and 27 eligible Zilla Parishads across the State.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Jal Shakti recommend release of XV-FC grants to States for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)/ Rural Local Bodies (RLBs), which is then released by the Ministry of Finance. The untied grants will be utilized by PRIs/ RLBs for location-specific felt needs, under the Twenty-Nine subjects enshrined in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution, except for salaries and other establishment costs. The tied grants can be used for sanitation, maintenance of ODF status, waste treatment, and supply of drinking water, rainwater harvesting and water recycling.
Key Entities Referenced
XV Finance Commission: The Fifteenth Finance Commission, which provides grants to rural local bodies.
Assam: The state where the grants are being released to strengthen rural local bodies.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj: The ministry recommending the release of XV-FC grants.
Rural Local Bodies (RLBs): Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in Assam that will utilize the grants.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Centre Releases ₹213.9 Crores under XV Finance
Commission Grants to strengthen rural local
bodies in Assam
प्रव तथ: 20 JAN 2026 12:54PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Government has released ₹213.9 crores as XV Finance Commission Untied Grants for Rural
Local Bodies in Assam. This amount represents the first installment for the financial year 2025–26. It has
been released for all 2,192 eligible Gram Panchayats, 182 eligible Block Panchayats and 27 eligible Zilla
Parishads across the State.
Government of India through Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of
Drinking Water and Sanitation) recommends release of XV-FC grants to States for Panchayati Raj
Institutions (PRIs)/ Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) which is then released by Ministry of Finance. The
allocated grants are recommended and released in 2 installments in a financial year. The Untied Grants
will be utilized by PRIs/ RLBs for location-specific felt needs, under the Twenty-Nine subjects enshrined
in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution, except for salaries and other establishment costs. The Tied
Grants can be used for the basic services of (a) sanitation and maintenance of ODF status, and this should
include management and treatment of household waste, and human excreta and fecal sludge management
in particular and (b) supply of drinking water, rainwater harvesting and water recycling.
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