The Union Government has released the 1st installment of Untied Grants for the financial year 2025-26, amounting to Rs.224.5762 crores as XV FC grants for Panchayati Raj Institutions/Rural Local Bodies in Chhattisgarh. These funds are for 11279 eligible Gram Panchayats, 138 eligible Block Panchayats, and 26 eligible District Panchayats of the State. The grants are released by the Ministry of Finance, based on the recommendation of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry of Jal Shakti. The Untied Grants will be utilized by Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)/Rural Local Bodies (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 and maintenance of ODF status (including management and treatment of household waste, human excreta, and fecal sludge) and the supply of drinking water, rainwater harvesting, and water recycling. This information was released on 31 DEC 2025 5:01 PM by PIB Delhi, release ID: 2210195, visitor platform: 348.
Key Entities Referenced
XV Finance Commission: The Finance Commission established under Article 280 of the Constitution; here, its grants are allocated to Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Chhattisgarh: State where the grants for Rural Local Bodies are allocated.
Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs): Local self-government institutions at the village or block level. Also referred to as Rural Local Bodies (RLBs)
Ministry of Panchayati Raj: Central ministry involved in recommending the release of grants to states for Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Centre Releases Over ₹224 Crores as XV Finance
Commission Grants to Empower Rural Local
Bodies Across Chhattisgarh
प्रव तथ: 31 DEC 2025 5:01PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Government has released 1st installment of Untied Grants of the financial year 2025-26
amounting to Rs.224.5762 crores as XV FC grants for Panchayati Raj Institutions/ Rural Local Bodies in
Chhattisgarh. These funds are for 11279 eligible Gram Panchayats, 138 eligible Block Panchayats and 26
eligible District Panchayats of 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 Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) / Rural Local Bodies (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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Aditi Agrawal
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