The Union Government has released ₹87.52 crores for Rural Local Bodies in Assam under the XV Finance Commission during FY 2025–26. This amount represents the withheld portion of the 1st and 2nd installments of Untied Grants for the financial year 2024–25. The funds have been released for all three eligible Autonomous District Councils - Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) and Dima Hasao Autonomous Council (DHAC). The allocated grants are recommended and released in 2 installments in a financial year. The Untied Grants will be utilized by 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. This information was released on December 10, 2025, at 5:28 PM by PIB Delhi.
Key Entities Referenced
XV Finance Commission: Deals with grants for Rural Local Bodies.
Assam: State where the grants are being allocated to Rural Local Bodies.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj: The ministry responsible for recommending the release of XV-FC grants.
Autonomous District Councils: Includes Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) and Dima Hasao Autonomous Council (DHAC).
Untied Grants: Grants allocated to be utilized by RLBs for location-specific felt needs, under the twenty-nine subjects enshrined in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Centre Releases over ₹87 Crores as XV Finance
Commission Grants for Rural Local Bodies in
Assam
प्रव तथ: 10 DEC 2025 5:28PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Government has released ₹87.52 crores for Rural Local Bodies in Assam under the XV
Finance Commission during FY 2025–26. This amount represents the withheld portion of the 1st and 2nd
instalments of Untied Grants for the financial year 2024–25. The funds have been released for all three
eligible Autonomous District Councils - Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), Karbi Anglong Autonomous
Council (KAAC) and Dima Hasao Autonomous Council (DHAC).
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 Rural Local Bodies,
which are 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 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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