The Union Government has released over ₹223 Crores under Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants for Rural Local Bodies in Assam during Financial Year 2025–26. This includes the 2nd installment of Untied Grants of the Financial Year 2024–25, amounting to ₹219.24 crores, for all eligible 27 District Panchayats (DPs), 182 Block Panchayats (BPs), and 2192 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the state. Additionally, ₹4.698 crores of withheld portion of the 1st installment of Untied Grant for Financial Year 2024–25 has been released to 26 additionally eligible Block Panchayats.
The grants, recommended by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry of Jal Shakti and released by the Ministry of Finance, are allocated in two installments annually. The Untied Grants will be utilized by Panchayati Raj Institutions/Rural Local Bodies for location-specific felt needs under the Twenty-Nine (29) subjects enshrined in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution, excluding salaries and other establishment costs. Tied Grants can be used for sanitation and maintenance of ODF status, waste management (household and human waste), and water supply, rainwater harvesting, and water recycling. This release was posted on 14 NOV 2025 11:42AM by PIB Delhi.
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Key Entities Referenced
Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants: Grants released to Rural Local Bodies.
Assam: State where the grants are being released.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj: Union Ministry recommending release of the XV-FC grants.
Ministry of Jal Shakti: Union Ministry recommending release of the XV-FC grants.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Over ₹223 Crores Released under XV Finance
Commission Grants for Rural Local Bodies in
Assam
Posted On: 14 NOV 2025 11:42AM by PIB Delhi
The Union Government has released Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants during Financial
Year 2025–26, for Rural Local Bodies in Assam. This entails 2nd installment of Untied Grants of the
Financial Year 2024–25 amounting to Rs.219.24 crores. These funds are for all eligible 27 District
Panchayats (DPs), all eligible 182 Block Panchayats (BPs) and all eligible 2192 Gram Panchayats
(GPs) of the State. Further, Rs.4.698 crores of withheld portion of 1st instalment of Untied Grant for
Financial Year 2024–25 has also been released to additionally eligible 26 Block Panchayats.
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/ Rural Local Bodies, which are then released by Ministry of Finance. The allocated
Grants are recommended and released in two installments in a financial year.
The Untied Grants will be utilized by Panchayati Raj Institutions/ Rural Local Bodies for location-
specific felt needs, under the Twenty-Nine (29) 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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