The Union Government released ₹94.236 crores as XV Finance Commission grants during the Financial Year 2025-26 for Rural Local Bodies / Panchayati Raj Institutions in Uttarakhand. This includes the second instalment of Untied Grants for the Financial Year 2024-25 amounting to ₹9,410.03 lakhs for all eligible 13 District Panchayats, 95 Block Panchayats and 7,784 Gram Panchayats. Additionally, ₹13.60 lakhs towards the withheld portion of the first instalment of Untied Grants for FY 2024-25 has been released to 15 additionally eligible Gram Panchayats. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry of Jal Shakti recommend the release of XV FC Grants for RLBs/PRIs in two installments during the financial year. Untied Grants are to be utilized by Rural Local Bodies/PRIs for location-specific felt needs under the 29 subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution, excluding salaries and establishment expenditures. Tied Grants are for basic services relating to sanitation, maintenance of ODF status, management of household waste, human excreta, fecal sludge, drinking water supply, rainwater harvesting, and water recycling. The release was dated 19 DEC 2023.
Key Entities Referenced
XV Finance Commission (XV FC): The Fifteenth Finance Commission, whose grants are being released to Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Uttarakhand: The state in which Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) are receiving grants.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj: The ministry recommending the release of XV FC Grants for RLBs/PRIs.
Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs): Rural Local Bodies in Uttarakhand that are to receive the XV Finance Commission grants.
Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution: Specifies the subjects for which Untied Grants can be utilized by Rural Local Bodies/PRIs.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Over ₹94 Crores XV Finance Commission Grants
Released for PRIs in Uttarakhand
प्रव तथ: 19 DEC 2025 1:22PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Government has released ₹94.236 crores as XV Finance Commission (XV FC) grants during
the Financial Year 2025-26 for Rural Local Bodies / Panchayati Raj Institutions in Uttarakhand. The
release includes the second instalment of Untied Grants for the Financial Year 2024-25 amounting to
₹9,410.03 lakhs for all eligible 13 District Panchayats, 95 Block Panchayats and 7,784 Gram Panchayats
in the State. In addition, ₹13.60 lakhs towards the withheld portion of the first instalment of Untied Grants
for FY 2024- 25 has been released to 15 additionally eligible Gram Panchayats.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Drinking Water and
Sanitation) recommend the release of XV FC Grants for RLBs/PRIs, which is subsequently released by
the Ministry of Finance in two installments during a financial year. Untied Grants are meant to be utilized
by Rural Local Bodies/PRIs for location-specific felt needs under the 29 subjects listed in the Eleventh
Schedule of the Constitution, except for salaries and other establishment expenditures. Tied Grants, on the
other hand, are earmarked for basic services relating to (a) sanitation and maintenance of ODF status
including management and treatment of household waste, human excreta and fecal sludge, and (b) supply
of drinking water, rainwater harvesting, and water recycling.
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