Parliament Question: Grants to PRIs

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1437 ANSWERED ON 28.07.2026 GRANTS TO PRIS 1437. SMT. JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT: ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH: SHRI RAMASAHAYAM RAGHURAM REDDY: Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state: (a) the details of tied grants, untied grants, and performance-linked grants recommended under the 16th Finance Commission for Panchayati Raj Institutions, State/UT-wise; (b) the details of Gram Panchayats denied or delayed performance grants due to failure to upload Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP), upload audited accounts, achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) targets, or achieve immunisation linked criteria during the last ten years, State/UT- wise, including Chhattisgarh and Chandigarh; (c) the details of Finance Commission grants recommended, grants actually released, and the shortfall in release of grants to Panchayats under the 10th to 15th Finance Commissions, State/UT-wise; (d) the details of Panchayat elections delayed beyond Constitutional timelines during the last ten years, including duration of delay, reasons therefor, State/UT-wise; and (e) the technical assistance or capacity-building measures provided by the Ministry to local bodies in Chhattisgarh to expedite compliance? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH) (a): The details of tied grants, untied grants, and performance-linked grants recommended under the 16th Finance Commission for Panchayati Raj Institutions, State-wise are attached at Annexure-I. The Central Finance Commission grants for Rural Local Bodies are not recommended for Union Territories. (b): The criteria relating to the uploading of audited accounts and increase in own revenues over the preceding year, were applicable for availing Performance Grants for the period 2016-17 to 12019-20 under the 14th Finance Commission. Accordingly, the State/UT-wise details of Performance Grants released to States, including Chhattisgarh, in respect of all eligible Gram Panchayats under the 14th Finance Commission are given at Annexure-II. However, this Ministry does not maintain Gram Panchayat–wise details. Further, there was no Performance Grant component under the 15th Finance Commission during award period 2020-21 to 2025-26. (c): Under the 10th (FYs 1995-2000) and 11th (FYs 2000-2005) Finance Commission, a total grants of Rs. 3576.35 Crore out of total allocation of 4380.93 Crore and Rs.6601.85 Crore out of the total allocation Rs.8000.00 Crore respectively were released for the Panchayati Raj Institutions. However, the state-wise details in this regard are not available with the Ministry. Further, the State-wise details of grants recommended, grants actually released under 12th to 15th Finance Commission to Panchayati Raj Institutions are given at Annexure-III to Annexure-VI. (d): The required details are not maintained centrally. However, States/UTs wise current status of elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions is given at Annexure-VII. (e): Panchayat, being a “Local Self Government”, is a State subject and part of the State List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. Accordingly, strengthening Panchayat capacity is primarily the responsibility of States/UTs. However, the Ministry is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, namely the Revamped Rashtriya Gram SwarajAbhiyan (RGSA), w.e.f. financial year 2022-23, with the objective of supporting Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) by imparting training to Elected Representatives (ERs) and other stakeholders to develop leadership abilities, thereby enabling Gram Panchayats to function effectively across all States/UTs. Under the scheme, capacity-building support is provided to elected representatives, functionaries, and other stakeholders of Panchayats across different categories, viz. basic orientation and refresher programmes, thematic interventions, specialized training, and Panchayat Development Plan-related programmes, etc. Under this scheme, 6,16,642 participants were provided training in the State of Chhattisgarh, during 2022-23 to 2026-27 (as on 10.07.2026). *** 2Annexure-I Details of tied grants, untied grants, and performance-linked grants recommended under the 16th Finance Commission for Panchayati Raj Institutions, State-wise. (Rs. in crore) Sl. No. State Tied grant Untied grant Performance grant 1 Andhra Pradesh 6651.00 6651.00 3325.00 2 Arunachal Pradesh 679.00 679.00 340.00 3 Assam 5831.50 5831.50 2917.00 4 Bihar 20769.50 20769.50 10384.00 5 Chhattisgarh 4665.50 4665.50 2333.00 6 Goa 70.00 70.00 34.00 7 Gujarat 7521.00 7521.00 3760.00 8 Haryana 3308.00 3308.00 1654.00 9 Himachal Pradesh 1498.00 1498.00 748.00 10 Jharkhand 5692.50 5692.50 2846.00 11 Karnataka 7555.50 7555.50 3778.00 12 Kerala 1323.50 1323.50 661.00 13 Madhya Pradesh 12813.50 12813.50 6406.00 14 Maharashtra 13127.00 13127.00 6563.00 15 Manipur 504.50 504.50 253.00 16 Meghalaya 591.50 591.50 296.00 17 Mizoram 226.50 226.50 114.00 18 Nagaland 278.50 278.50 140.00 19 Odisha 7486.50 7486.50 3742.00 20 Punjab 3394.50 3394.50 1697.00 21 Rajasthan 12586.50 12586.50 6294.00 22 Sikkim 87.00 87.00 44.00 23 Tamil Nadu 6772.00 6772.00 3386.00 24 Telangana 3987.00 3987.00 1994.00 25 Tripura 470.50 470.50 235.00 26 Uttar Pradesh 33304.00 33304.00 16653.00 27 Uttarakhand 1618.50 1618.50 810.00 28 West Bengal 11281.00 11281.00 5641.00 Total 174094.00 174094.00 87048.00 3Annexure-II State-wise details of performance grants released during the award period of 14th Finance Commission (Rs. in crore) No. State 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 1 Andhra Pradesh 168.62 190.79 0.00 0.00 2 Arunachal Pradesh 16.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 Assam 106.22 120.2 0.00 0.00 4 Bihar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5 Chhattisgarh 102.84 116.37 0.00 0.00 6 Goa 2.62 2.97 0.00 0.00 7 Gujarat 169.32 191.61 0.00 0.00 8 Haryana 76.15 86.18 0.00 0.00 9 Himachal Pradesh 35.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 Jammu and Kashmir 66.79 0.00 0.00 0.00 11 Jharkhand 118.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 12 Karnataka 179.46 204.08 0.00 0.00 13 Kerala 78.78 79.58 0.00 0.00 14 Madhya Pradesh 265.84 296.64 0.00 0.00 15 Maharashtra 294.84 0.00 0.00 0.00 16 Manipur 4.04 4.57 0.00 0.00 17 Meghalaya 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 18 Mizoram 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19 Nagaland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20 Odisha 173.55 196.4 0.00 0.00 21 Punjab 80.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 22 Rajasthan 267.35 302.55 0.00 0.00 23 Sikkim 2.91 3.3 0.00 0.00 24 Tamil Nadu 172.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 25 Telangana 105.41 119.28 0.00 0.00 26 Tripura 6.58 7.45 0.00 0.00 27 Uttar Pradesh 699.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 28 Uttarakhand 36.92 21.58 0.00 0.00 29 West Bengal 268.97 0.00 0.00 0.00 3499.45 1943.55 0.00 0.00 Note: No grants were recommended to the State of Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland under 14th Finance Commission. 4Annexure-III State-wise details of allocation and release of 12th Finance Commission grants to Rural Local Bodies during award period 2005-06 to 2009-10. (Rs. in crore) Sl. No. State Allocation Release 1 Andhra Pradesh 1,587.00 1,587.00 2 Arunachal Pradesh 68.00 27.20 3 Assam 526.00 368.20 4 Bihar 1,624.00 1,624.00 5 Chhattisgarh 615.00 615.00 6 Goa 18.00 7.97 7 Gujarat 931.00 931.00 8 Haryana 388.00 388.00 9 Himachal Pradesh 147.00 147.00 10 Jammu & Kashmir 281.00 52.86 11 Jharkhand 482.00 0.00 12 Karnataka 888.00 888.00 13 Kerala 985.00 985.00 14 Madhya Pradesh 1,663.00 1,663.00 15 Maharashtra 1,983.00 1,983.00 16 Manipur 46.00 21.16 17 Meghalaya 50.00 40.00 18 Mizoram 20.00 16.00 19 Nagaland 40.00 40.00 20 Orissa 803.00 803.00 21 Punjab 324.00 259.20 22 Rajasthan 1,230.00 1,230.00 23 Sikkim 13.00 11.70 24 Tamil Nadu 870.00 870.00 25 Tripura 57.00 39.90 26 Uttar Pradesh 2,928.00 2,928.00 27 Uttarakhand 162.00 129.60 28 West Bengal 1,271.00 1,271.00 Total 20,000 18,926.79 5Annexure-IV State-wise details of allocation and release of 13th Finance Commission grants to Rural Local Bodies during award period 2010-11 to 2014-15. (Rs. in crore) Sl. State Allocation Release No. 1 Andhra 4686.22 4124.25 Pradesh 2 Arunachal 277.26 100.48 Pradesh 3 Assam 1658.45 1455.00 4 Bihar 5013.46 4972.93 5 Chhattisgarh 1869.92 1779.51 6 Goa 91.55 10.49 7 Gujarat 2483.52 1804.46 8 Haryana 1099.42 1093.25 9 Himachal 565.76 562.66 Pradesh 10 Jammu & 929.46 592.26 Kashmir 11 Jharkhand 1832.05 1594.17 12 Karnataka 4558.33 4521.06 13 Kerala 1973.13 1962.06 14 Madhya 4388.66 3953.88 Pradesh 15 Maharashtra 5631.60 5591.83 16 Manipur 236.77 199.82 17 Meghalaya 355.59 126.17 18 Mizoram 219.32 93.64 19 Nagaland 342.65 59.31 20 Odisha 2805.44 1898.22 21 Punjab 1138.70 960.63 22 Rajasthan 4016.09 3995.76 23 Sikkim 186.59 120.40 24 Tamil Nadu 3120.56 2271.86 25 Telangana 652.88 895.16 26 Tripura 316.86 219.11 27 Uttar Pradesh 9904.87 9824.08 28 Uttarakhand 598.13 406.19 29 West Bengal 4207.47 3067.97 Total 65160.71 58256.61 6Annexure-V State-wise details of allocation and release of 14th Finance Commission grants to Gram Panchayats during award period 2015-16 to 2019-20. (Rs. in crore) Sl. No. State Allocation Release 1 Andhra Pradesh 8654.09 8124.13 2 Arunachal Pradesh 819.93 753.32 3 Assam 5416.59 5101.35 4 Bihar 21017.84 18916.06 5 Chhattisgarh 5244.14 4938.93 6 Goa 133.76 125.98 7 Gujarat 8634.73 8132.20 8 Haryana 3883.52 3657.50 9 Himachal Pradesh 1809.80 1664.31 10 Jammu & Kashmir 3463.73 1857.93 11 Jharkhand 6046.73 5560.64 12 Karnataka 9288.66 8649.95 13 Kerala 4017.61 3774.20 14 Madhya Pradesh 13556.36 12763.20 15 Maharashtra 15035.67 13826.95 16 Manipur 206.04 194.05 17 Odisha 8850.34 8335.25 18 Punjab 4091.15 3762.27 19 Rajasthan 13633.64 12840.17 20 Sikkim 148.49 139.86 21 Tamil Nadu 8777.43 7523.06 22 Telangana 5375.29 5059.97 23 Tripura 335.67 316.13 24 Uttar Pradesh 35776.57 32874.79 25 Uttarakhand 1882.68 1752.90 26 West Bengal 14191.78 12603.46 Total 200292.20 183248.54 7Annexure-VI State-wise details of allocation and release of 15th Finance Commission grants to Rural Local Bodies during award period 2020-21 to 2025-26. (Rs. in crore) Sl. No. State Allocation Release 1 Andhra Pradesh 12856.00 12680.82 2 Arunachal Pradesh 1131.00 489.50 3 Assam 7857.00 7857.00 4 Bihar 24579.00 24545.34 5 Chhattisgarh 7123.00 7115.24 6 Goa 368.00 263.88 7 Gujarat 15650.00 15648.39 8 Haryana 6193.00 6120.54 9 Himachal Pradesh 2102.00 2100.40 10 Jharkhand 8274.00 7596.88 11 Karnataka 15756.00 11905.89 12 Kerala 7972.00 7972.00 13 Madhya Pradesh 19511.00 19471.97 14 Maharashtra 28540.00 26119.04 15 Manipur 867.00 242.50 16 Meghalaya 893.00 276.50 17 Mizoram 455.00 455.00 18 Nagaland 611.00 265.00 19 Odisha 11058.00 11054.11 20 Punjab 6798.00 6771.67 21 Rajasthan 18915.00 17253.31 22 Sikkim 207.00 204.78 23 Tamil Nadu 17666.00 15419.93 24 Telangana 9048.00 7957.45 25 Tripura 937.00 937.00 26 Uttar Pradesh 47764.00 47764.00 27 Uttarakhand 2813.00 2802.06 28 West Bengal 21611.00 21342.14 Total 297555.00 282632.34 8Annexure-VII States/UTs wise status of elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions Sl. Name of the Year and month when Year and month when next Remarks No States/UTs election held last election due 1 Andhra Gram Panchayat: April, Gram Panchayat: March, 2026 Tenure of Gram Pradesh 2021 Block Panchayat: August 2026 Panchayat ended on Block Panchayat: District Panchayat: August 2026 2nd April 2026. September, 2021 District Panchayat: September 2021 2 Arunachal Gram Panchayat: Dec, Gram Panchayat: Dec, 2030 - Pradesh 2025 Block Panchayat: Nil Block Panchayat: Nil District Panchayat: Dec, 2030 District Panchayat: Dec, 2025 3 Assam Gram Panchayat: May, Gram Panchayat: June, 2030 - 2025 Block Panchayat June, 2030 Block Panchayat: May, District Panchayat: June, 2030 2025 District Panchayat: May, 2025 4 Bihar Gram Panchayat: August Gram Panchayat: August – - – December, 2021 December, 2026 Block Panchayat: August Block Panchayat: August – – December, 2021 December, 2026 District Panchayat: District Panchayat: August – August – December, 2021 December, 2026 5 Chhattisgarh Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: February, - February, 2025 2030 Block Panchayat: Block Panchayat: February, February, 2025 2030 District Panchayat: District Panchayat: February, February, 2025 2030 6 Goa Gram Panchayat: August, Gram Panchayat: August, 2027 - 2022 Block Panchayat: Block Block Panchayat: No Panchayat Block Panchayat District Panchayat: December, District Panchayat: 2030 December, 2025 7 Gujarat Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: December, State election December, 2021 (10120 2026 commission Gram Panchayats) postponed election Gram Panchayat: June, of 121 Gram 2025 (4564 Gram Gram Panchayat: July, 2030 Panchayats of Panchayats) Visavadar assembly 9Gram Panchayat: March, 2023 constituency and Gram Panchayat: Kadi assembly February, 2018 (121 constituency as Gram Panchayats) Election Commission of India declared Block Panchayat: May 2031 election of these Block Panchayat: April, two assembly 2026 (260 Block constituencies in Panchayats) Block Panchayat: March, 2030 this period and as the entire election Block Panchayat: staff was deployed February, 2025 (3 Block for conducting the Panchayats) District Panchayat: May, 2031 election of these two assembly constituencies, State District Panchayat: April, Election 2026 (34 District commission had to Panchayats) postpone elections of 121 Gram Panchayats falling under these two constituencies. So, there will be election held in these Gram Panchayats when SEC conduct Gram Panchayat by- elections of vacant seats as like every six months regularly. 8 Haryana November, 2022 November, 2027 - 9 Himachal Gram Panchayat: May Gram Panchayat: May 2031 Pradesh 2026 Block Panchayat: May 2031 Block Panchayat: May District Panchayat: May 2031 2026 District Panchayat: May 2026 10 Jharkhand Gram Panchayat: May, Gram Panchayat: May, 2027 - 2022 Block Panchayat: May, 2027 Block Panchayat: May, District Panchayat: May, 2027 2022 10District Panchayat: May, 2022 11 Karnataka Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: Block Panchayats December, 2020 December,2025 and District Panchayats Block Panchayat: Block Panchayat: February, elections were February, 2016 2021 scheduled in Feb., 2021 but it had been District Panchayat: District Panchayat: February, delayed due to February, 2016 2021 Court case (WP 20426/2021- SEC of Karnataka v/s State of Karnataka) – Case disposed. Block and District Panchayat Elections are pending since February 2021. Tenure of Gram Panchayat body ended in February – March, 2026. 12 Kerala Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: December - December 2025 2030 Block Panchayat: Block Panchayat: December December 2025 2030 District Panchayat: District Panchayat: December December 2025 2030 13 Madhya Gram Panchayat: July Gram Panchayat: July 2027 - Pradesh 2022 Block Panchayat: July 2027 Block Panchayat: July District Panchayat: July 2027 2022 District Panchayat: July 2022 14 Maharashtra Gram Panchayat:* Gram Panchayat:* State election Gram Panchayat: November. 2023 commission will declare Elections in Gram Panchayats are being held from time to time in a staggered manner. Block Panchayat: Block Panchayat: Elections in 211 March 2017 March 2022 Block Panchayats (148 Block Panchayats) (148 Block Panchayats) are pending due to court case. 11January 2018 January 2023 (05 Block Panchayats) (05 Block Panchayats) December 2019 December 2024 (14 Block Panchayats) (14 Block Panchayats) January 2020 January 2025 (44 Block Panchayats) (44 Block Panchayats) December 2021 December 2026 (07 Block Panchayats) (07 Block Panchayats) January 2022 January 2027 (08 Block Panchayats) (08 Block Panchayats) February 2026 February 2031 (125 Block Panchayats) (125 Block Panchayats) District Panchayat: District Panchayat: Elections 20 District Panchayats March 2017 March 2022 are pending due to (12 District Panchayats) (12 District Panchayats) court case. January 2018 January 2023 (01 District Panchayat) (01 District Panchayat) December 2024 December 2019 (01 District Panchayat) (01 District Panchayat) Jan. 2025 January 2020 (06 District Panchayat) (06 District Panchayats) Dec 2026 December 2021 (01 District Panchayat) (01 District Panchayat) January 2027 January 2022 (01 District Panchayat) (01 District Panchayat) February 2031 (12 District Panchayats) February 2026 (12 District Panchayats) 15 Manipur Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: October, As per the North October, 2017 2022 East News dated 16.06.2026, the Manipur Cabinet approves Panchayat elections on 1st October, 2026. 12Block Panchayat: NA Block Panchayat: N/A District Panchayat: District Panchayat: October, Block Panchayat: October, 2017 2022 The provision of Panchayat Samiti (Block Panchayat) was inserted in the Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 vide 8th Amendment Act, 2023, notified in Gazette on 22nd February, 2023. 16 Meghalaya Does not cover under Part IX 17 Mizoram Does not cover under Part IX 18 Nagaland Does not cover under Part IX 19 Odisha Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: - February 2022 February 2027 Block Panchayat: Block February 2022 Panchayat: District Panchayat: February 2027 February 2022 District Panchayat: February 2027 20 Punjab Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: - October 2024 October 2029 Block Panchayat: Block December 2025 Panchayat: December 2030 District Panchayat: December 2025 District Panchayat: December 2030 21 Rajasthan Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: In the decision dated January, 2020 (6759 January 2025 10.05.2022passed in Writ Petition Gram Panchayat s) (Civil) No. 278/2022 Suresh Mahajan March, 2020 (704 March, 2025 vs. State of Madhya Pradesh and Gram Panchayats) others filed in the Hon'ble Supreme September, 2025 Court, the Hon'ble Court had given September, 2020 directions to conduct a tripartite test (1003 Gram for OBC reservation, in compliance of Panchayats) October, 2025 which the Rajasthan State Other Backward Classes (Political October, 2020 (2845 Representation) Commission, Jaipur Gram Panchayats) January, 2026 constituted by the State Government has not yet submitted its report to the 13January, 2021 (10 State Government, due to which a Gram Panchayats) decision on reservation in Panchayati Block Panchayat: Block Raj Institutions cannot be taken right December, 2020 Panchayat: now. Only as a result of this, the (222 Block December, 2025 general elections of the PanchayatiRaj Panchayats) Institutions of the State will be able to be completed/started. September., 2021 (78 September, 2026 Block Panchayats) October, 2021 (22 October, 2026 Block Panchayats) December, 2026 December, 2021 (30 Block Panchayats) District District Panchayat: December, Panchayat: 2020 December, 2025 (21 District Panchayats) September, 2026 September, 2021 (06 District Panchayats) October, 2026 October, 2021 (02 District Panchayats) December, 2026 December, 2021 (04 District Panchayats) 22 Sikkim Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: - November 2022 November 2027 Block Panchayat: Not Block Applicable Panchayat: Not District Panchayat: Applicable November 2022 District Panchayat: November 2027 23 Tamil Nadu December, 2019 January 2025 Election in all Panchayats of 28 Districts is due since January 2025. Tenure of all Panchayats of reaming 9 Districts is till October, 2026. 24 Telangana Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: Block Panchayat and District December, 2025 December, 2030 Panchayat election pending since July, 2024. Last election held on May 2019. Block Panchayat: Block As per the directions of the Hon’ble 14May, 2019 Panchayat: May, Supreme Court, the Government 2024 appointed Dedicated Commission to District Panchayat: District recommend reservations to Backward May, 2019 Panchayat: May, Classes on empirical data. The Govt. 2024 also taken up SEEEPC survey basing on which the Dedicated Commission has prepared its report. In the meanwhile the Govt. has decided to increase the quantum of reservations to BCs and issued G.O. Ms.No.09, 26- 09-2025 providing 42% reservations to BCs. Accordingly, reservations were made to Rural Local Bodies and submitted to the State Election Commission. The Hon’ble High Court has set aside the G.O. Ms. No.09, 26-09-2025 and the State Election Commission has kept the notification in abeyance. The case is pending in the Hon’ble High Court. 25 Tripura Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: - August, 2024 July 2029 Block Panchayat: Block August, 2024 Panchayat: July District Panchayat: 2029 August, 2024 District Panchayat: July 2029 26 Uttar Pradesh April, 2021 May, 2026 Tenure of PRI body ended in May 2026 27 Uttarakhand 12 Districts (Except - Haridwar) Gram Panchayat: July, Gram Panchayat: 2025 July, 2030 Block Panchayat: July, Block 2025 Panchayat: July, District Panchayat: 2030 July, 2025 District Panchayat: July, (Haridwar District) 2030 Gram Panchayat: September, 2022 Block Panchayat: September, 2022 Gram Panchayat: District Panchayat: September, 2027 15September, 2022 Block Panchayat: September, 2027 District Panchayat: September, 2027 28 West Bengal Gram Panchayat: July Gram Panchayat: - 2023 July 2028 Block Panchayat: July Block 2023 Panchayat: July District Panchayat: 2028 July 2023 District Panchayat: July 2028 Union Territories 29 Andaman Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: - and Nicobar March, 2022 March, 2027 Islands Block Panchayat: Block March, 2022 Panchayat: District Panchayat: March, 2027 March, 2022 District Panchayat: March, 2027 30 Dadra and Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: - Nagar Haveli November, 2025 November, 2030 and Daman Block Panchayat: Not Block and Diu Applicable Panchayat: Not District Panchayat: Applicable November, 2025 District Panchayat: November, 2030 31 Jammu and Gram Panchayat: Nov-Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat and Block Panchayat Kashmir Dec, 2018 January, 2024 have been dissolved in January, 2024. Tenure of District Panchayat body ended in February 2026. The tenure of all three tiers of Panchayati Raj Institutions has expired. Consequently, no elected women representatives are presently heading the District, Block, or Panchayat levels. Block Panchayat: Block The State Election Commissioner, UT 16October - November, Panchayat: of J&K, has been appointed. Vide 2019 January, 2024 Order No. SEC/Pyt/03/2026/607-639 dated 25.03.2026, a schedule has been issued for the revision of the Panchayat Electoral Roll with reference to 01.04.2026 as the qualifying date. As per the said order, the final Panchayat Electoral Roll- 2026 shall be published on 15.05.2026. Accordingly, the process District Panchayat: District for revision of the Panchayat Electoral November - Panchayat: Roll has been initiated across all December, 2020 February, 2026 Panchayats in the UT of J&K. 32 Ladakh Gram Panchayat: Not Gram Panchayat: After separation from J&K, Fresh PRI Available Not Available election are yet to held. Block Panchayat: Not Block Last election was held on 2018 Available Panchayat: Not District Panchayat: Available Tenure of Panchayats ended in Jan Not Available District 2024. Election not held yet. Panchayat: Not Available 33 LakshadweepGram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: Due to Court Case pending in High December, 2017 December, 2022 Court of Kerala vide WPC No. 40183 of 2022 filed by Sh. AP Nazeer of Kavaratti. Panchayats have been dissolved in December, 2022. Election not held yet. Block Panchayat: Not Block - Applicable Panchayat: Not Applicable District Panchayat: District Due to Court Case pending in High December, 2017 Panchayat: Court of Kerala vide WPC No. 40183 January, 2023 of 2022 filed by Sh. AP Nazeer of Kavaratti. Panchayats have been dissolved in December, 2022. Election not held yet. 34 Puducherry Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat: Gram Panchayat& Block Panchayat: June, 2006 July, 2011 Elections to the Local Bodies could Block Panchayat: Block not be held due to litigation in the June, 2006 Panchayat: July, Hon'ble High Court of Madras. As per District Panchayat: 2011 the Court's directions, the Local 17Not Available District Government Secretariat, Puducherry Panchayat: Not has constituted a Single Member Available Commission with Justice K. K. Sasidharan, Judge (Retired), Honourable High Court of Madras to recommend appropriate reservation for Other Backward Classes in the Local bodies across the Union Territory of Puducherry. The Single member Commission is yet to submit the report / recommendation to the Government. After sorting out of OBC reservation in Local body elections and appointment of the State Election Commissioner, the local body election will be conducted at the earliest. Panchayats have been dissolved in July, 2011. Election not held yet. *** 18