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Official TranscriptGOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRYOF PANCHAYATIRAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 2781 ANSWERED ON10.03.2026 UTILISATIONOFFUNDS BYPANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS 2781: SHRIRAJEEVRAI: Will the Minister of PANCHAYATIRAJ be pleased to state: (a) the norms and rules governing the utilization of funds allocated to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) underdifferent programmes; (b) whether the funds allocated to...
GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRYOF PANCHAYATIRAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 2781 ANSWERED ON10.03.2026 UTILISATIONOFFUNDS BYPANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS 2781: SHRIRAJEEVRAI:
Will the Minister of PANCHAYATIRAJ be pleased to state:
(a) the norms and rules governing the utilization of funds allocated to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) underdifferent programmes;
(b) whether the funds allocated to the States under these programmes which have been utilizedfullyby them;
(c) if not,the reasons therefore,State-wise; and
(d) the action taken by the Government to ensure full utilization of funds allocated under these programmes? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRIRAJEEVRANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)
(a) The Central Finance Commission’s devolved funds are allocated, presently under the Fifteenth Finance Commission (FFC), for the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through the States.TheFFCGrantshave twocomponents—Tied andUntied.
The untied grant, which is 40% of the total grant, can be used by RLBs for their location- specific felt needs under the 29 subjects enshrined in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution, except for salary or other establishment expenditure. The tied grant, which is 60% oftotalgrants, canbe usedfor providingbasicservices of (a)sanitationandmaintenance of Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, which includes management and treatment of household waste, human excreta and faecal sludge management and (b) supply of drinking water, rainwater harvesting and water recycling. If any local body has fully saturated the needsof onecategory, itcanutilisethe fundsforthe othercategory.
(b) to (d) A state-wise statement indicating allocation, release and utilization of funds under the FFCgrantsisatAnnexure. *** 1Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2781 answered on10.03.2026 regardingUtilisation of Funds byPanchayatiRaj Institutions State-wise Allocation, Release and Utilization of Funds to/by Rural Local Bodies under the FifteenthFinance Commission (Rs. incrore) Release Utilization State Allocation (ason05.03.2026) (ason05.03.2026) Andhra Pradesh 12,856.00 12,680.82 6,404.17 Arunachal Pradesh 1,131.00 436.40 295.26 Assam 7,857.00 7,108.76 3,724.85 Bihar 24,579.00 23,339.65 17,068.30 Chhattisgarh 7,123.00 6,514.69 6,903.87 Goa 368.00 214.59 77.72 Gujarat 15,650.00 14,367.68 11,248.14 Haryana 6,193.00 5,820.35 4,377.36 Himachal Pradesh 2,102.00 1,983.57 1,632.74 Jharkhand 8,274.00 6,500.94 5,344.92 Karnataka 15,756.00 11,905.89 11,053.51 Kerala 7,972.00 7,321.50 4,093.90 Madhya Pradesh 19,511.00 16,059.99 13,405.33 Maharashtra 28,540.00 23,097.05 19,411.29 Manipur 867.00 242.50 96.95 Meghalaya 893.00 276.50 14.70 Mizoram 455.00 395.80 371.84 Nagaland 611.00 265.00 0.00 Odisha 11,058.00 10,965.89 8,054.71 Punjab 6,798.00 5,884.22 6,221.17 Rajasthan 18,915.00 16,442.90 13,015.47 Sikkim 207.00 194.63 138.37 TamilNadu 17,666.00 15,419.93 12,125.58 Telangana 9,048.00 6,697.07 2,669.31 Tripura 937.00 936.31 963.83 Uttar Pradesh 47,764.00 45,408.38 42,968.96 Uttarakhand 2,813.00 2,435.74 1,837.90 West Bengal 21,611.00 20,320.85 18,865.21 Total 297,555.00 263,237.61 212,385.33 *Includesinterimaward of the FFCfor the year2020-21
Note: The utilisation isasreportedby the RLBs on eGramSwarajPortal. *** 2