The Union Government has released over ₹444 Crores under the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants for Rural Local Bodies in Odisha for the financial year 2025-26. This includes the second installment of Untied Grants amounting to ₹342.5964 crores for 20 eligible District Panchayats (Zilla Parishads), 296 eligible Block Panchayats (Panchayat Samitis), and 6,734 eligible Gram Panchayats. An additional ₹101.7815 crores, representing the withheld portion of the first installment of Untied Grants for FY 2025–26, has been released to 20 eligible Zilla Parishads, 233 eligible Panchayat Samitis, and 649 eligible Gram Panchayats. These grants, released by the Ministry of Finance upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry of Jal Shakti, will be released in two installments each financial year. Untied Grants may be utilized by PRIs and RLBs to meet location-specific needs under the 29 subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule, excluding salaries and establishment costs. Tied Grants are to be used for essential services such as sanitation, waste management, and maintenance of ODF status, as well as for drinking water supply, rainwater harvesting, and water recycling. Release ID: 2185838, Visitor Counter: 342. Posted on 03 NOV 2025 3:26PM by PIB Delhi.
Key Entities Referenced
XV Finance Commission Grants: Grants released under the Fifteenth Finance Commission to Rural Local Bodies.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj: Union ministry responsible for recommending the release of Fifteenth Finance Commission Grants.
Odisha: The State to which the Fifteenth Finance Commission Grants are allocated to Rural Local Bodies.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Union Government Releases over ₹444 Crores
under XV Finance Commission Grants to Rural
Local Bodies in Odisha
Posted On: 03 NOV 2025 3:26PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Government has released the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants for Rural
Local Bodies in Odisha during the Financial Year 2025–26. The release includes the second
installment of Untied Grants amounting to ₹342.5964 crores for 20 eligible District Panchayats (Zilla
Parishads), 296 eligible Block Panchayats (Panchayat Samitis), and 6,734 eligible Gram Panchayats
in the State. Additionally, ₹101.7815 crores, representing the withheld portion of the first installment
of Untied Grants for FY 2025–26, has been released to 20 eligible Zilla Parishads, 233 eligible
Panchayat Samitis, and 649 eligible Gram Panchayats.
The Government of India, through the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the Ministry of Jal Shakti
(Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation), recommends the release of Fifteenth Finance
Commission (XV FC) Grants to States for Panchayati Raj Institutions and Rural Local Bodies. The
Ministry of Finance subsequently releases these grants in two installment each financial year.
Untied Grants may be utilized by PRIs and RLBs to meet location-specific needs under the 29
subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule, excluding salaries and establishment costs. Meanwhile, Tied
Grants are to be used for essential services such as sanitation, waste management, and maintenance of
ODF status, as well as for drinking water supply, rainwater harvesting, and water recycling.
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