Further, Rs 4.698 crore from the withheld portion of the first instalment of the Untied Grant for the Financial Year 2024–25 has also been released to an additional 26 eligible Block Panchayats.
For Tamil Nadu, grants for rural local bodies for FY 2025–26 have been released, with the first installment of untied grants amounting to ₹127.586 crore.
The hardest-hit regions — Amritsar, Ferozepur, Abohar, Fazilka, and Jalandhar — account for nearly 3.5 lakh of the affected people who are struggling for essential supplies.
The Union government has released Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants during financial year 2024–25 for rural local bodies in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh.
Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday said that the "Sukh Ki Sarkar," which claims to bring about a change in the system, has stopped the grants for government schools.
As per the records, about 26 Bills are currently pending in the Rajya Sabha and close to nine in the Lok Sabha for passage.
Sitharaman to reply on discussion over demands for grants in LS Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday will reply to the discussion on the demands for grants for the current fiscal and demands for excess grants for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha.
The States recommended for the PDRD Grant by the Fifteenth Finance Commission are: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
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