New Delhi : The Centre has released over Rs 730 crore to strengthen rural local bodies in Gujarat and Haryana as part of the 15th Finance Commission grants during the financial year 2025-26. A sum of Rs 522.2 crore has been disbursed to Gujarat for all 38 District Panchayats, 247 eligible Block Panchayats, and 14,547 eligible Gram Panchayats of the State as the 2nd instalment of Untied Grants for the Financial Year 2024–25.

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Further Rs 13.6 crore of the withheld portion of the first instalment of Untied Grants for FY 2024–25 has also been released to additionally eligible six District Panchayats, five Block Panchayats and 78 Gram Panchayats. In the case of Haryana, the Centre has released the first instalment of Untied Grants for FY 2025–26 amounting to Rs 195.1 crore for 18

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