Published on : 25 Oct 2025, 3:50 am

Staff Reporter

Guwahati: The central government has released an amount of Rs 214.54 crore to Assam as a Rural Local Bodies Basic Grant (untied) for fiscal year 2024-25.

As per a letter from the Finance Commission Division under the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure), the amount has been released as the first instalment of the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) Basic Grant.

The grant of Rs 214.54 crore should be utilized for 2192 Gaon Panchayats, 156 Block Panchayats and 27 Zilla Parishads in the state.

According to the letter, the state government's Finance Department has been advised to ensure that the above grant is allocated to General Areas and Excluded Areas, if any (where Parts IX & IXA of the constitution do not apply) within the s

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