Rs. 7,281 crore allocated to rural local bodies in Gujarat in last 3 years: Centre in reply to RS MP Nathwani

New Delhi: Gujarat received a total of Rs. 7,281 crore under the 15th Finance Commission Grants for rural local bodies over the last three years, the Union government said. The state received Rs. 2,362 crore in 2021-22, which increased to Rs. 2,446 crore in the following year. For the current fiscal year (2023-24), Gujarat is slated to receive Rs. 2,473 crore.

In a reply to a question from Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani, during the ongoing winter session of Parliament, the Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, S.P. Singh Baghel, stated the following:

The State-wise and year-wise funds allocated for the rural local bodies under the 15th Finance Commission Grants during the last three years including the States of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure. 

There is no provision of direct funding to the Rural Local Bodies. However, under the Incentivisation of Panchayat (IoP) scheme run by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, the award money in the form of grants-in-aid is directly transferred to the awardee Rural Local Bodies after the National Panchayat Awards competition.

Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1837 answered on 11.12.2024 regarding Allocation of funds for rural projects in the country.

State-wise and year-wise funds allocated for the rural local bodies under the 15th Finance Commission Grants during the last three years including the States of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh

 

State/UT 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
Allocation Allocation Allocation
Andhra Pradesh 1939.00 2010.00 2031.00
Arunachal Pradesh 170.00 177.00 179.00
Assam 1186.00 1228.00 1241.00
Bihar 3709.00 3842.00 3884.00
Chhattisgarh 1075.00 1114.00 1125.00
Goa 55.00 57.00 58.00
Gujarat 2362.00 2446.00 2473.00
Haryana 935.00 968.00 979.00
Himachal Pradesh 317.00 329.00 332.00
Jharkhand 1249.00 1293.00 1307.00
Karnataka 2377.00 2463.00 2490.00
Kerala 1203.00 1246.00 1260.00
Madhya Pradesh 2944.00 3050.00 3083.00
Maharashtra 4307.00 4461.00 4510.00
Manipur 131.00 135.00 137.00
Meghalaya 135.00 140.00 141.00
Mizoram 69.00 71.00 72.00
Nagaland 92.00 96.00 97.00
Odisha 1669.00 1728.00 1747.00
Punjab 1026.00 1062.00 1074.00
Rajasthan 2854.00 2957.00 2989.00
Sikkim 31.00 33.00 33.00
Tamil Nadu 2666.00 2761.00 2791.00
Telangana 1365.00 1415.00 1430.00
Tripura 141.00 147.00 148.00
Uttar Pradesh 7208.00 7466.00 7547.00
Uttarakhand 425.00 440.00 445.00
West Bengal 3261.00 3378.00 3415.00
Total 44901.00 46513.00 47018.00