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TMI Blog15th Finance Commission Meets Representative of PRIs of PunjabX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 15th Finance Commission Meets Representative of PRIs of Punjab X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ent Officers. Status as provided by Punjab on 3Funds Functions and Functionaries : ❖ Punjab Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 is the act provisioning for local self-governance for PRIs ❖ Recommendations of 5th State Finance Commission (SFC) Report are currently in force: It recommended 4% share of net proceeds of all state taxes. ❖ Only 13 functions out of 29 envisaged in the Eleven ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... th Schedule of the Constitution devolved to PRIs ❖ Elections for Panchayats were last held in December 2018. ❖ Number of local bodies at each level of PRI is as below: PRI Number of Local Bodies Population as per Census 2011 Gram Panchayat 13215 1,73,44,192 Panchayat Samiti 150 Zila Parishad 22 Revenue Sources of PRI's- Provided by the State ❖ Revenue of Panchay ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ats from its own taxes is almost negligible, around 0.11% of total revenue during 2011-12. This became nil after 2015-16. ❖ Non-tax revenue of Gram Panchayats also reduced from ~26% in 2011-12 to ~19% during 2016-17. ❖ Major source of revenue of the Gram Panchayats is grants from the State/Central Government. ❖ Own revenue of Panchayat Samitis as share of total revenue vari ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ed between 40% and 56% during 2011-12 to 2016-17. ❖ Share of own revenue of ZPs to total revenue varied between 1% and 4% during 2011-12 to 2016-17. ❖ Some ZPs have constructed buildings, which generate some revenue in the form of lease money. According to Pr. AG Punjab, following are the issues pertaining to accounting of PRI ❖ Accounts from the year 2011-12 to 2017-18 a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... re in arrears. ❖ In case of PRI's, there is no process of consolidation of accounts at different levels (village accounts to block level to district and finally to state level). ❖ Model Accounting System (MAS) for PRIs are yet to be followed XIV -FC Devolution to the State Grants All States(cr.) Punjab (cr.) Grants to Punjab as a % to Total Grants Basic Grant 180263 3682 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 2.04% Performance Grant 20029 409 2.04% Key Observations of 5th SFC ❖ 5th SFC recommended 4% of the Net total tax revenue of the state (less cost of collection) to be devolved to local bodies. ❖ It recommended that apart from the 14th FC grants to Gram Panchayats only, the other two levels of PRIs, i.e., Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads shall be given an annual grant of &# ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 8377; 1 crore. The Commission also recommended performance grants.
❖ PRIs were not able to collect and maintain good quality data as a result of which many Panchayats were ineligible for Performance grants as recommended by XIV -FC X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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