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TMI BlogGrant of 1348.10 crore released to Six States for Urban Local BodiesX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Grant of 1348.10 crore released to Six States for Urban Local Bodies X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to 6 States for providing grants to Urban Local Bodies. The States to which grants were released on Friday are Jharkhand (₹ 112.20 crore), Karnataka (₹ 375 crore), Kerala (₹ 168 crore), Odisha (₹ 411 crore), Tamil Nadu (₹ 267.90 crore) and Tripura (₹ 14 crore). The grants released are meant for Non-Million Plus cities (NMPCs) including Cantonment Boards. The ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 15th Finance Commission in its report for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26 has divided the Urban Local Bodies into two categories: (a) Million-Plus urban agglomerations/cities (excluding Delhi and Srinagar), and (b) all other cities and towns with less than one million population (Non-Million Plus cities). The 15th FC has recommended separate grants for them. Out of the total grants recommended ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... by the Commission for Non-Million Plus cities, 40% is basic (untied) grant and the remaining 60% is tied grant. Basic grants (untied) are utilised for location specific felt needs, except for payment of salary and incurring other establishment expenditure. On the other hand, tied grants for the Non-Million Plus cities are released for supporting and strengthening the delivery of basic services. O ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ut of the total tied grant, 50% is earmarked for 'Sanitation Solid Waste Management and attainment of star ratings as developed by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MOH&UA). The remaining 50% is tied to 'Drinking water, rainwater harvesting and water recycling'. The tied grants are meant to ensure availability of additional funds to urban local bodies over and above the funds allocated by ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the Centre and the State for sanitation and drinking water under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes and provide quality services to citizens. In the current financial year, the Government of India has released a total amount of ₹ 10,699.33 crore so far to the States as grants to the Non-Million Plus cities. These grants are released by the Ministry of Finance on the recommendations of Mini ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... stry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Annexure-I S. No. State Amount of ULB grant released in 2021-22 (Rs in crore) 1 Andhra Pradesh 873.00 2 Bihar 759.00 3 Chhattisgarh 369.90 4 Goa 13.50 5 Gujarat 660.00 6 Haryana 193.50 7 Himachal Pradesh 98.55 8 Jharkhand 299.20 9 Karnataka 750.00 10 Kerala 336.00 11 Madhya Pradesh 499.00 12 Maharashtra 461.00 13 Mizoram ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X .....
17.00
14
Odisha
822.00
15
Punjab
185.00
16
Rajasthan
490.50
17
Sikkim
10.00
18
Tamil Nadu
1188.25
19
Telangana
209.43
20
Tripura
72.00
21
Uttar Pradesh
1592.00
22
Uttarakhand
104.50
23
West Bengal
696.00
Total
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