The Union Government has released the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grants for the financial year 2025–26 to Rural Local Bodies in Andhra Pradesh. The first installment of the Untied Grants, amounting to ₹410.76 crores has been disbursed. These funds will benefit all 13 District Panchayats (Zilla Praja Parishads), 650 eligible Block Panchayats (Mandal Praja Parishads) and 13,092 eligible Gram Panchayats (GPs) out of 13,327 GPs in the State.

The Untied Grants will be utilized by Rural Local Bodies/ Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) for location-specific felt needs, under the Twenty–Nine (29) subjects enshrined in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution, except for salaries and other establishment costs. The Tied Grants can be used for the basic services of (a) sanitation and maintenance of ODF status, and this should include management and treatment of household waste, and human excreta and fecal sludge management in particular and (b) supply of drinking water, rainwater harvesting and water recycling.

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Aditi Agrawal 

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