India, March 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj constituted an "Expert Committee on Own Source Revenue (OSR) of Rural Local Bodies" in 2022 to review the status of OSR of Panchayats. As per the report of the Expert Committee, around Rs. 25,595 crores of OSR have been collected by Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in the 30 States/UTs, during 2017-18 to 2021-22 and per capita OSR at the national level was around Rs. 59/- annually, for the same period. The per capita OSR varies significantly across the States, ranging up to Rs. 1635/- per annum in Goa. As per this Report, challenges faced by Panchayats in generating OSR include absence or outdated nature of State-level rules and guidelines; in...