India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The Union Government has released Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC) Untied Grants for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)/Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in the States of Goa, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Uttarakhand during FY 2025-26. The release covers allocations pertaining to different financial years and aims to further strengthen rural local governance.

For the state of Goa, Rs.11.60 crores have been released as the second instalment of Untied Grants for FY 2023-24 for 2 eligible District Panchayats (DPs) and 191 eligible Gram Panchayats (GPs). Further Rs.2.979 crores, representing the withheld portion of the first instalment for FY 2023-24, has been released for 2 additionally el...