No proposal of direct funding to local bodies: Centre
New Delhi:The Union Government on Monday clarified that there is no proposal under consideration for direct funding to panchayats and municipalities and other local bodies. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha,
on Monday Union Panchayati Raj Minister C P Joshi said: "Under the capacity building
component of the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) Programme and the Rashtriya
Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY), the Government of India releases funds for planning
and implementation of training programmes by the State Governments through Institutions
such as the State Institutes of Rural Development and NGOs." Earlier, many states
had opposed the idea of direct funding to local bodies. At present, state governments
allot money to local bodies.
