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Centre releases ₹444 crore for rural bodies in Odisha
The Political and Business Daily
|November 04, 2025
THE Union government has released Rs 444.38 crore to strengthen rural local bodies in Odisha as part of the 15th Finance Commission grants during the financial year 2025-26, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj on Monday.
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The release includes the second instalment of Untied Grants amounting to Rs 342.5964 crore for 20 eligible District Panchayats (Zilla Parishads), 296 eligible Block Panchayats (Panchayat Samitis), and 6,734 eligible Gram Panchayats in the state, the statement said.
This story is from the November 04, 2025 edition of The Political and Business Daily.
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