Centre Disburses Over ₹1,789 Crores XV FC Grants to Rural Local Bodies in Five States

• Union Government release of Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC) Untied Grants worth over ₹1,789 crore in FY 2025–26 to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)/Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in five states — Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra.
• Operationalises Article 280 + Article 243-I of the Constitution and the 73rd Amendment framework for fiscal devolution to the third tier.
• Directly examinable for Prelims (FC composition, schedules, ministries) and Mains GS-II (devolution, local governance).