Priyank Kharge writes to Centre to release pending grants for Gram Panchayats

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge has written to Union Panchayat Raj Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh requesting instantly merchandise the pending 15th Finance Commission grants from the Union authorities for the gram panchayats of Karnataka.

Citing his erstwhile missive sent connected December 8, 2025, regarding the continuous delay, the Minister, successful the letter, said that the Union authorities has been delaying the merchandise of the grants for the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26, contempt the State government’s timely submission of assistance transportation certificates and Gram Panchayat Development Plans.

“As the contiguous word of gram panchayats is acceptable to reason by January-February 2026, the lack of funds has severely constrained their quality to undertake improvement works. Karnataka has consistently been a forerunner successful agrarian decentralisation and timely merchandise of these grants is indispensable to prolong panchayat-level governance and alteration completion of captious projects earlier the adjacent of their term,” wrote Mr. Kharge.