35.‘Grants to states of India to rural and urban local bodies’ has been recommended by which institution? [A] Comptroller and Auditor General [B] Supreme Court of India [C] Union Panchayati Raj Ministry [D] Finance Commission Show Answer
The Fifteenth Finance Commission (FC-XV) in its Report for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26 had recommended a total grant of Rs. 4,27,911 crore to local governments. The centre has released an amount of Rs. 8,453.92 crore as health sector grant for rural and urban local bodies of 19 states.
