Only nine of 29 States in the country were found eligible for getting performance grants of urban local bodies during 2014-15. As per the recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission, these nine States were released performance grant of Rs457.91 crore, Rajya Sabha was told on Thursday.
The States which met the criteria and got performance grant of urban local bodies (UlBs) are — Uttar Pradesh which received a grant of Rs146.46 crore, Madhya Pradesh (Rs74.11 crore), Rajasthan (Rs59.23 crore), Andhra Pradesh (Rs47.76 crore), Telangana (Rs47.41 crore), Kerala (Rs36.02 crore), Haryana (Rs21.58 crore), Chattisgarh (Rs20.68 crore) and Mizoram (Rs4.66 crore).
Seven States — Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha and Tripura — did not claim the grant, said Minister of State for Urban Development Babul Supriyo in a written reply.