Chhattisgarh is among nine States in the country which was found eligible for Performance Grant for Urban local Bodies from the Central Government.
Uttar Pradesh received a grant of Rs.146.46 crpre, Madhya Pradesh(Rs.74.11 cr), Rajasthan (Rs.59.23 cr), Andhra Pradesh (Rs.47.76 cr), Telangana (Rs.47.41 cr), Kerala (Rs.36.02 cr), Haryana (Rs.21.58 cr), Chhattisgarh (Rs.20.68 cr) and Mizoram which received a Grant of Rs.4.66 cr, officials stated.
A total of 13 States met the 9 Essential Criteria for Performance Grant as stipulated by the 13th Finance Commission only partially in the range of 1 to 8. These include : Karnataka, Maharashtra and Punjab which met 8 of the 9 criteria, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand (6), Assam and J&K (5), Sikkim (3), Tamil Nadu (2) and West Bengal and Goa met only one of the 9 Essential Criteria, they stated.
Seven States that did not claim the Grant include Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha and Tripura. Only 9 of 29 States were found eligible for the Grants of Urban local Bodies during 2014-15 and as per the recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission, these nine states were released Performance Grant of Rs457.91 crore.