SME Times News Bureau | 04 Feb, 2017
The Himachal Pradesh government has stopped providing budgetary allocations to the Panchayati Raj institutions, a parliamentarian said on Friday and urged Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to interfere in the issue.
Shimla MP Virender Kashyap met Tomar here and told him that "the state has stopped financial assistance to Zila Parishad and Block Samitis on the plea of recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission".
He said the state had taken the plea that the financial assistance was being distributed as per recommendations of the finance commission.
Kashyap, in a statement said: "During my recent visit to various parts of my constituency elected members of Zila Parishads and Block Samitis have been asking for grants for developmental activities".
He accused the state government of "misguiding the elected representatives by saying the central government has stopped the assistance to local bodies".
