May 13- Goa govt has not made any provision for garbage grants for village panchayats in the budget for the current Financial Year 2024-25 stating that the local self govt bodies have failed to utilise the Central Grants allotted to them under Fourteenth and Fifteenth Finance Commission. In view of this, the State Finance Commission has not made any provision for Financial assistance to the Village Panchayat under “The Goa Panchayats (Grants to Tackle Garbage Menace) Scheme 2017 in the State budget this time through. Directorate of Panchayats has written to the BDOs to bring the fact to the notice of all the Village Panchayats under their respective jurisdiction. Govt has stated in the memorandum to BDOs that all the Gram Panchayats should 100% utilize the Fourteenth Finance Commission Grants and Fifteenth Finance Commission Grants for tackling garbage menace.
