Hooda asks local bodies to effectively discharge duties

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today asked the local bodies including Panchayati Raj Institutions to effectively discharge their duties.
Hooda was interacting with Chairman, Fourth State Finance Commission, L S M Salins, who presented him the final Report of the Commission for the period from 2011-12 to 2015-16, a statement said.
The Chief Minister said the local bodies and the PRIs should ensure that they provide timely and effective services to the people and play their designated role in the upliftment of society.
While presenting the report, Salins apprised Hooda that the Fourth State Finance Commission has recommended a financial devolution of Rs 3,573.12 crore for local bodies for five years - from 2011-12 to 2015-16.

He said that it includes Rs 2,322.52 crore for Panchayati Raj Institutions and Rs 1,250.60 crore for Urban Local Bodies through the mechanism of global sharing of state own tax revenues.
This devolution is over and above the funds already being transferred to these bodies through state budget and other transfers.
He also pointed out to the CM that resource base of local bodies is inadequate as compared to the vast responsibilities cast on them. Therefore, these bodies need larger funds for discharging their constitutional duties of providing minimum acceptable levels of civic amenities.
The 4th State Finance Commission was constituted by the state government to recommend sharing of state revenues with the rural and urban local bodies and also to suggest measures of augmentation of their internal resources.