HYDERABAD: Panchayat Raj Minister E Dayakar Rao on Monday requested Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar, Secretary in the Union Ministry of Panchayat Raj, to releaseRs 254.74 crore towards performance grant under 14th Finance Commission. He also urged him to releaseRs 52.55 crore towards the first instalment amount for the State under Rashtriya Grama Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA).
In a letter submitted to Bhatnagar here on Monday, Dayakar Rao said that State had created 200 new panchayats and requested the Central government to sanction funds for the additional buildings for these panchayats.