Odisha has received Rs 246.60 crore from the Centre as first installment of the tied grant for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) for the year 2021-22. Odisha ranks 31st in the list of most urbanised States while in terms of actual urban population, it ranks 11th among the States with the largest urban populations.
The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, on Friday released an amount of Rs 2,427 crore to 11 States for their ULBs.The 15th Finance Commission in its report for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26 has divided the ULBs into two categories, Million-Plus urban agglomerations/cities (excluding Delhi and Srinagar) and all other cities and towns with less than one million population (Non-Million Plus cities) and has recommended separate grants for them.
