Analysis of Fund Flows to Rural Local Bodies

Accountability Initiative Staff
(2019)

This report presents the findings of a small sample study of 30 Gram Panchayats across eight states namely, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan. In this second report, we present the findings regarding the second part of the money trail from the Union through the States to RLBs, focussing on the questions of whether money reached Panchayats, what were the implications of these grants on their finances, and how they were spent.