Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved the transfer of a total of ₹315 crore to all urban local bodies for the fourth quarterly installment of the financial year 2025-26, in accordance with the recommendations of the Fifth State Finance Commission, and a total of ₹94 crore received from the Government of India for the first and second installments of the financial year 2024-25, in accordance with the recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission, to the concerned three-tier Panchayati Raj institutions in the financial year 2025-26.
The Chief Minister has also approved a scheme of ₹15 crore for the lease of forest land, including NPV and compensatory afforestation, under the CAT Plan head for the state-funded Bhyol Rupsiabagar Hydroelectric Project (120 MW) under the Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited. The Chief Minister has approved a project worth ₹84 crore under the Uttarakhand Investment and Infrastructure Development Board for the “Development of an Ecological Corridor at Naik Goth for Disaster Resilience (Formerly Known as Development of Road From Kiroda Nallah to River Front and Reclamation of Land along Kiroda Nallah)”. Additionally, financial and administrative approval has been granted for the Mission for Self-Reliance in Pulses scheme under Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare for the current financial year 2025-26.
