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LOCAL GOVERNMENTS306In Percentage Grant - in - Aid (Plan 45 22.78
fund) 47 23.77
Source wise funding details for 2013-14 and the respective percentage to total fund is given in fig.8.1
and sub-sector wise detail of 2012-13 and 2013-14 are given in Appendix 8.1(a&b).7610 0.22
7 4 8 0.23
Fig.8.1
Sources of Financing LGs Plan 1 4 3
0.8 4 3
50
40
30
20
10

0
1
1

Own Fund State Sponsored Centrally Sponsored Loan from Co-Operative Externally Aided Institutional Finance Voluntary Contribution Beneficiary contribution Others

2012-13 2013-14
Source: Information Kerala Mission, 2014

Performance of Local Governments

8.12 The LGs allocated their plan funds mainly in Productive, Service and Infrastructure sectors.
As far as the LGs are concerned, they have a vital role in eradicating poverty at the local level by
achieving increased production, productivity, employment and income generation. The total plan fund
available including opening balance with LGs for allocating funds to various development sectors
during 2013-14 was `5057.59 crore.

8.13 Out of the total grant-in-aid, only ` 3918.27 crore was utilized for different sectors. Thus, the
overall utilization percentage in 2013-14 was 77.47 per cent which is higher than in 2012-13 i.e.70.84
per cent. The expenditure pattern shows wide variations among local bodies. Among the three tiers
rural LGs performance was better in Block Panchayat with 91 per cent expenditure followed by
Grama Panchayats 81 per cent and District Panchayat 66 per cent The per cent of expenditure
among Urban Two Tier was noted lowest by the Corporation with 59 per cent, while in Municipalities
it was 73 per cent. The tier wise details of outlay, allocation and expenditure of grant-in-aid during
2012-13 and 2013-14 are given in Fig 8.2 and Appendix 8.2(a&b)..

Kerala State Planning Board