Detailed guidelines for the preparation of annual plans by the Local Governments under the 14th Five Year Plan were issued as per GO(MS) No. 84/2022/LSGD dt. 19-04-2022 and GO(MS) No. 86/2022/LSGD dt. 19-04-2022. Subsidy guidelines and related matters were issued as per GO(MS) No. 15/2022/LSGD dt. 28-05-2022. The key objectives of Local Governments envisaged in the 14th Five Year Plan are local economic development and employment generation, eradication of extreme poverty, building climate resilience, attaining Sustainable Development Goals, and establishing comprehensive and innovative systems of waste management. In addition to the above, social justice, gender equality, ensuring quality of health and education services are the other key focus areas in the 14th Plan.