Arunachal requests Finance Comm for special package to compensate externally aided projects lossArunachal Pradesh has requested the 16th Finance Commission for a Rs 6.89 lakh crore special financial package due to exclusion from extern...
08 Apr, 2025, 05.03 PM IST
Decision on recommending revenue deficit grants for states yet to be made: Finance Commission chiefA decision on revenue deficit grants to states hasn't been made yet, says Finance Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya. The commission wil...
24 Feb, 2025, 10.25 PM IST
Govt plans to incentivise planned urbanisation of peri-urban areasThe Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs aims to promote planned development of peri-urban areas by incentivising states and addressing po...
04 Nov, 2024, 12.45 AM IST
Consider treating the North-East as a collective block by allocating 10% of central funds to the eight states: Assam CM to 16th Finance CommissionAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged the 16th Finance Commission to increase Assam's share in horizontal devolution and alloc...
27 Sep, 2024, 12.15 AM IST
Telangana urges 16th Finance Commission to increase states' share in Central taxes to 50%The Telangana Government has urged the 16th Finance Commission to increase the states' share in Central taxes from 41% to 50%. Deputy Chief...
10 Sep, 2024, 12.58 PM IST
Why 16th Finance Commission must think innovatively about fund allocationThe 16th FC faces a formidable challenge. Is 41% the appropriate allocation, or does it warrant an increase or decrease? Shouldn't all cent...
03 Jan, 2024, 11.14 PM IST
Finance Commission recommends FRBM Act revampThe FRBM Act needs to be revamped because of prevailing uncertainty and contemporary realities and challenges, the commission said. The Uni...
02 Feb, 2021, 05.10 AM IST
15th Finance Commission keeps tax devolution to states at 42%, suggests fiscal deficit glide pathFinance Commission is a constitutional body that gives suggestions on Centre-state financial relations. The report of the 15th Finance Comm...
01 Feb, 2021, 07.35 PM IST
15th Finance Commission submits report to Prime MinisterThe 15th Finance Commission submitted two reports - the first report consisted of recommendations for the financial year 2020-21 and the fi...
16 Nov, 2020, 10.58 PM IST
15th Finance Commission submits final report for FY22-26 to President KovindThe report titled ‘Finance Commission in Covid Times’, contained four volumes each pertaining to an area of the terms of reference of the F...
09 Nov, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
View: States outspend the Centre; crippling their fiscal capacity will harm the economyShifting the fiscal centre of gravity means that cutting states’ finances would worsen the slump.
18 Sep, 2019, 06.28 AM IST
Criteria of central funding should not be based on population: Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema KhanduPema Khandu said that Arunachal Pradesh is perhaps the only state in North-East deprived of externally aided projects from World Bank, ADB ...
08 Sep, 2019, 08.36 PM IST
Essential that state finance commissions are set up after every 5 years: Shaktikanta DasDas said that cooperative federalism should not breed inertia.
19 Mar, 2019, 08.50 PM IST
Nitish Kumar writes to Arun Jaitley raising concern over devolutionNitish Kumar has written a letter to Jaitley expressing concern over devolution to the state over the next five years as per the 14th Finan...
24 Sep, 2015, 06.02 PM IST
Finance Commission to focus on balance between change, continuityThe efforts of the 14th Finance Commission will be to arrive at a good balance between change and continuity to get optimum benefits.
06 Oct, 2013, 06.51 PM IST
- Call for emphasis on fiscal federation
Chairman of the 12th Finance Commission and former Governor of Reserve Bank of India Dr C Rangarajan has called upon econometricians to lay...
09 Feb, 2003, 06.52 PM IST
- MP asks Centre to focus on development of backward states
Madhya Pradesh on Saturday asked the Centre to concentrate on development of backward states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and ...
21 Dec, 2002, 01.10 PM IST