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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Finance Commission of India


The Finance Commission of India established under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution  by the President of India in 1951was formed to define the financial relations between the Centre and the State.


The Finance Commission Act of 1951 states the terms of qualification, appointment and disqualification, the term, eligibility and powers of the Finance Commission. 

As per the Constitution, the Finance Commission is appointed every 5 Years and consists of a Chairman and 4 other members.

Functions of the Finance Commission -

  • Distribution of net proceeds of taxes between Centre and the States, to be divided as per their respective contributions to the taxes.
  • Determine factors governing Grants-in Aid to the states and the magnitude of the same.
  • Work with the State Finance Commissions and suggest measures to augment the Consolidated Fund of the States so as to provide additional resources to Panchayats and Municipalities in the state.

Finance Commissions so far


Finance Commission
Established in
Chairman
Period
1
1951
K.C Neogy
1952-57
2
1956
K.Santhanam
1957-62
3
1960
A.K. Chanda
1962-66
4
1964
P.V. Rajamannarr
1966-69
5
1968
Mahaveer Tyagi
1969-74
6
1972
K. Brahmananda Reddy
1974-79
7
1977
J.M. Shellet
1979-84
8
1983
Y B Chavan
1984-89
9
1987
N K P Salve
1989-95
10
1992
K.C Pant
1995-2000
11
1998
A.M.Khusro
2000-2005
12
2003
C.Rangarajan
2005-2010
13
2007
Vijay Kelkar
2010-2015
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