The newly constituted 15th Finance Commission will hold its first
meeting on Monday Dec 04,2017 after meeting finance minister Arun Jaitley.
Former revenue secretary N.K. Singh, who is also a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was last week named head of the commission, and its terms of reference have been notified by the Narendra Modi-led government.
Apart from Singh, members of the
15th Finance Commission include former economic affairs secretary
Shaktikanta Das and adjunct professor at Georgetown University Anoop
Singh. Bandhan Bank chairman and former chief economic adviser Ashok
Lahiri and NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand have been appointed part-time
members. The 15th Finance Commission , whose recommendations will come
into effect for the five years starting 1 April 2020 has been asked to
submit its report by 30 October 2019.
The 14th Finance Commission, chaired by former Reserve Bank of India governor Y.V. Reddy, is considered to have fundamentally reset the centre-state fiscal relationship by raising the united share of states in net central taxes to 42% from 32% after ending discretionary resource transfers from the centre to the states.
Apart from performing its constitutionally mandated job of deciding on the distribution of shareable central tax proceeds among centre, states and local bodies for the first time in the post goods and services tax (GST) era, the 15th Finance Commission has been asked to recommend appropriate levels of general and consolidated government debt and deficit levels for the centre and states.
The 15th Finance Commission has also been asked to propose measurable performance-based incentives in areas such as efforts made by the states in expansion and deepening of the tax net under GST, and efforts and progress made in moving towards replacement rate of population growth, which refers to the total fertility rate that will result in a stable population without increasing or decreasing it.
Former revenue secretary N.K. Singh, who is also a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was last week named head of the commission, and its terms of reference have been notified by the Narendra Modi-led government.
The 14th Finance Commission, chaired by former Reserve Bank of India governor Y.V. Reddy, is considered to have fundamentally reset the centre-state fiscal relationship by raising the united share of states in net central taxes to 42% from 32% after ending discretionary resource transfers from the centre to the states.
Apart from performing its constitutionally mandated job of deciding on the distribution of shareable central tax proceeds among centre, states and local bodies for the first time in the post goods and services tax (GST) era, the 15th Finance Commission has been asked to recommend appropriate levels of general and consolidated government debt and deficit levels for the centre and states.
The 15th Finance Commission has also been asked to propose measurable performance-based incentives in areas such as efforts made by the states in expansion and deepening of the tax net under GST, and efforts and progress made in moving towards replacement rate of population growth, which refers to the total fertility rate that will result in a stable population without increasing or decreasing it.
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