Recommendations of the 15th Union Finance Commission: Expectations and Realities
Pareswar Sahu,
Motilal Mahamallik,
Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra
Abstract:The 15th Union Finance Commission (UFC) report, submitted in India in the middle of a global economic setback due to COVID-19, was a hope for sub-national governments to arrive at a favourable financial devolution mechanism. Even though few recommendations by 15th UFC looks promising, it is difficult to outrightly reject the possibilities of increasing fiscal imbalances. The retention of the proportion of shared tax devolution to states as used during 14th UFC and the use of (a) tax and fiscal effort, (b) 2011… Show more
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