Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, taking forward the dialogue with states on fiscal management asked them to spend within the fiscal limits and adhere to fiscal discipline. he also advised them to spend on infrastructure and development activities and to use Aadhaar for transferring benefits to people. Jaitley said we have to ensure that some states depending on parameters have been given some additional fiscal space, but all of us will have to learn to live and spend within means and stick to fiscal discipline. He further said that we have seen that ever since we have shown this tendency of spending more yet sticking to fiscal discipline, this has brought immediate results in terms of interest rates and India's credibility.
Jaitley said national focus is on larger expenditure on social sector, infrastructure creation and rural areas, which have conventionally been found lacking in the past. FM speaking at second conference of state finance secretaries said that “the tendency to spend it on non- developmental activities may in the short term appear to be attractive but in longer run it doesn't reap results.”
The share of states in central taxes has seen a quantum jump after implementation of the 14th Finance Commission report that prescribed a record 10 per cent increase in their share in the Union taxes to 42 percent. Total transfers to states including grants in aid from the Centre to state are estimated to be Rs 9.47 lakh crore in FY17 as compared to Rs 8.36 lakh crore during FY16. Acceding to the recommendations by the 14th Finance Commission for the 2015-20 period, the Centre has approved a fiscal deficit target of 3% for states that have had a favourable debt-GSDP ratio and interest payments-revenue receipts ratio in the previous two years.
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