The newly-constituted 15th Finance Commission headed by NK Singh held its first meeting and decided to involve think-tanks in drawing up its report that will primarily deal with devolution of revenue between the Centre and states. It was keen to seek academic inputs and inter-actions with leading Think Tanks and domain knowledge experts which would assist the Commission in its work.
The commission has called upon to hold wide-ranging consultations with all stakeholders including various Ministries of the Union Government, all State Governments, Local Bodies, Panchayats and Political parties of each State Government. Also, the Commission recognised that there was need to undertake analytical papers, analysis from leading research organisations within the country and elsewhere to suitably address the Terms of Reference.
The meeting which was attended by all the other Members of the Commission i.e. Shaktikanta Das and Anoop Singh, as well as the part time Members Ashok Lahiri and Ramesh Chand, held preliminary discussions on the terms of reference for the Fifteenth Finance Commission. Its terms of reference also include proposing measurable performance-based incentives for states on efforts made by them in various fields including expansion and deepening of tax net under GST, achievements in implementation of flagship central schemes and disaster resilient infrastructure, reaching sustainable development goals, and quality of expenditure.
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