Fiscal Federalism and Indian Constitution
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Author: | Manoj Kumar Sharma |
ISBN 13: | 9789382823735 |
Year: | 2017 |
Subject: | Commerce and Management |
About the Book
The book titled Fiscal Federalism and Indian Constitution deals with complexity of federal provincial fiscal relations. Constitutional provisions relating to division of expenditures and resources between Union and States, working of Finance Commission from its inception till now have been discussed and analysed in this work. The book depicts how vertical and horizontal imbalances in Indian federal fiscal sphere are still present even after seven decades of Indian independence. The constitution of successive Finance Commissions, working of Finance Commission, the formula used by successive Finance Commissions for devolution of taxes and grants has been discussed in details. The role played by Finance Commission in correcting vertical and horizontal imbalances and the alleged bias in the devolution of resources by the Finance Commission are analysed in this work. Book depicts the present scenario where there is simmering and open conflicts between the Union and States regarding the role of the Union in augmenting its own resources at the cost of the States