Intergovernmental transfers in India: Emerging challenges (Record no. 533549)
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| Personal name | Jha, Prakash Chandra |
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| Title | Intergovernmental transfers in India: Emerging challenges |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Indian Journal of Public Administration |
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| Extent | 72(1), Mar, 2026: p.11-25 |
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| Summary, etc | Intergovernmental transfers are the bedrock of India’s fiscal federalism. They balance the fundamental asymmetry between the centre and states regarding the authority to raise money and the responsibility to spend it. These transfers go to the states through two main avenues in India: the executive-led centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) and central sector grants and the constitutional Finance Commission (FC), which recommends tax devolution and grants-in-aid. This article highlights the increasing centralisation of authority, where the significant rise in non-shareable cesses and surcharges has effectively diminished the divisible tax pool. Article 282 of the Indian Constitution was meant to act as a backup plan for unforeseen emerging public needs. However, it has now become the primary mechanism for CSSs, sidelining the formula-driven transfers proposed by the FC. In India, intergovernmental transfers have not succeeded in addressing the regional economic disparities, highlighting the need for explicit equalisation transfers to ensure uniform public service standards nationwide. The ongoing institutional neglect of State Finance Commissions (SFC) remains a major hurdle at the sub-national level. Nevertheless, initiatives such as the Haryana Municipal Bill, 2025, and the Seventh SFC in Haryana, which uses real-time data to monitor migration, present a framework for enhancing state-local transfers through legislative unification and increased digital transparency.-Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00195561261427561?_gl=1*7okur6*_up*MQ..*_ga*NDA0OTcwNTI1LjE3ODA0Njk2NTg.*_ga_60R758KFDG*czE3ODA0Njk2NTckbzEkZzEkdDE 3ODA0Njk3MjckajUxJGwxJGgxNjEwNTE5OTU0 |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Intergovernmental transfers, Finance commission, Centrally sponsored schemes, Article 282, State finance commission. |
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| Main entry heading | Indian Journal of Public Administration |
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| Indian Institute of Public Administration | Indian Institute of Public Administration | 2026-06-03 | 72(1), Mar, 2026: p.11-25 | AR139040 | 2026-06-03 | Articles |