01036pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001800040245010600058260000900164300001200173362001200185520056600197650004500763650003300808650002100841773001600862180718b1995 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d aMohanty, P.K. aReforming municipal financesbsome suggestions in the context of India`s decentralisation initiative. c1995 ap.27-77 aJan-Jun a"Decentralisation initiatives effected through the Seventy-fourth (Constitution Amendment) Act in order to materialise, is dependent upon reforming of municipal finance and devolution of new sources of revenue to the city governments. As this itself is contingent upon devolving of functions to the city governments, the paper stipulates to clarify the municipal functional domain keeping in view the theory of fiscal federalism. It then suggests elements of municipal financial reforms agenda in the spirit of the Constitution (Seventy - fourth Amendment) Act. aIndia - Constitution - Amendments - 74th aMunicipal government - India aLocal government aUrban India