State finance commissions and urban local bodies in India: An assessment of their recommendations
- 2000
- p.66-81.
- Jan-Mar
The SFCs providing a new dimension to Indian federal system after 74th Constitutional Amendment, the author briefly looks at its evolution, role, terms of reference and the time horizons of SFCs set up in South Indian states - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. He then delves in content analysis of the recommendations of these SFCs, placing emphasis on latest status of implementation thereof in respective state covering in his stride generation of revenue - both tax and non-tax; devolutions to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs); inter-governmental transfers to ULBs (including unresolved methodical issues thereof); and functional domains of ULBs with regard to Centre-State transfers of funds; and budget, accounts, and audit. - Reproduced
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