00904nam a22001337a 4500 533718 533718 260612b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Oommen, M.A. 61220 The Sixteenth Finance Commission and the Third tier: A wider perspective c 61(19), May 9, 2026: p.67-71 How does the Sixteenth Finance Commission fare in taking forward the broader process of decentralisation? With cardinal issues remaining unaddressed, local governments are at risk of being reduced to mere delivery agents of union and state schemes. Structural reforms, including an amendment of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, may be required to strengthen India’s fiscal federalism. – Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/sixteenth-finance-commission/sixteenth-finance-commission-and-third-tier.html Economic & Political Weekly AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 408897 IIPA IIPA 2026-06-12 61(19), May 9, 2026: p.67-71 AR139190 2026-06-12 AR