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100			_aSahu, Pareswar _954829
245			_aHorizontal distribution of federal transfers: Unpacking the population criterion
260			_aEconomic & Political Weekly
300			_a60(25), Jun 21, 2025: p.19-21
520			_aHorizontal fiscal imbalance across the states in India persists due to differences in resource endowments, population composition, geographical and climatic conditions, tax effort, level of development and the policy paradox. Investigating the nature of the population criterion used by successive finance commissions, this article argues that the assignment of equal weightage to active and inactive populations in a state increases horizontal fiscal imbalance. The population composition criterion, which assigns significant weight to inactive population, with minor weight to active population, ensures due share to each state and may be a better choice for addressing imbalance. - Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/25/commentary/horizontal-distribution-federal-transfers.html
650			_apopulation, population criterion, census, _954826
773			_0Economic & Political Weekly
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