Tracking Central Finance Commissions and State Finance Commissions Grants to Selected States and Urban Local Bodies in India

• About the Project

• Major Objectives

• Project Funding

• Core Team Members 

• Project Report

About the Project

The externally provided resources or fiscal transfers from higher tiers of government constitute a significant component of municipal revenues in India. Literature on fiscal transfers to ULBs shows that there are multiple grants/transfers which are being provided to ULBs in addition to the devolution packages suggested by various State Finance Commissions. To know the exact load of non plan transfers on state finances will require to consider all types of grant-in-aid to ULBs. In this context the study was carried out.

Major Objectives  

The objectives of the study were to examine the nature and purpose of system of grant-in-aid/ devolution packages suggested by the SFCs and CFCs, to compare the new system of devolution mechanisms compared to earlier system of grant-in-aid to the ULBs and to examine the releasing mechanisms of these SFCs’/CFCs’ grants to ULBs.

Project Funding

The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.

Team Members working on the project at NIUA  

• Mr. Sandeep Thakur

• Dr. Satpal Singh

• Mr. Sarveshwar Vyas

Project Report

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The Report has been submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India in March 2011

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