Still no recognition of the third tier
The HinduThis article is a brief critique of the recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission with regard to local governments. Higher vertical devolution While there are some critical lacunae in its recommendations regarding local governments, the Fifteenth Finance Commission has several positive aspects to be said in its favour. The Fourteenth Finance Commission, however, cut the performance grant share to 10% for gram panchayats and 20% to municipalities with the conditionality that all local governments will have to show improvements in own source revenue. Entry-level criterion An important recommendation of the the Fifteenth Finance Commission is the entry-level criterion to avail the union local grant by local governments. Although the Fifteenth Finance Commission outlines nine guiding principles as the basis of its recommendation to local governments, there is no integrated approach.
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