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Don't reduce devolution

Increasing grants and tied funds not enough

Top 10 business headlines: AGR deadline nears; Bezos phone hack shocks UN

Three companies negotiate the deadline to pay the government dues for spectrum and the UN calls for a probe into the hacking of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone.

15th Finance Commission may hike grants, cut devolution to states

Performance-based incentives planned to reduce friction between Centre, states

Govt addressing issues without waiting for Budget, says Nirmala Sitharaman

She also said that GST collection, which crossed Rs 1 lakh crore per month mark during the last two months, will remain "good" in coming days

Year in Review: Citizenship Act to Ayodhya verdict, key decisions of 2019

Days before curtains come down on 2019, we look at the key decisions and ideas that shaped the year

15th Finance Commission treating J&K like any other UT: N K Singh

How can you treat a UT to be anything other than a UT?, Singh said

Budget 2020: Centre may announce sops for states for pollution control

The Commission submitted its interim report for 2020-21 to President Ram Nath Kovind earlier this month

15th Finance Commission submits its report for FY21 to FM Sitharaman

The Commission had a wide-ranging terms of reference contained in the Presidential Notification

Fifteenth FC may have kept devolution of divisible tax pool unchanged

The interim report is likely to be made public just before or on the day of the Budget

Cabinet approves extension to 15th Finance Commission for one year

The cabinet decision means the Commission will recommend its award to six fiscal years, instead of the usual five

States' GST compensation may need to be extended beyond 2022: Report

Serious inconsistencies in data make revenue projection problematic

15th Finance Commission may submit interim report to President on Saturday

Report expected to recommend devolution for FY21

Need alternatives to farm subsidies: Study released by Finance Commission

Procurement-based support could be replaced with price deficiency payments, but in the medium-term, they become difficult to manage

Finance commission chief Singh blasts frequent tinkering with GST rates

He also pitched for a rationalisation in Centrally- sponsored schemes, and blamed the government for not clearly defining the role of the Niti Aayog

15th Finance Commission likely to get extension for J&K and Ladakh

Chairman NK Singh says the government is yet to give fresh terms of reference to the panel regarding Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

Finance Commission extension depends on terms of reference for J&K, Ladakh

Singh said that the commission will have to work on the devolution formula for the newly bifurcated union territories.

Govt likely to extend 15th Finance Commision's term by six months

Officials say there have been discussions on whether the treatment given to J&K will be unfair to Delhi and Puducherry

Fifteenth Finance Commission raises concerns on debt levels of states

The commission said the overall state debt has risen particularly due to UDAY scheme

UP demands special package from Finance Comm to hit trillion-dollar economy

N K Singh, Commission chairman, said the demand for special packages had emerged from all the 27 states, that the Commission had so far visited, and UP was no different

Come clean on the fisc

If taxes fall short, it should not be covered up