State Finance Commissions for local bodies
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State Finance Commissions for local bodies are state-level constitutional bodies in India tasked with reviewing the financial position of rural and urban local governments and recommending how revenues should be shared between the state and these local bodies.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: State Finance Commissions for local bodies Context triple: [74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India, providesFor, State Finance Commissions for local bodies]
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A.
Office of State and Local Finance
The Office of State and Local Finance is a U.S. Treasury office that develops and coordinates federal policies affecting the fiscal health, financing, and infrastructure investment of state and local governments.
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B.
Executive Committee of Local Administration
The Executive Committee of Local Administration was a specialized body within the State Council of Ceylon responsible for overseeing and managing matters related to local government and administration.
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C.
National Finance Commission
The National Finance Commission is a constitutional body in Pakistan responsible for periodically distributing financial resources and revenues between the federal government and the provinces.
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D.
State Affairs Commission
The State Affairs Commission is North Korea’s top governing body, chaired by the country’s supreme leader and responsible for directing key state and military policies.
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E.
People's Commissariat for Finance
The People's Commissariat for Finance was the Soviet government ministry responsible for managing state finances, budgeting, and fiscal policy in the early USSR.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: State Finance Commissions for local bodies Target entity description: State Finance Commissions for local bodies are state-level constitutional bodies in India tasked with reviewing the financial position of rural and urban local governments and recommending how revenues should be shared between the state and these local bodies.
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A.
Office of State and Local Finance
The Office of State and Local Finance is a U.S. Treasury office that develops and coordinates federal policies affecting the fiscal health, financing, and infrastructure investment of state and local governments.
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B.
Executive Committee of Local Administration
The Executive Committee of Local Administration was a specialized body within the State Council of Ceylon responsible for overseeing and managing matters related to local government and administration.
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C.
National Finance Commission
The National Finance Commission is a constitutional body in Pakistan responsible for periodically distributing financial resources and revenues between the federal government and the provinces.
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D.
State Affairs Commission
The State Affairs Commission is North Korea’s top governing body, chaired by the country’s supreme leader and responsible for directing key state and military policies.
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E.
People's Commissariat for Finance
The People's Commissariat for Finance was the Soviet government ministry responsible for managing state finances, budgeting, and fiscal policy in the early USSR.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional body
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fiscal federalism institution ⓘ state-level commission ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
Block Panchayats
ⓘ
linked to:
Panchayat Samiti
District Panchayats ⓘ
linked to:
Zila Parishad
Gram Panchayats ⓘ
linked to:
Panchayat
Municipal Corporations ⓘ
linked to:
United States municipal corporations
Municipal Councils ⓘ Nagar Panchayats ⓘ
linked to:
Nagar Panchayat
|
| compositionDeterminedBy | state legislature ⓘ |
| constitutionalArticle |
Article 243-I
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Article 243-Y ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Part IX of the Constitution of India
ⓘ
Part IX-A of the Constitution of India ⓘ
linked to:
Part IXA of the Constitution of India
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India
ⓘ
linked to:
74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India
Seventy-third Amendment of the Constitution of India ⓘ |
| governedBy | state-specific State Finance Commission Acts or notifications ⓘ |
| headedBy | chairperson appointed by state government ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Municipalities
ⓘ
Panchayats ⓘ rural local bodies ⓘ urban local bodies ⓘ |
| legalStatus | mandatory constitutional requirement for each state ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | state government ⓘ |
| linkedProcess |
local government planning and budgeting
ⓘ
state budgetary process ⓘ |
| membersAppointedBy | Governor of the state ⓘ |
| objective |
align local body functions with adequate financial resources
ⓘ
reduce fiscal dependence of local bodies on ad hoc state transfers ⓘ |
| output |
recommended formula for horizontal distribution among local bodies
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recommended formula for vertical devolution between state and local bodies ⓘ report with recommendations on local body finances ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
recommend distribution of financial resources between state and local bodies
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recommend grants-in-aid to local bodies from the state consolidated fund ⓘ recommend measures to improve financial position of local bodies ⓘ recommend principles for sharing taxes and fees between state and local bodies ⓘ review financial position of Municipalities ⓘ review financial position of Panchayats ⓘ |
| purpose |
enhance autonomy of local self-government institutions
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ensure predictable and transparent transfers to local governments ⓘ strengthen fiscal decentralization ⓘ |
| recommendationsUse |
basis for devolution of funds to Municipalities
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basis for devolution of funds to Panchayats ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Central Finance Commission of India
ⓘ
linked to:
Finance Commission of India
|
| reportFrequency | every five years ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Governor of the state ⓘ |
| scope |
fees and tolls collected by local bodies
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grants-in-aid from state government to local bodies ⓘ measures for improving local body revenues ⓘ state taxes assigned to or shared with local bodies ⓘ |
| timeFrame | constituted at the expiration of every fifth year ⓘ |
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Subject: State Finance Commissions for local bodies Description of subject: State Finance Commissions for local bodies are state-level constitutional bodies in India tasked with reviewing the financial position of rural and urban local governments and recommending how revenues should be shared between the state and these local bodies.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India
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providesFor
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State Finance Commissions for local bodies
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73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
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providesFor
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Constitution of State Finance Commissions
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linked to: State Finance Commissions for local bodies
Part IX of the Constitution of India
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requires
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State Finance Commissions for Panchayat finances
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linked to: State Finance Commissions for local bodies
linked to: State Finance Commissions for local bodies