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Fiscal Decentralization in India

An Outcome Mapping of State Finance Commissions

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Authors:
  1. V N Alok

    1. Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, India

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  • One of the first comprehensive reviews of the State-local fiscal relations with Institutional Arrangements

  • Brings out the constraints faced by the States in implementing the recommendations and suggests roadmaps for future improvements

  • Analyzes more than 75 SFC reports with their action taken reports

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • V N Alok
    Pages 1-17

  3. State-Local Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer (IGFT) in India: Identification of Indicators

    • V N Alok
    Pages 19-31

  4. Recommendations and Methodologies of SFCs: A Review

    • V N Alok
    Pages 33-92

  5. Impediments in the Functioning of SFCs and Good Practices

    • V N Alok
    Pages 93-116

  6. Conclusions and Suggestions

    • V N Alok
    Pages 117-122

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 123-531
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About this book

This book presents an in-depth analysis of key recommendations of the consecutive state finance commissions (SFCs) across states of India in the local and national perspective. It reviews the working of SFCs and their critical role in strengthening local governments, both Panchayats and municipalities in the various states. The volume attempts to identify some of the emerging issues related to the efficacy of SFC in fiscal decentralization. It appraises nearly eighty SFC reports and actions taken thereon by the respective State Governments with contextual analysis.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, India

    V N Alok

About the author

V N Alok is Associate Professor of Public Finance in Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi, India. He has been a member of the Fifth Delhi Finance Commission and contributed to nearly all successive union (federal) and state finance commissions in different capacities since 1995. He conceptualized the ‘devolution index’ and constructed it annually for the Government of India during 2009-2014.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fiscal Decentralization in India

  • Book Subtitle: An Outcome Mapping of State Finance Commissions

  • Authors: V N Alok

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2203-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2202-1Published: 31 July 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-2203-8Published: 30 July 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 531

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Public Finance, Development Finance, Asian Economics

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