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Finance Commission of India
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About..
came into existence in 1951 .
was established underArticle 280of the
Indian Constitution of India by the Presidentof India.
was formed to define the financial relations
between the centre and the state.
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Qualifications of the members
The Chairman of the Finance Commission isselected among people who have had theexperience of public affairs.
The other four other members are selected from
people who: Are, or have been, or are qualified, as judges of
High Court, or
Have knowledge of Government finances oraccounts, or
Have had experience in administration and financialexpertise; or
Have special knowledge of economics
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Disqualification from being a member
of the CommissionA member may be disqualified if:
He is mentally unsound;
He is an undischarged insolvent; He has been convicted of an immoral
offence;
His financial and other interests are such that
it hinders smooth functioning of the
Commission.
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Functions
It is the duty of the Commission to makerecommendations to the President as to
the distribution between the Union and the States ofthe net proceeds of taxes which are to be, or may be,divided between them and the allocation between theStates of the respective shares of such proceeds;
the ideology which should govern the grants-in-aid ofthe revenues of the States out of the ConsolidatedFund of India;
the measures needed to expand the ConsolidatedFund of a State to supplement the resources of thePanchayats in the State on the basis of therecommendations made by the Finance Commissionof the State;
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Functions
the measures needed to augment the ConsolidatedFund of a State to supplement the resources of theMunicipalities in the State on the basis of therecommendations made by the Finance Commission
of the State;
any other matter referred to the Commission by thePresident in the interests of sound finance.
The Commission determines its procedure and have
such powers in the performance of their functions asParliament may by law confer on them.
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The recommendations of the Finance Commissionare implemented as under:-
Those to be implemented by an order of thePresident:The recommendations relating to distribution ofUnion Taxes and Duties and Grants-in-aid fall in thiscategory.
Those to be implemented by executive orders:The recommendations in respect of sharing of ProfitPetroleum, Debt Relief, Mode of Central Assistance,etc. are implemented by executive orders.
How are the recommendations of
Finance Commission implemented?
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Composition of the Thirteenth Finance
Commission The Thirteenth Finance Commission has been set up under the
Chairmanship of Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar [former Union FinanceSecretary and Advisor to the Finance Minister].
Other Members of the Commission are Dr. Indira Rajaraman
[Professor Emeritus, National Institute of Public Finance & PolicyNew Delhi),
Prof. Atul Sarma, Former Vice Chancellor, Rajiv GandhiUniversity [erstwhile Arunachal University],
Dr. Sanjiv Misra [Former Secretary (Expenditure) Government ofIndia).
Shri B.K. Chaturvedi (Member, Planning Commission) is the part-time Member of the Thirteenth Finance Commission.
Shri Sumit Bose is the Secretary, Thirteenth FinanceCommission.
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The tenure of the Thirteenth Finance
Commission The Finance Commission is required to give
its report by 31st October, 2009. Its
recommendations will cover the five year
period commencing from 1st April, 2010.
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Introduction to the doctrine of pith and
substanceThis doctrine envisages that the Legislation as
a whole be examined to ascertain its true
nature and character of Legislation.Pith and substances is a legal doctrine in
Canadian Constitutional interpretation used
to determine under which head of power a
given piece of Legislation falls.
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Introduction to the doctrine of pith and
sub
stanceWithin their respective spheres, the Union and the State
Legislatures are made supreme and they should not encroachinto the sphere reserved to the other.
The doctrine of pith and substance is applied when the legislative
competence of a Legislature with regard to a particular enactment is challenged with reference to the entries in differentlegislative Lists, because a law dealing with a subject in one Listwithin the competence of the Legislature concerned is alsotouching on a subject in another List not within the competenceof that Legislature.
In that such a cases what has to be ascertained is the pith andsubstances of the enactment, i.e. the true character of theLegislation.
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Introduction to the doctrine of pith and
sub
stanceTo ascertain the true character of the Legislation in question, one
must have regard to it as a whole, to its object and to its scopeand effect of its provisions.
If according to its true nature and character, the Legislation
substantially relates to a topic assigned to the Legislature whichhas enacted it, then it is not invalid merely because it incidentallytrenched or encroaches on matters assigned to another Legislature.
Briefly Stated, what the doctrine means, is this. Where the questionarises of determining whether a particular law relates to a
particular subject (mentioned in one List or another), the courtlooks to the substance (essence) of the matter.
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Introduction to the doctrine of pith and
sub
stanceThus, if the substance falls within Union List, then the incidental
encroachment by the law on the State List does not make itinvalid.
To determine the pith and substance, two aspects of the law must
be examined: the purpose of enacting body and the legal effectof the law. To assess the purpose, the courts may consider bothintrinsic evidence, such as the Legislations preamble or purposesclauses, and extrinsic evidence, such as minutes of Parliamentary debates.
In doing so, they must nevertheless seek to ascertain the true
purpose of the Legislation, as opposed to its mere Stated orapparent purpose.
Equally the courts may take into account the effects of theLegislation.
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