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Topic15th Finance Commission

Topic: 15th Finance Commission

Fighting malnutrition is a Modi govt priority, but 2 ministries don’t agree on funding

The 15th Finance Commission recommends Rs 7,735 cr for Women and Child Ministry's malnutrition programme but Finance Ministry rejects recommendation.

15th Finance Commission to set up expert panel to look at roll-on fund, cess for defence

Defence ministry has demanded a fund for purchases that would roll on to the next fiscal if not utilised. But finance ministry has been against it.

Budget 2020: 15th Finance Commission keeps states’ share virtually unchanged for FY21

With Census 2011 as basis, the panel has reduced shares of states like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. States expected to oppose the recommendations.

GST dealt ‘big blow’ to municipal finances, 15th Finance Commission study finds

Lesser funds at the disposal of municipalities will adversely impact spending on basic civic services in urban areas.

J&K will be extra special — it will be only UT to get central funds from finance panel

The Modi govt’s J&K Reorganisation Bill provides for the new UT of Jammu and Kashmir to be given more funds and financial security.

There’s a big change coming to how India uses funds after cyclones, earthquakes, floods

15th finance commission is exploring ways to ensure funds are available to states not just for relief, but also for rehabilitation, mitigation & capacity-building.

Rahul Gandhi wants to win the south but Congress wants to divert funds to northern states

Congress leaders had slammed Modi government’s formula to share tax revenue based on population but manifesto vows to implement the same recommendation.

Urban affairs ministry demands 4 times more funds for states to overcome losses due to GST

Ministry says with entertainment tax, advertisement tax and other such taxes subsumed into GST, some municipalities struggling to generate income.

Modi govt turns to Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan to add glitz to Surgical Strike Day

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For Mumbai makeover, Maharashtra asks for Rs 50,000 crore from 15th Finance Commission

It’s the state’s largest ever demand for Mumbai, through which it hopes to power infra projects in the city.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.