FIFTEENTH FINANCE COMMISSION

List of Studies Commissioned

S.NO

Subject

Name of Institute

1.

Resource sharing between Centre and States and allocation across States: Some issues in balancing Equity and Efficiency

Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi

2.

Pay Commissions: Fiscal Implications

Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi

3.

Cyclically adjusted Primary Balance for Centre and States in India

Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi

4.

Ayushman Bharat: Costs and Finances of the Prime Minister’s Jan Arogya Yojana

Institute of Economic Growth,New Delhi

5.

Development Expenditure in the States post Fourteenth Finance Commission Award: How Have States Spent the Award Money?

Indian Council for Research on , International Economic Relations, New Delhi

6.

Development Expenditure in the States post Fourteenth Finance Commission Award: An Assessment of the Centrally Sponsored Schemes

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi

7.

Finances of Municipal Corporations in Metropolitan Cities of India

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi

8.

State of Municipal Finances in India

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi

9.

Projection of Tax Revenue on Petroleum Products and Sales Tax and State’s Own Tax Revenue (SOTR) Effort Analysis of States in India

Xavier University, Bhubaneshwar

10.

Resource allocation in lieu of State’s Demographic Achievements in India: An evidence based approach

Centre for Development Studies, Kerala

11.

Cesses and Surcharges: Concept, Practice and Reform

Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi

12.

Examining the legal basis for the conditions that the Government of India may impose on States while providing consent under Article 293(3) of the constitution

Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi

13.

Cleaning constitutional cobwebs: Reforming the Seventh Schedule

Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy , New Delhi

14.

Examination of the legal basis for conditional transfers to States and issues relating to performance-based incentives for States

Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi

15.

Forest Conservation through fiscal federalism: lessons from past experience

The Energy and Resources Institute , New Delhi,

16.

Strengthening Green Fiscal Federalism in India

The Energy and Resources Institute , New Delhi

17.

Agricultural subsidies

Indian Statistical Institute , New Delhi,

18.

Measurable, performance-based incentives for States in India

National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi

19.

Urban Infrastructure Development and Resilience Building by ULBs

Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru

20.

Devolution of Union Finance Commission Grants to Panchayats

Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

21.

Analysis of Fund Flows to Rural Local Bodies

Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

22.

Contingent Liability Management Framework

CRISIL, New Delhi

23.

Design of intergovernmental fiscal transfers in India to Rural Local Governments (RLGs)

Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi

24.

Fiscal implications of GST

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

25.

Overview of SFC reports

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

26.

Macroeconomic policy simulations for the 15th FC period

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

27.

The Potential of Urbanisation to Accelerate Post-COVID Economic Recovery

Indian Institute for Human Settlements