Composition
Composition of the Ninth Finance Commission
| Shri N.K.P. Salve | Chairman | |
| Shri Justice Abdus Sattar Qureshi | Member | |
| Dr. Raja J. Chelliah | Member | |
| Shri Lal Thanhawla | Member | (Resigned on 24th January, 1989) |
| Shri Mahesh Prasad | Member | Member Secretary (Resigned) |
| Shri S. Venkitaramanan | Member | (In place of Shri Lal Thanhawla on 3rd May, 1989) |
| Shri Venkitaramanan | Member | Resigned as Member of the Finance Commission on his appointment as Adviser to the Government of Karnataka |
| Shri R. Keishing | Member | Assumed charge as part time Member of the Commission w.e.f. 25th November 1989 |
| Shri K.V.R. Nair | Member | was appointed as Member Secretary (In place of ~ Shri Mahesh Prasad from 13th July, 1989) |


