Current Affairs · Finance Commission & Fiscal Federalism
Assertion (A): The 15th Finance Commission used the population data of the 2011 Census for devolution of tax revenues among states, departing from the 1971 Census. Reason (R): Using the 2011 Census data inherently rewards states that successfully controlled their population growth over the preceding decades.
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- 1Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- 2Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
- 3(A) is true, but (R) is false✓
- 4(A) is false, but (R) is true
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(A) is true, but (R) is false
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