Indian Polity · Polity
With reference to the recommendations of the Finance Commission regarding tax devolution among States, consider the following statements: I. Horizontal devolution by the Finance Commission seeks to correct inter-State disparities primarily by assigning higher weight to population and income distance criteria. II. A reduction in the weight assigned to per capita income (or income distance) necessarily increases the share of relatively richer States in horizontal devolution. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1I only✓
- 2II only
- 3Both I and II
- 4Neither I nor II
Correct answer
I only
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