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The question this prepares you for · CSE 2025 · Q66
Which of the following statements with regard to recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission of India are correct? I. It has recommended grants of ₹ 4,800 crores from the year 2022–23 to the year 2025–26 for incentivizing States to enhance educational outcomes. II. It recommends that the net proceeds of Union taxes are to be shared with States. III. It reintroduced tax effort criteria to reward fiscal performance. IV. It reintroduced fiscal capacity criteria to reward fiscal performance. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
I, II and IIIII, III and IVI, II and IVII, III and IV
Why revise these together?
The 14th FC and 15th FC sources are squarely load-bearing: they teach divisible-pool sharing, sector-specific grants and the 15th FC's horizontal devolution criteria (tax/fiscal effort), which map onto statements II, III and IV of the target. The 'sales tax on toothpaste' source is a thin economic-mechanism keyword link that does not teach Finance Commission recommendations.