Question
Q79. Consider the following
- Demographic performance
- Forest and ecology
- Governance reforms
- Stable government
- Tax and fiscal efforts
For the horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance Commission used how many of the above as criteria other than population area income distance?
- Only two
- Only three
- Only four
- All five
Answer: 2
Detailed Explanation
| Parameters | 14th Finance Commission (2015-20) | 15th Finance Commission (2020-21) | 15th Finance Commission (2021-26) |
| Population (1971) | 17.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Population (2011) | 10% | 15% | 15% |
| Area | 15% | 15% | 15% |
| Forest Cover | 7.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Forest and Ecology | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| Income Distance | 50% | 45% | 45% |
| Tax and Fiscal Efforts | 0% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Demographic Performance | 0% | 12.5% | 12.5% |
