Consider the following: 1. Demographic performance 2. Forest and ecology 3. Governance reforms 4. Stable…

Consider the following: 1. Demographic performance 2. Forest and ecology 3. Governance reforms 4. Stable government 5. 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 and income distance?
  1. Only two
  2. Only three
  3. Only four
  4. All five

Solution

15th FC used demographic performance, forest & ecology, and tax & fiscal efforts (3 of the listed) — besides population, area, and income distance. Governance reforms and stable government are not among the criteria.

Asked in: UPSC Prelims 2023

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