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Constitution & Amendments
Question No. 282Interactive Test Mode
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Q282. Consider the following: 1. Demographic performance 2. Forest and ecology 3. Governance reforms 4. Stable government 5. Tax and fiscal efforts For horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance Commission used how many of the above as criteria other than population area and income distance ?

Consider the following:

  1. Demographic performance
  2. Forest and ecology
  3. Governance reforms
  4. Stable government
  5. Tax and fiscal efforts For horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance Commission used how many of the above as criteria other than population area and income distance ?
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The 15th Finance Commission used the following six criteria with assigned weights for horizontal tax devolution:

  1. Income Distance (45%)
  2. Population (15% - 2011 census)
  3. Area (15%)
  4. Forest and Ecology (10%) (Item 2)
  5. Demographic Performance (12.5%) (Item 1)
  6. Tax and Fiscal Efforts (2.5%) (Item 5) Governance reforms and stable government were not used as devolution criteria. Hence, exactly three of the listed criteria (Demographic performance, Forest and ecology, Tax and fiscal efforts) were used.
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Examination & YearUPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2023 (Q282)
Paper & Marking SchemeGS Paper I • 2 Marks (-0.66 Negative for incorrect response)
Syllabus Subject & TopicPolity → Constitution & Amendments
Official Answer KeyOption (B) — Only three

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