https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=20628 Granting Special Category Status to states is outside the mandate of the Finance Commission because it is not included in the Terms of Reference; the Commission cannot consider Special Category Status without transgressing the Presidential Notification. The Fifteenth Finance Commission will, however, sympathetically assess Andhra Pradesh's needs within its constitutional remit, evaluate fiscal measures identified in its TOR (including population-based incentives), and consider requests for post-devolution revenue support and other grants arising from bifurcation. en-us Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:32:12 +0530 Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:44:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=20628 Granting Special Category Status to states is outside the mandate of the Finance Commission because it is not included in the Terms of Reference; the Commission cannot consider Special Category Status without transgressing the Presidential Notification. The Fifteenth Finance Commission will, however, sympathetically assess Andhra Pradesh's needs within its constitutional remit, evaluate fiscal measures identified in its TOR (including population-based incentives), and consider requests for post-devolution revenue support and other grants arising from bifurcation. News - Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:32:12 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=20628