16th Fin Comm recommends states share in Central taxes at 41 pc for 5 years till 2031

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....6th Fin Comm recommends states share in Central taxes at 41 pc for 5 years till 2031<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 1-2-2026<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The 16th Finance Commission, headed by former Vice-Chairman of the Niti Aayog Arvind Panagariya, has recommended retaining states' share in Central taxes at 41 per cent for the five-year period beginning April 1, 2026. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitha....

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....raman, in her Budget speech, said, "The government has accepted the recommendation of the Commission to retain the vertical share of devolution at 41 per cent". The Centre has provided Rs 1.4 lakh crore to the states for the FY 2026-27 as Finance Commission Grants, as recommended by the commission. These include Rural and Urban Local Body and Disaster Management Grants. The report of the 16th Fi....

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....nance Commission was tabled in Parliament by Sitharaman on Sunday. The Finance Commission, which has been set up under the Constitution, provides a formula for the devolution of taxes between the Centre and states. Cesses and surcharges levied by the Centre are not part of the divisible pool. The 16th Finance Commission was set up on December 31, 2023. Led by Panagariya, Finance Commission mem....

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....bers -- Retired bureaucrat Annie George Mathew, economist Manoj Panda, SBI Group Chief Economic Advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh, and RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar -- and Secretary to the Commission Ritvik Pandey submitted the report to President Droupadi Murmu on November 17, 2025. PTI JD JD BAL BAL<BR> News - Press release - PIB....