भारत के 15वें वित्त आयोग की सिफारिशों के संदर्भ में, निम्नलिखित में कौन-कौन से कथन सही हैं?
- I.इसने राज्यों द्वारा शिक्षा परिणामों में उन्नयन लाने हेतु प्रोत्साहन राशि प्रदान करने के लिए वर्ष 2022–23 से वर्ष 2025–26 तक ₹ 4,800 करोड़ के अनुदान की अनुशंसा की है।
- II.संघ के करों के निवल आगम का 45%, राज्यों के साथ बाँटा जाना चाहिए।
- III.सभी राज्यों के लिए कृषि सुधारों के क्रियान्वयन हेतु निष्पादन आधारित प्रोत्साहन के रूप में ₹ 45,000 करोड़ रखे जाएँ।
- IV.इसने राजकोषीय निष्पादन को पुरस्कृत करने हेतु कर प्रयास निकष (टैक्स एफर्ट क्राइटेरिया) को फिर से आरम्भ किया।
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Which of the following statements with regard to recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission of India are correct?
I. It has recommended grants of ₹ 4,800 crores from the year 2022–23 to the year 2025–26 for incentivizing States to enhance educational outcomes.
II. 45% of the net proceeds of Union taxes are to be shared with States.
III. ₹ 45,000 crores are to be kept as performance-based incentive for all States for carrying out agricultural reforms.
IV. It reintroduced tax effort criteria to reward fiscal performance.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) I, II and III · (b) I, II and IV · (c) I, III and IV · (d) II, III and IV
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (c) I, III और IV
Statements I, III and IV match the Fifteenth Finance Commission's report. Statement II is wrong: the Commission kept the States' share at 41 per cent of the divisible pool, not 45 per cent.
- ✓ I It recommended ₹4,800 crore (₹1,200 crore a year) from 2022-23 to 2025-26 to incentivise States to improve educational outcomes.
- ✗ II Vertical devolution was kept at 41 per cent of the divisible pool: the Fourteenth Commission's 42 per cent, adjusted by about 1 per cent for the change in the status of Jammu and Kashmir.
- ✓ III ₹45,000 crore was set aside as a performance-based incentive for States carrying out agricultural reforms, such as amending land-related laws on the lines of NITI Aayog's model law.
- ✓ IV The Commission re-introduced the tax effort criterion to reward fiscal performance.
Remember · 15th Finance Commission (2021–26): States' share 41% of divisible pool; ₹4,800 crore education incentive; ₹45,000 crore agri-reform incentive; tax-effort criterion re-introduced.
Sources
- PIB, Finance Commission (1 Feb 2021): The Report of the Fifteenth Finance Commission ↗ “XVFC has recommended grants of Rs. 4,800 crore (Rs. 1,200 crore each year) from 2022-23 to 2025-26 for incentivising the States to enhance educational outcomes. … XVFC has recommended maintaining the vertical devolution at 41 per cent – the same as in our report for 2020-21. … XVFC has recommended that Rs. 45,000 crore be kept as performance-based incentive for all the States for carrying out agricultural reforms for amending their land-related laws on the lines of NITI Aayog’s model law … XVFC has re-introduced tax effort criterion to reward fiscal performance.”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2025, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·