15th FC holds discussions on ‘Fiscal Relations across levels of Government’

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New Delhi : The 15^th Finance Commission on April 4, 2019, held a high level roundtable on ‘Fiscal Relations across levels of government’.  It was moderated by N K Singh, Chairman of the Commission. The roundtable was organised in partnership with the World Bank, OECD and ADB.  This is the culmination of significant works that all the three organisations  have undertaken for the FC.

Addressing the gathering the Chairman set the tone of the discussions by briefly elaborating on the four technical sessions of the meeting: Sub-national debt, Transfer design incentives and fiscal equalization, Sub-national budget and Public financial management system, and Finances of third-tier of Government.

Earlier, the Commission had held separate workshops with the OECD in April, 2018 and the World Bank in July, 2018, to discuss the initial thoughts and country experiences on the issues related to fiscal federalism and inter-governmental transfers. Today’s roundtable was a concluding session of the work being done by the World Bank, OECD and ADB for the Commission.  The discussions were about the findings coming out of the research work and analysis done by their teams, according to a PIB release.