Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : Once in five years
The correct answer is Once every five years. Finance Commission is constituted once in every five years. - The Finance Commissions are commissions constituted by the President of India under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution.
- The First Commission was established in 1951 under The Finance Commission Act, 1951.
- Fifteen Finance Commissions have been constituted since the promulgation of the Indian Constitution in 1950.
- The Finance Commission was established in 1951 by Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the then-incumbent law minister.
- Article 280 of the Indian Constitution defines the scope of the commission: The President will constitute a finance commission within two years from the commencement of the Constitution and thereafter at the end of every fifth year or earlier.
- The most recent was constituted in 2017 and is chaired by N. K.Singh, a former member of the Planning Commission.
- Important Functions of Commissions include :
- Distribution of 'net proceeds' of taxes between Center and the States, to be divided as per their respective contributions to the taxes.
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