NCAER is working closely with the Finance Commission as a knowledge partner.
The specific issues that we are helping the 16th Finance Commission with include –
(i) State-Level Diagnostic Reports and Policy Briefs;
(ii) Analysis of States’ Fiscal Situation and Debt Sustainability;
(iii) State-Level Growth: Possibilities of Convergence Across States;
(iv) Analyzing the features and efficacy of Horizontal Devolution Formulae proposed by various Finance Commissions; and,
(v) Medium Term Framework and new Fiscal rules for the Union and the states.