Pre-Study: What to Study
6 Subtopics · 51 ConceptsDivision of Taxing Powers Between the Union and the States
Importance 3/5 What to StudyVertical and Horizontal Fiscal Imbalance
Importance 4/5 What to StudyStatutory and Discretionary Transfers to States
Importance 3/5 What to StudyGrants-in-Aid Under Article 275 and Article 282
Importance 3/5 What to StudySpecial Assistance, Additional Central Assistance and NDRF Transfers
Importance 2/5 What to StudySpecial Assistance to States for Capital Investment
Importance 3/5 What to StudyGST Compensation to States
Importance 3/5 What to StudySpecial Category Status and Finance Commission Transfers
Importance 2/5 What to Study
Constitutional Basis and Functions
Constitution and Composition of the Finance Commission (Article 280)
Importance 4/5 What to StudyFunctions of the Finance Commission
Importance 4/5 What to StudyAre Finance Commission Recommendations Binding?
Importance 3/5 What to StudySixteenth Finance Commission: Chair, Award Period and Report
Importance 4/5 What to StudyState Finance Commissions
Importance 2/5 What to StudyTax Devolution
Divisible Pool and What It Excludes
Importance 4/5 What to StudyVertical Devolution: States' Share in the Divisible Pool
Importance 5/5 What to StudyCesses and Surcharges and the States' Effective Share
Importance 4/5 What to StudyHorizontal Devolution Criteria: 15th and 16th Finance Commissions
Importance 5/5 What to StudyCensus Year and Demographic Performance: The Population Debate
Importance 3/5 What to StudyGrants-in-Aid
Grants Recommended by the 16th Finance Commission
Importance 4/5 What to StudyRevenue Deficit Grants
Importance 3/5 What to StudyLocal Body Grants
Importance 4/5 What to StudyDisaster Management Grants and the SDRF and SDMF
Importance 3/5 What to StudySector-Specific and State-Specific Grants of the 15th Finance Commission
Importance 3/5 What to StudyOther Recommendations
Modernisation Fund for Defence and Internal Security
Importance 2/5 What to Study16th Finance Commission on Subsidies, Power Distribution and State Public Enterprises
Importance 2/5 What to Study
Central Sector Schemes and Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Importance 4/5 What to StudyFunding Pattern of Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Importance 3/5 What to StudyRationalisation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (Sub-Group of Chief Ministers)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyFlow of Funds to States: Treasury Route, Single Nodal Agency and SNA-SPARSH
Importance 2/5 What to StudyApproval and Appraisal of Schemes Over a Finance Commission Cycle
Importance 1/5 What to StudyCentrally Sponsored Schemes and State Fiscal Autonomy
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Meaning of a Public Sector Undertaking
Importance 4/5 What to StudyForms of Public Enterprises
Importance 2/5 What to StudyMiniratna Category I and Category II
Importance 3/5 What to StudyNavratna Status
Importance 3/5 What to StudyMaharatna Status
Importance 3/5 What to StudyMemorandum of Understanding System for CPSEs
Importance 2/5 What to Study
Disinvestment, Strategic Disinvestment and Privatisation
Importance 4/5 What to StudyMethods of Disinvestment
Importance 3/5 What to StudyDecision-Making for Strategic Disinvestment
Importance 3/5 What to StudyWhy Sell Stakes in PSUs, Including Profit-Making Ones
Importance 3/5 What to StudyStrategic and Non-Strategic Sectors Under the New PSE Policy
Importance 4/5 What to StudyUse of Disinvestment Proceeds and the National Investment Fund
Importance 3/5 What to StudyCapital Restructuring of CPSEs
Importance 1/5 What to StudyDisinvestment Record and Its Constraints
Importance 3/5 What to Study
Asset Monetisation and How It Differs from Disinvestment
Importance 4/5 What to StudyNational Monetisation Pipeline (2021-22 to 2024-25)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyNational Monetisation Pipeline 2.0
Importance 4/5 What to StudyInstruments of Asset Monetisation
Importance 2/5 What to StudyMonetisation of CPSE Land and Non-Core Assets
Importance 2/5 What to StudyChallenges in Asset Monetisation
Importance 2/5 What to Study