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Kerala rejects state Finance Commission's views on tax devolution

This comes after the state government delayed the presentation of the State Finance Commission report in the legislative assembly by two years

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan at Parliament House in New Delhi on Friday Photo: PTI
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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan at Parliament House in New Delhi on Friday Photo: PTI

Ishan Bakshi New Delhi
Even as Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan argues for re-framing the terms of reference of the 15th Central Finance Commission, his own government has rejected most of the recommendations of the state finance commission on tax devolution, says the chairman of the state finance commission.
 
This comes after the state government delayed the presentation of the State Finance Commission report in the legislative assembly by two years.
 
The 5th State Finance Commission of Kerala was set up under the chairmanship of B A Prakash, former professor of economics at the University of Kerala, James Varghese, principal secretary, local