GOVERNMENT OF INDIA |
Ministry of Finance
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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
RAJYA SABHA |
STARRED QUESTION NO * 173 |
TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2007 |
Constitution of Thirteenth Finance Commission |
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SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR |
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Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:-
(a) whether Government has decided to constitute the Thirteenth Finance Commission shortly;
(b) if so, whether the personnel and the terms of reference have been decided upon; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and by when a notification for the constitution of the Commission is likely to be issued?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF FINANCE
(SHRI P. CHIDAMBARAM)
(a) to (c) : Yes, Sir. The 13th Finance Commission has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Dr. Vijay L Kelkar on 13th November 2007 and comprises the following four other members:-
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(i) |
Sh. B K Chaturvedi Member, Planning Commission |
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Member (part-time) |
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(ii) |
Dr. Indira Rajaraman Professor Emeritus, National Institute of Public Finance & Policy, New Delhi |
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Member |
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(iii) |
Dr. Abusaleh Shariff Chief Economist, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi |
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Member |
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(iv) |
Prof. Atul Sarma Former Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University (formerly Arunachal University) |
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Member |
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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 173 ON CONSTITUTION OF THIRTEENTH FINANCE COMMISSION FOR ANSWER ON 27TH NOVEMBER, 2007
(a) to (c): The Government has constituted the Thirteenth Finance Commission vide Notification dated 13th November, 2007. A copy of the Notification indicating the names of the Chairman and four other Members of the Commission and its terms of reference is given in Annex-I. The Notification has also been laid on the Table of the House on 20th November, 2007. ….