Government Budgeting, Finance Commission & Fiscal Federalism
सरकारी बजट, वित्त आयोग और राजकोषीय संघवाद
Government Budgeting, Finance Commission & Fiscal Federalism is part of the UPSC Mains GS Paper II syllabus, under Governance & Public Policy. It appeared in Mains GS Paper II question papers in 4 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 (2018, 2021, 2023, 2024). It is marked high-yield: a topic worth revising more than once.
What should you study in Government Budgeting, Finance Commission & Fiscal Federalism?
- Finance Commission — Art.280; vertical (Centre-State) & horizontal (inter-State) devolution
- 15th Finance Commission — 41% share to states, local body grants
- FRBM Act — fiscal targets, counter-cyclical policy space
- Union Budget process — Art.112-117; MTEF, zero-based budgeting attempts
How often is Government Budgeting, Finance Commission & Fiscal Federalism asked in UPSC Mains?
Asked in 4 of 10 years, including 3 of the last 5. Highlighted years below are the ones it appeared in.
- 2016: not asked
- 2017: not asked
- 2018: asked
- 2019: not asked
- 2020: not asked
- 2021: asked
- 2022: not asked
- 2023: asked
- 2024: asked
- 2025: not asked
About the Mains GS Paper II paper
GS Paper II is a 250-mark descriptive Mains paper covering governance, the Constitution, polity, social justice and international relations. See all 40 Mains GS Paper II topics.
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Syllabus: UPSC Civil Services notification. Topic breakdown, subtopics and PYQ years: GS Score UPSC Syllabus 2026-27 booklet. Sources & credits
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