Population of the year 2011 was first introduced in the tax devolution formula for sharing Union tax revenue with the States by (a) Thirteenth Finance Commission (b) Fifteenth Finance Commission (c) Fourteenth Finance Commission (d) Twelfth Finance Commis

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Q: 100 (CAPF/2024)
Population of the year 2011 was first introduced in the tax devolution formula for sharing Union tax revenue with the States by
(a) Thirteenth Finance Commission
(b) Fifteenth Finance Commission
(c) Fourteenth Finance Commission
(d) Twelfth Finance Commission

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Polity

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CAPF

The Fourteenth Finance Commission, which covered the period from 2015 to 2020, introduced the population data from the 2011 Census into the formula for the first time. This change was made to ensure that the tax devolution formula reflected more current demographic realities.