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Which one of the following statements about the Finance Commissions, periodically established by the Government of India, is NOT true?<\/p>\n

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The statement that the Finance Commission recommends measures regarding the salary of government employees is NOT true.<\/section>\n
The Finance Commission is a constitutional body established under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution to define the financial relations between the central government and the state governments.<\/section>\n
Its primary functions include recommending the distribution of net proceeds of taxes between the Union and the States (vertical devolution), allocation of proceeds among the States (horizontal devolution), principles governing grants-in-aid to states, and measures to augment the Consolidated Fund of a State to supplement the resources of Panchayats and Municipalities.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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