Constitution of India, 1949
280.Finance Commission.-
(1) The President shall, within two years from
the commencement of this Constitution and thereafter at the expiration of every
fifth year or at such earlier time as the President considers necessary, by
order constitute a Finance Commission which shall consist of a Chairman and
four other members to be appointed by the President.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Commission to
make recommendations to the President as to-
(a) the distribution
between the Union and the States of the net proceeds of taxes which are to be,
or may be, divided between them under this Chapter and the allocation between
the States of the respective shares of such proceeds;
(b) the principles
which should govern the grants- in-aid of the revenues of the States out of the
Consolidated Fund of India;
(c) any other matter
referred to the Commission by the President in the interests of sound finance.
(4) The Commission shall determine their
procedure and shall have such powers in the performance of their functions as
Parliament may by law confer on them.