19-650: Kharaghoda is a census town in Surendranagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat . Under the Bombay Presidency of British Raj , Kharaghoda was a part of the then Ahmedabad district, and had the terminus of a branch railway line. A government salt factory was established here under the brand name of " Bharat Salt ". Hindustan Salts Limited , the only public sector company in India engaged in
38-489: A greater number of statutory towns, the states would be able to get more money from the Centre as per the 14th Finance Commission Report. Additionally, under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), 50% weightage is given to the number of statutory towns in the state/UT to determine the allocation of funds to these states/UTs. Following this notification, Maharashtra state government converted 19 CTs in
57-607: Is 52%, and female literacy is 29%. In Kharaghoda, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. The main business of the Kharaghoda is salt production. During the British Raj, well water was used to produce salts. The salt is called Varagadum (વરાગડું). There is one hospital, operated by HSL. There is an old library, started by the British. Kharaghoda is located at the end of Little Rann of Kutch . In 2006, Rann Utzav
76-635: Is a nucleus of either thirty occupied houses on both sides of the road or twenty occupied houses on one side of the Road". Census towns were distinct from municipal towns ; the latter, which had legally defined boundaries and local government powers, were abolished by the Local Government Reform Act 2014 . Census towns were replaced by built up areas in the 2022 census . Finance Commission The Finance Commissions ( IAST : Vitta Āyoga ) are commissions periodically constituted by
95-414: Is chaired by Arvind Panagariya former Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog . As a federal nation, India suffers from both vertical and horizontal fiscal imbalances . Vertical imbalances between the central and state governments result from states incurring expenditures disproportionate to their sources of revenue , in the process of fulfilling their responsibilities. However, states are better able to gauge
114-1862: Is easily available. In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population has attained urban characteristics. Census towns are governed by gram panchayats , unlike statutory towns. They are characterized by the following: Examples of Indian census towns include Kapsi in Chhattisgarh , Avinissery in Thrissur District of Kerala , Greater Noida , Chakeri and Manauri in Uttar Pradesh , Indranagar in Tripura , Begampur , Chandpara , Nandigram , Chittaranjan and Beliatore in West Bengal , Chevella in Telangana , Amini in Lakshadweep , Deolali in Maharashtra , Ghatshila in Purbi Singhbhum District of Jharkhand , BGR Township ( Bongaigaon Refinery Township ) in Bongaigaon Urban Agglomeration of Assam , Pileru in Andhra Pradesh , Chikhli in Gujarat and Ichgam in Jammu and Kashmir . The number of census towns (CTs) in India grew from 1,362 in 2001 to 3,894 in 2011. As per Pradhan (2013), these CTs account for 30% of
133-508: Is required to ensure planned development of these areas. In this notification, Rajiv Gauba, Secretary (Urban Development) notes: The opportunity of planned urban development might get lost if unplanned construction and ad hoc provisioning of infrastructure is allowed to take place over a long time. Additionally, the Ministry, in the notification, has informed the states that they stand to gain from according statutory status to these towns. With
152-571: The President of India under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution to define the financial relations between the central government of India and the individual state governments . The First Commission was established in 1951 under The Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951. Fifteen Finance Commissions have been constituted since the promulgation of Indian Constitution in 1950. Individual commissions operate under
171-472: The commission to serve as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India . The commission was set up to give recommendations for five years commencing on 1 April 2020. The main tasks of the commission were to "strengthen cooperative federalism, improve the quality of public spending and help protect fiscal stability". Some newspapers like The Hindu and The Economic Times noted that commission's job
190-585: The levy of duties by the centre but equips the States to collect and retain the same. Similarly, Articles 269, 270, 275, 282 and 293, among others, specify ways and means of sharing resources between the Union and States. In addition to the above provisions, the finance commission serves as an institutional framework to facilitate Centre-State Transfers. Article 280 of the Indian Constitution defines
209-483: The manufacture and sale of salt, has salt plants in Karaghoda. Recent studies have uncovered that the bitterns produced in Kharaghoda are rich in bromides and can become a source for bromine . As of 2001 India census , Kharaghoda had a population of 10,927. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kharaghoda has an average literacy rate of 41%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy
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#1732780142375228-467: The needs and concerns of their inhabitants and therefore more efficient at addressing them. Horizontal imbalances among state governments result from differing historical backgrounds or resource endowments and can widen over time. Several provisions to bridge the fiscal gap between the centre and the states were already enshrined in the Constitution of India , including Article 268, which facilitates
247-576: The scope of the commission: The Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951 was passed to give a structured format to the finance commission and to bring it to par with world standards, by laying down rules for the qualification and disqualification of members of the commission, and for their appointment, term, eligibility and powers. The chairman of a finance commission is selected from people with experience of public affairs. The other four members are selected from people who: A member may be disqualified if: Every member will be in office for
266-404: The state to statutory ULBs. These 19 CTs are in close proximity to the town of Pune and this conversion is expected to lessen the infrastructure and population pressures on the town. According to Ireland's Central Statistics Office , a census town by definition was a "cluster of fifty or more occupied dwellings, not having a legally defined boundary, in which within a distance of 800 m there
285-474: The terms of reference which are different for every commission, and they define the terms of qualification, appointment and disqualification, the term, eligibility and powers of the Finance Commission. As per the constitution, the commission is appointed every five years and consists of a chairman and four other members. The most recent Finance Commission was constituted on 31st December 2023 and
304-735: The time period as specified in the order of the President, but is eligible for reappointment provided he has, by means of a letter addressed to the president, resigned his office. The members of the commission shall provide full-time or part-time service to the commission, as the President specifies in his order. The members shall be paid salaries and allowances as per the provisions made by the Central Government . So far 15 Finance Commissions have been appointed which are as follows: Major Recommendations of 14th Finance Commission headed by Prof. Y V Reddy The Fifteenth Finance Commission
323-452: The urban growth in the last decade. Pradhan also notes that the largest increase in the number of CTs was in the states of West Bengal and Kerala. The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, in May 2016 asked the 28 states in India to take action to start the process of recognizing CTs as urban areas. The argument given for this conversion was that a statutory Urban Local Body (ULB)
342-616: Was constituted by the Government of India , after the approval from the President of India , through a notification in the Gazette of India in November 2017. Nand Kishore Singh was appointed as the commission's chairman, with its full-time members being Shaktikanta Das and Anoop Singh and its part-time members being Ramesh Chand and Ashok Lahiri. However Ajay Narayan Jha was appointed replacing Shaktikanta Das who resigned from
361-404: Was held for the first time there. This article about a location in Surendranagar district , Gujarat , India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Census town In India and some other countries, a well developed village is designated as a village where all basic facilities like health, education road connectivity, rail connectivity and other basic infrastructure
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