1.Prelude to the Constitution 2. The Unusual Features of the Constitution 3. Relations Between the Union and the States. 4. Evolution of Financial Relations 5. The Financial Provisions 6. The Finance Commission 7. Shared Taxes 8. The Planning Commission.
Biography
Asok Chanda (1902–1972) was Deputy High Commissioner in the U.K., 1948-49; Financial Commissioner for Railways, 1949-52; Secretary, Ministry of Production, 1952-54; Comptroller and Auditor-General, 1954-60. After retirement he was Chairman of the Central Excise Reorganisation Committee and later, Chairman of the Third Constitutional Finance Commission.
Original Review of Federalism in India:
‘No other study provides a better picture than this of the way that the collection and distribution of revenues help to determine the essential character of the Indian federal system…Specialists will be delighted by the meticulous description and analysis and will be enlightened by many insights relating to the relationship between theory and practice in Indian federalism…Asok Chanda has written a book of lasting value because of its cogent interpretation of the financial arrangements of government in India…’ Richard L. Park, Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 25, Issue 3 (1966).
