15th Fin Commission recommends performance based incentives

15th Finance Commission has recommended performance based incentives in the form of additional grants to states based on the agricultural reforms undertaken by them after a series of efforts by the centre failed because of reluctance at the state level to adopt these laws. Several persons aware of the deliberations expressed that the proportion of grants for overall transfer to states for specified purposes may go up to 25% against 12-19% now and linked to the adoption and implementation of model the Contract Farming Act, 2018 and the model Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act, 2017 among others.