1142 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from 6th FC Digitised, published by fincomindia.nic.in. Every answer is a verbatim span of text the source prints, and each row carries the passage it sits in, its offset in that passage, the source quote, the page and the location in the document, so any row can be checked against the original. 730 of the 1142 pairs (63.9%) are explanatory questions and 412 restate a figure. 99.30% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
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| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
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| What happens when there are insufficient hospitals or dispensaries? | not enough hospitals or dispensaries, the mere enhancement of provision for medicine and diet would serve no purpose | It should be remembered that the present wide variations in allocations for medicines and diet in different States may be due both to the constraint on resources and the absence of adequate number of hospitals and dispensaries. Where there are not enough hospitals or dispensaries, the mere enhancement of provision for medicine and diet would serve no purpose. Equalisation of provision for medicine and diet in per capita terms will, therefore, not be a practical proposition. | 244 | definition | 1.000 | Where there are not enough hospitals or dispensaries, the mere enhancement of provision for medicine and diet would serve no purpose. | 50 | page=50,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the potential issue with the National Fund in both normal and adverse years? | a risk of the Fund being depleted even in normal years, while in years of adversity it may prove wholly inadequate | At the same time, the States will come to look upon assistance from the National Fund at least to the extent of their contribution as legitimately due to them. Thus there is a risk of the Fund being depleted even in normal years, while in years of adversity it may prove wholly inadequate. The determination of contribution of individual States to the Fund will pose both conceptual and practical difficulties not dissimilar to those now met within the distribution of Central resources among the States. | 174 | definition | 1.000 | Thus there is a risk of the Fund being depleted even in normal years, while in years of adversity it may prove wholly inadequate. | 69 | page=69,block=3 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is shared between the Union and States under Chapter I of Part XII of the Constitution? | the net proceeds of taxes which are to be or may be divided between them | (a) the distribution between the Union and States of the net proceeds of taxes which are to be or may be divided between them under Chapter I of Part XII of the Constitution and the allocation between the States of the respective shares of such proceeds. | 53 | definition | 1.000 | (a) the distribution between the Union and States of the net proceeds of taxes which are to be or may be divided between them under Chapter I of Part XII of the Constitution and the allocation between the States of the respective shares of such proceeds. | 6 | page=6,block=10 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is divided among the States under Chapter I of Part XII of the Constitution? | the respective shares of such proceeds | (a) the distribution between the Union and States of the net proceeds of taxes which are to be or may be divided between them under Chapter I of Part XII of the Constitution and the allocation between the States of the respective shares of such proceeds. | 215 | definition | 1.000 | (a) the distribution between the Union and States of the net proceeds of taxes which are to be or may be divided between them under Chapter I of Part XII of the Constitution and the allocation between the States of the respective shares of such proceeds. | 6 | page=6,block=10 | 0.700 | valid |
| What financial gap of the States could the Commission evaluate for the five years ending in 1978-79? | the non-Plan capital gap of the States | The Commission may make an assessment of the non-Plan capital gap of the States on a uniform and comparable basis for the five years ending with 1978-79. In the light of such an assessment, the Commission may undertake a general review of the States’ debt position with particular reference to the Central loans advanced to them and likely to be outstanding as at the end of 1973-74 and suggest changes in the existing terms of repayment having regard inter alia to the overall non-Plan gap of the States, their relative position and the purposes for which the loans have been utilised, and the requirements of the Centre. 6. | 41 | definition | 1.000 | The Commission may make an assessment of the non-Plan capital gap of the States on a uniform and comparable basis for the five years ending with 1978-79. | 7 | page=7,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the Constitution specify in Article 275 regarding State revenues? | statutory grants-in-aid of the revenues of the States | ii. Through mandatory sharing of the proceeds of income-tax (Article 270 of the Constitution). iii. Through permissive participation in the proceeds of the Union excise duties (Article 272 of the Constitution). iv. Through statutory grants-in-aid of the revenues of the States (Article 275 of the Constitution). v. Through grants for any public purpose (Article 282 of the Constitution). Apart from these provisions pertaining to assistance on revenue account, the Centre of course has also the power to grant loans for any purpose to the State Governments under Article 293 of the Constitution. The Constitution does not merely mark out the channels through which resources can flow from the Centre to the States; it also provides for a machinery for regulating the flow of resources in the form of the Finance Commission. | 223 | definition | 1.000 | Through statutory grants-in-aid of the revenues of the States (Article 275 of the Constitution). | 11 | page=11,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What role has the Planning Commission taken on in terms of resource transfers? | an effective instrument for raising the scale of transfer of resources | The fact that the Planning Commission has come into prominence in the last two decades as another channel for resource transfers does not in any way detract from the efficacy of the provisions embodied in the Constitution. The advent of economic planning has only further strengthened the bonds and financial kinship between the Centre and the States and has underlined, even in a more pronounced manner than envisaged in the Constitution, the common stake that the Centre and the States have in the proper utilisation of the resources of the nation as a whole. It may be stated that the Planning Commission has emerged as an effective instrument for raising the scale of transfer of resources from the Centre to the States. | 623 | definition | 1.000 | It may be stated that the Planning Commission has emerged as an effective instrument for raising the scale of transfer of resources from the Centre to the States. | 11 | page=11,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| Which services and programmes fall under the States' purview according to the Constitution? | services and programmes which are at the core of a more equitable social order | When the emphasis is on social justice, there is no escape from a realignment of resources in favour of the States, because services and programmes which are at the core of a more equitable social order come within the purview of the States under the Constitution. | 124 | definition | 1.000 | When the emphasis is on social justice, there is no escape from a realignment of resources in favour of the States, because services and programmes which are at the core of a more equitable social order come within the purview of the States under the Constitution. | 13 | page=13,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the significance of fiscal transfers from the Centre to the States? | a means of redressing regional imbalances | It is in this context that the need for using the mechanism of fiscal transfers from the Centre to the States as a means of redressing regional imbalances acquires special significance. Due to various factors, some of which have been operative even from the period prior to Independence, certain States have forged ahead of the rest in terms of social and economic progress. We should however hasten to point out that these disparities between the different States, adjusted in terms of per capita income, are far less pronounced in our country than in some of the other federations. It may be noted that Punjab has a per capita income of Rs. 953 as compared with Bihar with Rs. 389; the ratio of disparity being less than 2.5:1. But even these disparities, when the absolute levels of per capita income are very low, cannot be ignored. | 113 | definition | 1.000 | It is in this context that the need for using the mechanism of fiscal transfers from the Centre to the States as a means of redressing regional imbalances acquires special significance. | 13 | page=13,block=4 | 0.700 | |
| What is the main responsibility of Central Ministries concerning the States? | leadership, guidance and coordination in the fields which are Constitutionally within the sphere of the States. | be locked up upon a revolving fund fed by the payments due from the past beneficiaries and drawn on by those now in need. 25. Our survey of trends in evolution of Centre-State financial relations has revealed that on the whole helpful and co-operative solutions have been found for the problems that have arisen. But if despite this, a feeling still persists that the States have not had a fair deal, it would seem to be due not to any basic deficiencies in the Constitutional set up, but perhaps to the style of functioning of Central Ministries at times. The role of the Central Ministries is primarily one of leadership, guidance and coordination in the fields which are Constitutionally within the sphere of the States. | 612 | definition | 1.000 | The role of the Central Ministries is primarily one of leadership, guidance and coordination in the fields which are Constitutionally within the sphere of the States. | 15 | page=15,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
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