According to the Constitution of India, which constitutional body advises the President on the principles governing grants-in-aid to States from the Consolidated Fund of India?
Finance Commission
The Finance Commission is a constitutional body set up under Article 280 of the Constitution. Its duties include recommending the distribution of taxes between the Union and the States and the principles that should govern the grants-in-aid to the States out of the Consolidated Fund of India.
It makes these recommendations to the President, who lays them before Parliament along with an action-taken memorandum.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (Article 148) audits government accounts but does not advise on grants-in-aid, while the Planning Commission and NITI Aayog are/were executive bodies created by government resolution, not constitutional bodies.
Hence, the body that advises the President on grants-in-aid to States is the Finance Commission.
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