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Match the criteria for devolution weight % in 15th Finance Commission.

(a) Tax efforts1. 10.0%
(b) Population (2011)2. 2.5%
(c) Forest and Ecology3. 15%
(d) Income Distance4. 45%

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(a) (b) (c) (d)
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The 15th Finance Commission (chaired by N. K. Singh) fixed the criteria and weights for horizontal distribution of the divisible tax pool among States for 2021-26.

Weights: Income distance 45%, Population (2011) 15%, Area 15%, Forest and ecology 10%, Demographic performance 12.5%, Tax and fiscal efforts 2.5%.

Matching: (a) Tax efforts → 2.5% (2); (b) Population (2011) → 15% (3); (c) Forest and Ecology → 10.0% (1); (d) Income Distance → 45% (4).

So the code is a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4.

Hence, (a) (b) (c) (d)
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