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Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. CONTEXT Fifteenth Finance Commission chairman N.K. Singh has called for a fresh look at the Constitution’s Seventh Schedule , which forms the basis for allocating subjects to the Centre and States. This is necessary to give more flexibility to States in implementing centrally sponsored schemes and to reinforce trust in fiscal federalism. Seventh Schedule The seventh schedule under Article 246 of the constitution deals with the division of powers between the union and the states. It contains three lists- Union List, State List and Concurrent List. The union list details the subjects on which Parliament may make laws while the state list details those under the purview of state legislatures. The concurrent list on the other hand has subjects in which both Parliament and state legislatures have jurisdiction. However the Constitution provides federal supremacy to Pa...

Spending, both by the Centre and the States, need to go up very significantly, it says. Finance Commission Chairman N.K. Singh during an interview with ‘The Hindu’ in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The Fifteenth Finance Commission has mooted a greater role for public-private partnerships to ramp up the health infrastructure and scale up public spending on health from 0.95% of GDP to 2.5% by 2024, its chairperson N.K. Singh said on Wednesday. While public outlays should focus on primary health care at the panchayat and municipality level, private players should be relied on for specialty healthcare, he said, hinting that the Commission has recommended steps to fix the skewed availability of healthcare across India as poorer States have the worst facilities. Mr. Singh recommended substantial improvements in the working conditions for doctors in government hospitals, many of whom are hired on a contract basis by States, and the creation of an Indian Medical Service cadre as ...