Report on Datasets for State Finance Commissions to be Released on 8th June 2026

• Report of the Committee on Datasets for State Finance Commissions (SFCs), to be released by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj on 8 June 2026 in New Delhi.
• Maps datasets needed by SFCs and recommends measures for data availability, standardisation, interoperability, and institutional capacity for fiscal analysis at the local level.
• Anchors the broader push for evidence-based fiscal governance and fiscal decentralisation under Articles 243-I and 243-Y of the Constitution.
• UPSC relevance: ties together local self-government, fiscal federalism, 73rd/74th Amendments, and 16th Finance Commission entry-level conditions.