How the Finance Commission can be strengthened
Much of the work and legacies of previous Finance Commissions is getting lost because it isn’t a permanent body. Administrative difficulties also abound. A provisional solution is to turn the Finance Commission Division (FCD), as the custodian of FC records and responsible for its award implementation, to be turned into full-fledged department, serving as the permanent secretariat for the Finance Commissions
Source: moneycontrol.com