Govt appoints 3 full-time, 1 part-time members of the 16th Finance Commission

Full-time members of the commission are former expenditure secretary and former member of the 15th Finance Commission Ajay Narayan Jha, former special secretary, expenditure, Annie George Mathew, and Artha Global executive director, Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, it said.

State Bank of India (SBI) group chief economic advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh has been appointed as a part-time member, it added.

“The Sixteenth Finance Commission has been requested to make its recommendations available by October, 31, 2025, covering an award period of 5 years commencing 1st April, 2026,” the statement said.