Meghalaya State in India

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Finance Commission	Established in	Chairman	Operational Duration	Year of Submitting Report
I	1951	KC Niyogi	1952 - 57	1952
II	1956	K Santhanam	1957 - 62	1956* and 1957
III	1960	AK Chanda	1962 - 66	1961
IV	1964	PV Rajamannar	1966 - 69	1965
V	1968	Mahaveer Tyagi	1969 - 74	1968* and 1969
VI	1972	Brahma Nand Reddy	1974 - 79	1973
VII	1977	JM Shellet	1979 - 84	1978
VIII	1983	YB Chawan	1984 - 89	1983* and 1984
IX	1987	NKP Salve	1989 - 95	1989
X	1992	KC Pant	1995 - 2000	November 26, 1994
XI	1998	AM Khusro	2000 - 2005	January 15, 2000* and 7 July, 2000 and 31 August, 2000
XII	2003	C Rangarajan	2005 - 2010	November 30, 2004
XIII	2007	NC Kelkar	2010 - 2015	-
* Interim Report

• It is an agricultural State.
• More than 70% of the area is under forests. The wettest place in the world, Mawsynram (in Cherrapunji district) is in Meghalaya only.