केंद्र सरकार आणि राज्य सरकारे यांच्या एकत्रित महसूल उत्पन्नात केंद्र सरकारच्या तौलनिक हिश्यासंबंधात काय प्रवृत्ती (trend) दिसून येते ?

The correct answer is Option A (increasing).

Key Points:
• Under the Indian constitutional fiscal framework (Seventh Schedule, Union List), major high-yielding, elastic, and buoyant tax bases—such as Corporation Tax, Personal Income Tax, Customs, Central Excise/GST, and modern service levies—are allocated to the Central Government.
• As the Indian economy industrialized and modernized post-independence, the tax buoyancy of centrally collected taxes significantly outpaced the relatively inelastic and constrained revenue sources assigned to the states (like land revenue, stamp duty, state excise, and motor vehicles).
• Consequently, in the combined revenues generated across all levels of government, the relative share collected by the Central Government has demonstrated a secular increasing (वाढती) trend over the decades.
• To correct this structural vertical fiscal imbalance, Finance Commissions regularly recommend the devolution of central taxes to the states.
• The official MPSC final answer key confirms Option 1 (increasing).
• Key Takeaway: The Central Government's relative share in the combined revenue receipts of federal and state governments shows an increasing trend.