According to a senior bureaucrat of the state finance department, the chief minister proposes to tell the Commission that the central government continues to determine Uttar Pradesh's share on the basis of the 1971 census though the state's population has more than doubled since then.

'We are going to be very emphatic on this point as it is the basis of our rightful demand for a greater share out of the central taxes,' said the official, closely associated with the blueprint to be tabled before the Commission over the next two days.

The chairman and members of the commission would also be taken for field visits to Varanasi and Lalitpur districts.

'The idea is to let them have a first hand feel of the plight of the people in these areas,' the official added.

Uttar Pradesh is the last state in the country to be visited by the Finance Commission, which is expected to submit its report by the end of November.