give compensation to the local governing bodies as they may face difficulties in addressing the concerns of the citizens i believe that the compensation will be more than the expectations he said patil said the civic bodies need not fear losing financial autonomy once the gst is rolled out it is up to the authorities to decide how much to spend and how to spend he said some economists claimed that since there are several loopholes in the system adopted by the civic bodies to collect the local taxes the compensation in the form of grants is justifiable the decision over the mechanism of the compensation will be taken in the state finance commission which is authorised as per the suggestions made by the parliamentarians however academician and economist v b kakade felt the picture is not optimistic as far as the autonomy of the civic bodies is considered there are limitations to spend the money at the local level most civic bodies have failed to deliver as far as the development works are concerned he said