Nehru Report (1928) was associated with _____________.

The correct answer is constitutional framework.

Key Points

• The Nehru Report (1928) read like what it claimed to be – a constitutional document. written in a legal style containing 22 chapters and 87 articles.
• The very first article of the Report unequivocally claimed dominion status for India.
• Other notable features included a section on fundamental rights: the right to free expression and opinion, equality before the law, right to bear arms, freedom of conscience, free profession and propagation of religion.
• The most remarkable provision was the right to free elementary education. 
• The Report introduced a parliamentary system of government along with universal adult suffrage.
• On the communal question, the Report proposed reservations for Muslims in legislatures, however, these were restricted to only those constituencies where Muslims were in a minority.
• Also, there was no mention of separate electorates for Muslims.

Additional Information

• The following were the recommendations advanced by the Nehru Report:
  1. India should be given the status of dominion.
  2. There should be a federal form of government with residuary powers vested in the centre.
  3. India should have a parliamentary form of government headed by a Prime Minister and six ministers appointed by the Governor-General. 
  4. There should be a bi-cameral legislature.
  5. There should be no separate electorate for any community.
  6. The system of weightage for minorities was as bad as that of separate electorates.
  7. Reservation of Muslim seats could be possible in the provinces where the Muslim population was at least ten per cent, but this was to be in strict proportion to the size of the community.
  8. Muslims should enjoy one-fourth of representation in the Central Legislature.
  9. Sindh should be separated from Bombay only if the Committee certified that it was financially self-sufficient.
  10. The N. W. F. P. should be given full provincial status.
  11. Hindi should be made the official language of India.