Which Commission examined the Centre and state relationship?

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RPF SI Previous Paper 1 (Held On: 5 Jan 2019 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is R S. Sarkaria.

Key Points

The ﬁrst three-member commission for determining the relationship between the Center and the State was presided over by RS Sarkaria.

Sarkaria Commission was appointed by the government of India in 1983.
The commission was appointed after the Anandpur Sahib resolution and West Bengal Memorandum seeking changes in centre-state relations.
Ranjit Singh Sarkaria headed the commission while Shri B Sivaraman and Dr Sen were the other two members.
It was set up to review and analyze the working mechanism between the states and the centre.
The commission outrightly rejected the demand of turning India into a completely federal State but upheld the but at the same time criticized over-centralization.
Following are some of the important recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission:
- Constitution of a permanent interstate council under article 263.
- Strengthening of All India Services.
- The residuary powers (except that of taxation) should be moved to the concurrent list.
- The centre should be able to deploy armed forces without the consent of the state government.
- The governor should not have powers to remove the council of ministers.

Commission/ committee	Year of constitution	Head/members	Objective
Punchhi Commission	2007	Madan Mohan Punchhi	To review the centre-state relation after recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission.
Rajamannar Committee	1969	Dr PV Rajamannar	Review the centre-state relations to grant autonomy to the states
Administrative Reforms Commission (2nd)	2005	Veerappa Moily	To improve the public administration system.