Indian Polity / Centre State Relations
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Different commissions and committees like Rajamannar Committee, Sarkaria Commission, etc. were constituted by the Central as well as state governments to perform comprehensive study on Centre State relations in India. These committees made their recommendations to the Governments. Some of the recommendations were accepted and some were rejected.
Rajamannar Committee, a three member committee, was appointed by Tamil Nadu Government in 1969 under the chairmanship of
justice P.V. Rajamannar. The other members of Rajamannar Committee are A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar and Justice P. Chandra Reddy.
The Committee
presented its recommendations in 1971. The Rajamannar Committee recommendations were not taken into consideration by the
Union Government.
Its important recommendations are -
Sarkaria Commission was an official Commission appointed by the Union Government in 1983 under chairmanship of former judge of
the Supreme Court, Justice R.S. Sarkaria. The other members of the Commission were B. Sivaraman and Dr S.R. Sen.
Sarkaria Commission
submitted it's report in 1988. It made 247 recommendations of which 171 were considered by the Government.
Anandpur Sahib Resolution was made by Akali Dal Party in Punjab in 1973 regarding Centre–State relations. The major recommendation of this Resolution is, except Defence, International relations, Currency and Banking, all other matters should be transferred to the States.
Punchhi Commission is the second Commission instituted by the Union Government to review the working of Centre-State relations as the first
Commission on Centre-State relations (RS Sarkaria Commission) recommendations have become outdated.
The Committee was instituted in
2007. The Committee has 5 members including former Chief Justice of India, Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi as its chairman.
It reviewed the working of Centre-State relations identifying the areas of tension or conflict and to make suggestions and to recommend for
the smooth working of Centre-State relations. It submitted its report with 273 recommendations in 2010. The Government is yet to take
a decision on Punchhi Commission recommendations.
In 2000, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government appointed National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution
(NCRWC) under the chairmanship of former Chief Justice of India M. N. Venkatachaliah consisting of 10 members.
The
Commission submitted its report with many recommendations in 2002. It made very extensive report after lot of workshops, seminars and
consultations but the subsequent United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government rejected the recommendations made by this Commission.