Dhar Commission Mandate: Linguistic State Reorganization (1948)
The Dhar Commission was established in 1948 by the Indian Constituent Assembly.
Its primary function was to investigate and study the potential reorganization of Indian provinces.
Specifically, the commission was tasked with examining the question of whether states could be restructured based on **linguistic lines**. The core mandate involved making recommendations on this specific issue.
Therefore, the mandate of the Dhar Commission was to recommend whether the States could be reorganized on a **linguistic basis**.
Important Questions from Centre–State Relations
- Distribution of Taxes between Centre and States in India is done by the :
- Statutory grants to states by the Union government, under Article 275 of the Constitution, are primarily recommended by which body?
Consider the following statements :
1. The Inter-State Council (ISC) was set up under Article 263 of the Constitution.
2. Punchhi Commission recommended the establishment of the Inter-State Council.
3. The Union Home Minister is the Chairman of the Inter-State Council.
4. It discusses matters of common interests and suggests policies for better coordination.
Choose the correct codes :
- Consider the following statements with reference to the Constitution of India :
1. The Parliament can make laws on matters enumerated in the Union List and/or the Concurrent List.
2. The Parliament can make laws on any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or the State List.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? - Government of which one of the following States has appointed the Rajamannar Committee to study the Centre-State relations ?
