Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Saez, Lawrence

Titel

The Sarkaria Commission and India's struggle for federalism

Ist Teil von

• Contemporary South Asia, 1999-03, Vol.8 (1), p.41-63

Ort / Verlag

Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

1999

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article provides an overview and analysis of the 1988 Sarkaria Commission Report, the most prominent in a series of studies on Indian centre-state relations. The article stresses the context under which the Sarkaria Commission was constituted and the reactions to it once released. The article focuses on key arguments presented by various state governments to restructure several aspects of federal relations in India. It concludes with an assessment of the significance of the Sarkaria Commission, and details structural reasons why most of its recommendations have not been implemented.