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Indian Constitutional Reforms. Summaries of Reports The Franchise Committee and the Committee on Division of Functions

1919

In the representation of commerce and industry the following special interests share (i) planting in Madras Bihar and Orissa and Assam ; (ii) mining in Bengal Bihar and Orissa and the Central Provinces; (iii) European Chambers of Commerce in Madras Bombay Bengal and the United Provinces ; (iv) Indian Chambers of Commerce in the same four provinces; (v) Trades' Associations in the three presid [...] The most important are :- (1) the removal of the disqualification of subjects of Indian States ; (2) the limitation of the disqualifications of dismissal from Government service and imprisonment; (3) the withdrawal of the Governor's power to declare the election of a candidate as contrary to public interests ; and (4) the addition of a new qualification of residence within the consttuency in th [...] In respect of the former the Government of India's powers of control must remain absolute but in regard to the latter they propose to secure that the Governor General in Council shall exercise his power of control with due regard to the purpose of the new Government of India Act. [...] The Madras Government were wholly opposed to any scheme involving dualism the Governments of Bombay and the Punjab and the Chief Commissioner of Assam proposed alternative schemes involving no divsion of functions and the Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces desired a period of training before the introduction of the Report scheme. [...] Couehman is unable to recommend the transfer of any subject in Madras as he feels that the proposals of the Franchise Committee will result in the return of a large majority of Brahmans in whose hands the interests of the masses will not be safe.
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Summary of the Report of the Committee on Division of Functions
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