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The Eastern Economist December 31 1948 (Annual Number)

1948

The Integration of the States upTH the merger on New Year's Day 1948 of the Tv Orissa and Chattisgarh States with the Indian Union commenced what has been called the second phase in the history of the integration of the States in India. [...] The first phase which forms the background in which the second is better appreciated had commenced with the formation on the 27th June 1947 of the States Department of the Government of India to take over the functions of the Political Department which had worked under the Crown Representative. [...] The legacy of the new Department was however a difficult one; the relationship of the Political Department with the States was a mystery so far as the leaders of this coutry were concerned and the suspicions in the public mind to which many of the Princes had given rise had led to many rumours of intrigues. [...] But by far the most important step taken in the matter of these Unions was the agreement reached at a Conference of Rajpramukhs on the 6th May 1948 to the effect that the Rajpramukhs should execute fresh Instruments of Accession on behalf of the Unions as such allowing the Dominion Legislature to pass laws in respect of all the items in List I of the Constitution and also conceding to it concurr [...] essential that though these forces may be maintained as one of the institutions intended to safeguard the prestige of the Princes they should be integrated with the defence system of the country so that a major sharof the expenditure is shown against the Defence Budgeof the Union Government thereby effecting a saving to the States.
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Pages
96
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120077
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii E.P.W. da Costa view
Frontmatter
1091-1098 E.P.W. da Costa view
A Nation’s Faith
1099-1099 E.P.W. da Costa view
A Political and Economic Calendar for 1948
1100-1100 E.P.W. da Costa view
A Political Report
1101-1112 E.P.W. da Costa view
An Economic Report
1113-1158 E.P.W. da Costa view
Industrial Policy and Industrial Relations
1159-1160 E.P.W. da Costa view
Railway Transport
1160-1163 E.P.W. da Costa view
Civil Aviation
1163-1165 E.P.W. da Costa view
India’s Foreign Trade
1165-1168 E.P.W. da Costa view
The Balance Sheet of Foreign Exchange
1168-1178 E.P.W. da Costa view

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