Tenure of commission on centre-state relations extended

 

Government today extended by two months the term of a commission set up to take a fresh look at centre-state relations in the backdrop of the changes in the polity and the economy.
 
A meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today decided to extend the term of the Commission till June 30, sources said.
 
The Commission headed by Justice M M Punchhi was set up in 2007 to look into the new issues of centre-state relations in view of the sea changes that have been taken place in the polity and economy since the Sarkaria Commission had last looked into these issues. 

The Commission was to examine and review, among other things, the working of the existing arrangements between the Centre and the States as per the Constitution, the healthy precedents being followed, various pronouncements of the courts with regard to powers, functions and responsibilities in all spheres.
 
The Commission was to submit its report within two years.