Recommendations of the Punchhi commission
Q. Which of the following is/are true regarding recommendations of the Punchhi commission?
1) A time period can be made applicable for the President to decide on assenting or withholding assent to a state bill reserved for consideration of the President.
2) While selecting Governors, the Central Government should adopt the following strict guidelines as recommended in the Sarkaria Commission report.- Published on 19 Jul 16a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: Both 1 and 2
Some important recommendations are -- The period of six months prescribed in Article 201 for State Legislature to act when the bill is returned by the President can be made applicable for the President also to decide on assenting or withholding assent to a state bill reserved for consideration of the President.
- While selecting Governors, the Central Government should adopt the following strict guidelines as recommended in the Sarkaria Commission report and follow its mandate in letter and spirit :
(i) He should be eminent in some walk of life
(ii) He should be a person from outside the state
(iii) He should be a detached figure and not too intimately connected with the local politics of the states
(iv) He should be a person who has not taken too great a part in politics generally and particularly in the recent past
