द इण्डियन स्ट्रगल / भारतीय स्वाधीनता संग्राम (नेताजी सुभाष चन्द्र बोस - ऐतिहासिक विश्लेषण)

STORMY 1930 221,
Simon Commission was published and on September 20th,
the Government sent their despatch to London, as a pre-
liminary to the discussions of the Round Table Conference.
Some of the principal points in the recommendations of the
Commission were as follows:

1. The new Constitution should, as far as possible, contain
   within itself provision for its own development.
2. The ultimate Constitution of India must be federal.
3. Burma should be excluded from the new Constitution.
4. There should be full autonomy in the provinces
   including the department of Law and Order—but the
   Governor should, on the administrative side, be
   given overriding powers in certain matters like
   internal security, safeguarding the interests of all
   communities, etc.
5. The presence of British troops and British officers in
   Indian regiments will be essential for many years.
   The Commander-in-Chief should not be a member
   of the Viceroy’s Executive Council and he should not
   sit in the Legislature.
6. The Provincial Legislative Councils should be
   enlarged.
7. The Lower House of the Central Legislature should
   be called the Federal Assembly. It should be enlarged
   and be elected by the Provincial Councils. The
   Upper House—the Council of State, should remain
   much as it is at present.
8. A Provincial Fund should be constituted for ensuring
   adequate resources to the provinces without infringing
   their autonomy.
9. The Governor-General should select and appoint the
   members of his Cabinet. He should be the actual and
   active head of the Government and in some matters
   his powers should be enlarged. (The Commission
   did not recommend the introduction of responsibility
   at the centre.)
10. The High Courts should be under the administrative
    control of the Government of India.
11. The functions and membership of the Council of the
    Secretary of State for India should be reduced.