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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
High-level committee on Centre-State relations calls on T.N. CM Stalin
The high-level committee, constituted by the Tamil Nadu government to review the Union government-State relations, called on Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in the Secretariat in Chennai on Monday (June 2, 2025). The committee's chairman, retired Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph, and members, retired IAS officer K. Ashok Vardhan Shetty and former State Planning Commission vice-chairman M. Naganathan, met the Chief Minister. Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam and senior officials of the Public Department were also present on the occasion. Mr. Stalin, in April 2025, announced in the Legislative Assembly the formation of the three-member high-level committee to review the provisions of the Constitution, laws, and policies with respect to Centre-State relations, and recommend appropriate steps to strengthen the States' autonomy and federalism.
The Hindu
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Panel on Centre-State relations to have a camp office in Delhi
The committee to review Centre-State relations, constituted by the Tamil Nadu government, will have a camp office in Delhi at the residence its chairperson, retired Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph. The State government has already issued orders and sanctioned staff and amenities for the high-level committee. According to a Government Order (G.O.) issued by the Public Department, its Secretary has been designated as the nodal officer in the government and single point of contact for the Committee. Last month, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced that a three-member high-level committee would be constituted to review Centre-State relations. K. Ashok Vardhan Shetty, retired IAS officer and former Vice-Chancellor of the Indian Maritime University, and M. Naganathan, former Vice-Chairman of the State Planning Commission, are the other members. The committee is expected to submit its interim report by January 2026, and the final report within two years. The mandate of the high-level committee includes reviewing the Constitutional provisions, laws, rules, and policies with respect to Centre-State relations; recommending ways to restore subjects moved from the State List to the Concurrent List; proposing measures for States to overcome administrative challenges; and suggesting reforms to ensure maximum autonomy to States without compromising the unity and integrity of the nation. The committee will also consider the recommendations of the Rajamannar Committee and subsequent commissions formed by the Union government on Centre-State relations in light of current political, social, and economic developments.
New Indian Express
28-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Madras HC-formed panel to seek public views on Union-state ties from June 1; to circulate questionnaire
CHENNAI: The high-level committee headed by former judge of the Supreme Court, Kurian Joseph, constituted to study the Union-state relations will be eliciting views from the public and various sections of the society on issues relating to the relations between the Union and state governments. 'We will circulate a comprehensive questionnaire among elected representatives, civil servants, judges, advocates, academics and other sections of the society to elicit their views on issues relating to Union-state relations,' said Ashok Vardhan Shetty, former vice-chancellor of the Indian Maritime University and one of the members of the committee. He said the questionnaire will be circulated through three modes — online, email and by post. Professor M Naganathan, former vice-chairman, State Planning Commission, is another member of the committee, which has been requested to give its interim report to the government by the end of January 2026 and final report, both in English and Tamil, within two years from the date of its assumption. Shetty told TNIE that the committee would start functioning from June 1 at the State Guest House in Chepauk. Explaining the committee's terms of reference, Shetty said the committee will study the past reports about Union-state relations, judgments of the Supreme Court on this subject during the past 75 years, and what all systems are being practised by other federal countries, including the US, Germany and Belgium.
New Indian Express
05-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Kurian panel to study socio-economic developments in country since 1971
CHENNAI: The high-level committee – headed by former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Kurian Joseph – appointed by Tamil Nadu government to recommend suitable measures to secure utmost autonomy to the States, will examine the recommendations of the Rajamannar Committee (1971) and other commissions on union-state relations and also consider various political, social, economic and legal developments in the country since 1971 before furnishing its report. A comparison with the terms of reference for the Rajamannar Committee showed that the G.O. issued by the then M Karunanidhi-led DMK government on November 15, 1969, had a broader range of subjects for the committee formed to study centre-state relations. The committee was headed by Dr P V Rajamannar, former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. It submitted its report in 1971. On the other hand, the terms of reference for the Justice Kurian Joseph Committee state, 'The committee shall recommend suitable measures to secure utmost autonomy to the states in the realm of executive, legislative and judicial branches, without prejudice to the unity and integrity of the country.' The terms of reference also state that the committee shall examine and review the provisions of the Constitution of India and the existing laws, orders, policies and arrangements that bear upon union-state relations in all spheres. Besides, the committee shall suggest necessary measures for the restoration of subjects to the State List that were gradually transferred to the Concurrent List.
New Indian Express
02-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Tamil Nadu Assembly budget session ended on a high with bold resolutions, landmark legislations
CHENNAI: Bold resolutions, landmark legislations, fierce debates, witty remarks, quick replies, walkouts by and evictions en masse of opposition parties marked the recently concluded budget session of the state Assembly. The intense debates on delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies, NEET and two language policy; resolutions on Waqf Act and retrieval of Katchatheevu; key legislations including those on nominating around 14,000 persons with disability to all local bodies, stringent punishment for those using coercive methods to recover loans, establishment of a university in the name of M Karunanidhi, booking those dumping medical waste under Goondas Act, and a high-level committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge Kurian Joseph to study centre-state relations, were the highlights of this session. Colony fades into oblivion One of the key announcements made by the CM was the decision to remove the term 'colony' from the government records and public usage, as the term has been regarded as a symbol of dominance and euphemism for untouchability. The Assembly also adopted a resolution moved by the CM urging the union government to withdraw the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in toto on the basis that this bill would severely affect the minority Muslim community. When the Act was passed in the Lok Sabha, the CM criticised it in the House. Perhaps for the first time, the chief minister raised slogans within the House, demanding that the bill be withdrawn. The resolution moved by AIADMK seeking to remove Speaker M Appavu from office was defeated by a margin of 91 votes. AIADMK moved the resolution despite knowing well that it would be defeated.
