01171pab a2200145 454500008003600000100002000036245002500056520072000081650003000801650003800831773001500869909001000884999001700894952011400911180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMukarji, Nirmal  aA more Federal India  aThe decade of the eighties witnessed a struggle to get the federal issue on to the nation's agenda. the non-congress parties were all for it but the congress was reluctant, and eventually it stalled the issue by appointing the Sarkaria Commission. This took years to submit its somewhat conservative recommendations and then more years just went by. The nineties have ushered in a more hopeful period, because now even the Congress is favourably disposed. the Prime Minister has spoken of providing greater autonomy to the states and significantly, has not ruled out special status for problem states like Punjab within the framework of the constitution. There is thus a consensus, at this point time, on a more fed  a Central - State Relation  aFederal - State Relations - India  aMainstream  a21926  c21926d21926  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hIssue no: 30(26), 18 Apr.92, p.11-14pAR21995r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR