Singh, M.P. creator text xu| 2004 continuing ng p.107-17. There would appear to be a good case for the "constitutionalization" of intergovernmental forums with a reasonable degree of parliamentary and legislative control from the two levels of governments. With declining investment by the state in the economy and the emerging profile of a federal regulatory state in place of the bureaucratic state, a new partnership between the state, the civil society, and the market needs to be forged. What is required is: (a) constitutional entrenchment of the NDC, like the ISC, as the major line organizations of intergovernmental `executive federalism' (b) Streamlining of the two staff agencies of executive federalism, namely, the Finance Commission and the Planning Commission. (c) Implementation of the entire spectrum of party system reforms recommended by the Venkatachaliah Commission Report (d) Setting up of a constitutional commission on the taxation system as recommended by the Sarkaria Commission. (Reproduced). India - Politics and government Politics and government Indian Journal of Federal Studies 180718