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100			_aMukarji, Nirmal
245			_aA more Federal India
520			_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
650			_a Central - State Relation
650			_aFederal - State Relations - India
773			_aMainstream
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