White Paper on Indian States (1950)/Part 9/Constitutional Provisions

by Ministry of States, Government of India

Constitutional Provisions

188. Meanwhile, the Constituent Assembly took up the Draft Constitution of India for second reading and embodied into it certain provisions designed to bring the States into the future Union of India on practically the same basis as the Provinces of India. The relevant provisions of the Constitution of India to which reference may be made in this connection are:—

Part VI, containing the provisions relating to the Provinces of India.

Part VII, applying the above provisions to the States, subject to necessary modifications.

ARTICLES 278, 291, 295 and 366

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Providing for necessary Agreements with States in connection with "federal" revenues, Privy Purses, Assets and Liabilities, and abolition of internal customs duties.

These provisions furnished the necessary constitutional framework within which could be set the financial integration of the States with the rest of India at the federal level, on the lines recommended by the Indian States Finances Enquiry Committee. Those recommendations are explained in the following paragraphs.