GS Mains Model Question & Answer: Should there be reorganizations of states in India again ? Explain with the arguments
Q. Should there be reorganizations of states in India again ? Explain with the arguments. (12.5 Marks)
(General Studies Mains Paper II- Polity: issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure)
Model Answer :
The debate on the creation of new states in India has been renewed with the government’s decision to allow for the creation of Telangana.
Since independence, India has experienced the creation of several states after prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru called for the setting up of the States Reorganization Commission. Previously however, states were created or reorganized largely based on linguistics.
The more recent demands to create separate states in India stem from a feeling of social and economic backwardness.
The States Reorganization Commission
The States Reorganization Commission in India in the 1950’s, declared that states in India should be divided based on language. After independence, it was in 1953, that a new state was created in India for the first time.
Andhra Pradesh was carved out of Madras as the first state to be formed based on linguistics for the Telegu speaking people. The creation of Andhra Pradesh set the ball rolling for different groups in India to put forward demands for more states to be formed.