Joint Committee's Report to Parliament Follows Lines Laid Down in White Paper (AUTONOMY or the eleven Provinces of British India (including two new Provinces of Sind and Orissa, at present comprised in Bombay and Bihar and Orissa respectively) -respons: ble government to a Federal Government of India over the whole field of administration allotted to the Federation, except in regard to cereal) "reserved" subjects; those are the main outlines of the new Constitution proposed for India by the Joint Select Committee, which, under the chairmanship of the Matau's Linlithgow has now reported to Parliament. The proposals broadly follow those of the White Paper prevented in March 1993, with the exception of certain additional safeguards.
Those safeguards include the reation of overriding powers to deal} with terrorism, constitutional breakdowns, legislation affeet'ng the discipline of the police, unfair tariff discrimination against British trade. and encroachment on the rights of the Serviess. They also are designed to ensure due recruitment of British officials and to protect the judi ry from political Interference. The Federal Legislature and the Legis-tures of Madras, Bombay, Bengal, United Provinces and Bihar are to be bie ymeral. The remaining six Provincial Legislatures will consist of single d Provision for the protection of minority communities Is mate.
In addition to the Chairman, wi she formerly presided over the Royal Commission on Indian Agriculture, the Commitice included, among others. the Archbishop of Canterbury. the Lord Chancellor, the of Salisbury and the Earl of Derby. Upon it also served three former Viceroys of India: the Marquis of Reading, Lord Hardinge of Penshurst and Lord Halifax (Irwin one former and the present Secretary of State for India: Sir Austen Chamberlain and Sir Samuel Hoare: one former and the prerent Under-Secretary of State for Indi Earl Winterton and Mr. R. A. Butler: three member the Simon Commission: the
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