The increasing demand for new states raises a number of questions with regard to the well-being of India’s federal democratic polity. There are four measures that must be considered while devising any framework to address the issue of federal
reorganisation. These are: the constitution of a permanent State Reorganisation Commission, amendment of the Constitution to
ensure that the demand for a new state emanates from the state legislature and not at the centre, examination of economic and

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The State Finance Commission, although a technical and quasijudicial constitutional entity like the Union Finance Commission, has to help local governments plan for economic development and deliver social justice and public services at the local level.