The Growth of Indian Constitution and AdministrationThe Author, 1925 - 592 pages |
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annexed appointed Assam authority Bengal Bill Board Bombay British budget Bureaucracy Calcutta Central Government Central Provinces Chapter Charter Act Chief Commissioner Civil Service Collector Committee constitution Court of Directors Crown Decentralization Departments Despatch Dewani District duties East India Company elected Elphinstone England English established Executive Council exercised expenditure famine functions Government of India Governor Governor-General in Council important improvement increase Land Revenue laws Legislative Council Lord Cornwallis Lord Curzon Lord Dalhousie Lord Minto Lord William Bentinck M. C. Report Madras Mahomedan Maratha matters Ministers Munro Native nominated non-official orders Orissa Parliament Parliamentary Permanent Settlement Peshwa political Presidency previous sanction Princes principle proposed Provincial Councils Provincial Governments Punjab question Rayats Rayatwari Reforms regard Regulations relations Resolution Responsible Government result Rules Rupees Secretary Self-Government servants Sir John territories Transferred subjects Viceroy Village Communities vote Warren Hastings whole Zamindars
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Page 207 - The only possible solution of the difficulty would appear to be gradually to give the Provinces a larger measure of self-government, until at last India would consist of a number of administrations, autonomous in all provincial affairs, with the Government of India above them all, and possessing power to interfere in cases of misgovernment, but ordinarily restricting their functions to matters of Imperial concern.
Page 270 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realization of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Page 273 - There should be, as far as possible, complete popular control in local bodies and the largest possible independence for them of outside control.
Page 535 - Provided that a grant or appropriation made in accordance with provisions or restrictions prescribed by the Secretary of State in Council with the concurrence of a majority of votes at si meeting of the Council shall be deemed to be made with the concurrence of a majority of such votes.
Page 547 - Subject to the provisions of Articles 108 and 109, a Bill shall not be deemed to have been passed by the Houses of Parliament unless it has been agreed to by both Houses, either without amendment or with such amendments only as are agreed to by both Houses.
Page 555 - GovernorGeneral. (3) The proposals of the Governor-General in Council for the appropriation of revenue or moneys relating to the following heads of expenditure shall not be submitted to the vote of the legislative assembly, nor shall they be open to discussion by either chamber at the time when the annual statement is under consideration, unless the Governor-General otherwise directs...
Page 148 - India through all the revolutions and changes which they have suffered, and is in a high degree conducive to their happiness, and to the enjoyment of a great portion of freedom and independence.
Page 463 - In the opinion of the Committee, therefore, the Secretary of State should as far as possible avoid interference on this subject when the Government of India and its Legislature are in agreement, and they think that his intervention, when it does take place, should be limited to safeguarding the international obligations of the Empire or any fiscal arrangements within the Empire to which His Majesty's Government is a party.
Page 346 - Act: provided that the Governor-General in Council may, by notification in the Gazette of India...
Page 550 - An official shall not be qualified for election as a member of either chamber of the Indian legislature, and if any non-official member of either chamber accepts office in the service of the Crown in India, his seat in that chamber shall become vacant.