UPSC Prelims 2009 · General Studies

Question 16: Economy and Social Development

With which one of the following has the B. K. Chaturvedi Committee dealt?

aReview of Centre-State relations

bReview of Delimitation Act

cTax reforms and measures to increase revenues

dPrice reforms in the oil sector

AnswerThe answer is (d).

The B. K. Chaturvedi Committee dealt with price reforms in the oil sector, that is how petroleum products should be priced and how the subsidy burden on oil companies and the government can be handled. It was not about Centre-State relations (the Sarkaria and Punchhi Commissions), delimitation, or general tax reform.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) Centre-State relations were reviewed by the Sarkaria and Punchhi Commissions.
(b) Delimitation is handled by the Delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Act.
(c) General tax reform was the subject of other panels, such as the Kelkar task force.
(d) Right: the committee dealt with oil sector price reforms.

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