UPSC Prelims 2019 Question:

Which one of the following suggested that the Governor should be an eminent person from outside the State and should be a detached figure without intense political links or should not have taken part in politics in the recent past?

Explanation:

• To examine and review the Center-state relations, a three-member commission was appointed by the Central government in 1983, under the chairmanship of R. S. Sarkaria (Sarkaria Commission). The commission was asked to examine and review the working of existing arrangements between the Centre and states in all spheres and recommend appropriate changes and measures. The final report was submitted by the commission in October 1987 with 247 recommendations.
  
  
• Sarkaria Commission in its report recommended the following criteria for the selection of the Governors.
  
  

• He should be eminent in some walk of life.
• He should be a person from outside the state.
• He should be a detached figure and not too intimately connected with the local politics of the states.
• He should be a person who has not taken too great a part in politics generally and particularly in the recent past.
  
  

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity | State Executive