a important observation of Sri Krishna committee@ the basis of State [as per State Reorganisation]- 9.2.03 It may be useful to record here the factors that the States Reorganisation Commission (1955-56) had examined which, in the Commission‟s view, had an important bearing on reorganization of states. These included: i) the cost of change; ii) unity and security of India; iii) language and culture; iv) financial viability; v) requirements of national development plans; vi) regional planning and a balanced economy; vii) smaller vs larger states and viii) some other relevant areas of importance, such as, a) the wishes of the people or public sentiment; b) historical factors; c) geographical factors and d) administrative considerations (governance in today‟s context). Having examined these factors, the SRC (in Chapter II of the document) emphasized the importance of language as a key factor. Thus the objective was conceptualization of linguistically homogenous units while at the same time laying emphasis on balancing the linguistic principle with other equally important factors.
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