(a) Define the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments.
(b) Define the powers of the Secretary of State for India.
(c) Impose censorship on the national press.
(d) Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.
Answer: (d)
Option (d) is correct: Harcourt Butler Committee or Butler Commission was a three member committee headed by Harcourt Butler, appointed on December 16, 1927, to examine the relations between the native states and the paramount power. The Committee was formed to inquire into the relationship between the Indian states and the paramount power and to suggest ways and means for more satisfactory adjustments of the existing relations between them and British India. The Committee visited 16 States and submitted its report in 1929.
