- It recommended a federal government.
- It enlarged the powers of the Indian courts.
- It provided for more Indians in the ICS.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
In February 1946, the British Prime Minister Clement Richard Attlee decided to send a high-powered mission of three British cabinet members (Pethick Lawrence, Secretary of State for India; Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade; and A.V. Alexander, First Lord of Admiralty) to India to find out ways and means for a negotiated, peaceful transfer of power to India. The high-powered mission is famously known as the Cabinet Mission. Pethick Lawrence was the Chairman of the Mission.
O The Cabinet Mission plan proposed a weak Centre with Provincial autonomy, essentially proposing a federal structure of government. The cabinet mission plan of 1946 also proposed that there shall be a Union of India which was to be empowered to deal with the defence, foreign affairs, and communications. [Option (a) is correct]
O The Union Government and its legislature were to have limited powers, dealing with Finance, Foreign Affairs and Communications. The Union would have powers necessary to raise the finances to manage the subjects. All subjects other than the Union subjects and all the residuary powers would be vested in the provinces.
