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Excerpt from The New Reforms
And whereas concurrently with the gradual development of self-governing institutions in the Provinces of India it is expedient to give to those Provinces in Provincial matters the largest measure of independence of the Government of India, which is compatible with the due discharge by the latter of its own responsibilities: Be it therefore enacted etc.
The novel feature of the policy is undoubtedly the element of responsibility it promises to introduce in the Indian Administration. Lord Chelmsford in his minute, appended to the despatch of 5th March 1919 Gxplained 'responsibility' in the following terms What are we aiming at in our policy? Surely this that the decision of certain matters - I will not discuss what matters -shall rest with Indians that in these matters it will be for them to say 'yes' or NO and that our scheme shall provide as far as possible for everybody knowing that the decision in any particular matter is their decision that the yes or no is their yes or no Sir Shanka ran Nair in his dissenting minute to the same despatch defines it thus What in my Opinion responsibility implies is the subordination of the executive to the Legis lative Council composed of the representatives of the people.
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