National Commission to review the working of the Constitution

The National Commission to review the working of the Constitution (NCRWC) also known as Justice Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah Commission was set up by a resolution of the NDA Government of India led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 22 February 2000 for suggesting possible amendments to the Constitution of India. It submitted its report in 2002.

The terms of reference given to the Commission stated that the Commission shall examine, in the light of the experience of the past fifty years, as to how best the Constitution can respond to the changing needs of efficient, smooth and effective system of governance and socio-economic development of modern India within the framework of parliamentary democracy, and to recommend changes, if any, that are required in the provisions of the Constitution without interfering with its 'basic structure' or 'basic features'.

The 11-member commission was headed by Retired Chief Justice of India Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah. The other members of the Commission were B.P. Jeevan Reddy (Chairman of the Law Commission), R.S. Sarkaria (Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India), K. Punnayya (Former Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court), Soli Sorabjee (Attorney-General of India), K. Parasaran (Former Attorney-General of India), Subhash C. Kashyap (Former Secretary-General of Lok Sabha), C.R. Irani (Chief Editor & Managing Director of the Statesman), Abid Hussain (Former Ambassador of India to the USA), Sumitra Kulkarni (Former Member of Parliament) and P. A. Sangma (Former Speaker of Lok Sabha).

The Commission was asked to complete its work and make recommendations within one year. However, after three extensions, the Commission submitted its report on 31 March 2002. The report is bulky one, comprising 1979 pages in two-volumes was received by Law and Justice Minister Arun Jaitley. Volume I contains the recommendations while Volume II (divided in Books 1, 2 & 3) consists of detailed consultation papers, background papers, details of deliberations and the report of its drafting and editorial committee dividing into three books.

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