(4) Centre-State relations Explanation: In the wake of the increasing strain in the Centre-State relations, the Parliament, in June 1983, appointed a Commission under the Chairmanship of Justice R.S. Sarkaria these go into details of the CentreState relations and to recommend measures to make the relation efficient and cooperative. The Commission expressed the need for streamlining the provisions of the Centre-State relations. It suggested the Centre, to begin with, to relax its financial hold over the States and to give them more autonomy in this regard.