What is Srikrishna Committee on Telangana or the Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh (CCSAP)
Srikrishna Committee on Telangana or the Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh (CCSAP) is a committee headed by former chief justice B. N. Srikrishna to look into the demand for separate statehood for Telangana or keep the State united in the present form, Andhra Pradesh.[1] The committee was constituted by the Government of India in 3 February 2010 and submitted its report on 30 December 2010 to the Ministry of Home Affairs. It toured all the regions of state extensively and invited people from all sections of the society to give their opinion on the statehood. It received over one lakh petitions and representations from political parties, organisations, NGOs and individuals. It also held consultations with political parties and general public while also factoring in the impact of recent developments on different sections of people such as women, children, students, minorities, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.[2] The report was released to the public on the internet on 6 January 2011.
Other members of the committee are
- Vinod Duggal - former Union Home Secretary
- Ravindar Kaur - professor at IIT Delhi
- Abusaleh Sharif - Ph.D is a Senior Research Fellow at the New Delhi Office of International Food Policy Research Institute
- Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, Vice-Chancellor - National Law University
