Part I of the report by the Justice Kurian Joseph Committee on Union–State Relations was submitted to the Government of Tamil Nadu.
The committee was constituted in 2025 and is chaired by Kurian Joseph, a retired Supreme Court of India judge.
The report discusses decentralisation, State autonomy, amendment of the Constitution, territorial integrity of States, the role of the Governor, and delimitation.
It aims to strengthen cooperative federalism within the constitutional framework and restore balance between the Union and the States.
Two more parts of the report, each containing ten chapters, are under preparation.
This committee is the fourth major national-level review of Union–State relations after the Rajamannar Committee, Sarkaria Commission, and Punchhi Commission.