New Delhi:  A meeting of the Group of Ministers or GoM, headed by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, on carving out Telangana remained inconclusive today because of the absence of senior ministers P Chidambaram and AK Antony. Meanwhile, there was high drama as cops evicted Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu after his five-day long fast at Delhi's Andhra Bhavan.

Here are the latest developments:

1. The empowered Group of Ministers, now scheduled to meet on October 19, has assured the people of Andhra Pradesh that full justice will be done while drafting the guidelines of bifurcating the state to create India's 29th state.
2. The terms of reference for the GoM include determining the boundaries of the new state of Telangana and the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh with reference to the electoral constituencies, judicial and statutory bodies, and other administrative units.
3. Sources said the GoM is not in favour of giving the Union Territory status to Hyderabad, the state capital which is at the heart of the bitter Telangana-Seemandhra divide. The IT city will be a common capital between the two states for 10 years. Sources also said the senior ministers are in favour of the Seemandhra leaders deciding on their own capital.
4. The government is also reportedly contemplating a special financial package for the Seemandhra region, which is witnessing massive protests over the Centre's decision announced last week.(Live updates)
5. The GoM will also elicit responses from water, finance, road transport and infrastructure departments in Andhra Pradesh to work out the division of their assets once Telangana is created, sources said.
6. Sources said the Group of Ministers has no plans to visit Andhra Pradesh for now, and will ground its discussions on the Sri Krishna Commission report which favoured the creation of Telangana. Besides Mr Shinde, Mr Chidambaram and Mr Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad, M Veerappa Moily and Jairam Ramesh are the other members of the GoM while Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, V Narayanasamy, is a special invitee.
7. At the Andhra Bhavan in the national capital, cops today evicted Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu, who has been fasting for five days over the Telangana decision. A large number of party workers protested as Mr Naidu was taken to a hospital.
8. Meanwhile, more than 30,000 power sector employees in coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema regions, collectively known as Seemandhra, returned to work early morning today after a crippling week-long strike to protest the formation of Telangana.
9. The employees have, however, warned that their decision is based on a commitment to assist the state as it braces to face the fury of cyclonic storm Phailin, likely to hit coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday evening.
10. With the situation improving on the ground, curfew in violence-hit Vizianagaram town of Visakhapatnam district has been relaxed for nine hours today to facilitate people to purchase essential commodities.

courtesy NDTV

ARTICLE 3 of Constitution

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
3. Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States.
—Parliament may by law—
(a ) form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by
uniting two or more States or parts of States or by uniting any territory to
a part of any State;
(b) increase the area of any State;
(c) diminish the area of any State;
(d) alter the boundaries of any State;
(e) alter the name of any State:
Provided that no Bill for the purpose shall be introduced in either House of Parliament except on the recommendation of the President and unless, where the proposal contained in the Bill affects the area, boundaries or name of any of
the States, the Bill has been referred by the President to the Legislature of that State for expressing its views thereon within such period as may be specified in the reference or within such further period as the President may allow and the period so specified or allowed has expired.

terms of reference to group of ministers on telangana

Telangana: GoM fixes Nov 5 last date for receiving suggestions

PTI Oct 19, 2013, 10.06PM IST

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• Telangana|
• Sushilkumar Shinde|
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• GoM|
• bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh

NEW DELHI: The GoM on Telangana today fixed November 5 as the last day for receiving suggestions on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh from general public, including political parties and public representatives.

At a meeting held here, the GoM, headed by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, decided decided that more time should be given to enable the political parties, public representatives and individuals send their suggestions pertaining to the specific terms of reference of the GoM.

These could be sent to the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs or could be sent by post to the following address: Director (CS-II), Centre-State Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, 5th Floor, B-Wing, NDCC-II Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi - 110 001. or through email to feedbacktogom-mha@nic.in

The suggestions should reach the Home Ministry by November 5, 2013.

Various Ministries and Departments of the central government and the Planning Commission had furnished their status notes on the issues given in the terms of reference of the GOM.

The Group of Ministers considered the background notes which had been prepared by the Home Ministry regarding various issues pertaining to the bifurcation.

The Group of Ministers also deliberated upon the suggestions received by e-mail. They directed that the suggestions made in the emails may be taken into account by the ministries concerned while updating their status report.

The ministries should make specific recommendations based on the terms of reference for the consideration of the GoM.

Send Your Email/SMS on Samikyandhra

Government has decided to take into consideration of all Emails/SMS to Group of Ministers on Telangana Issue. Please send your SMS/Email before 04/11/2013