Resolution XVII. That this Congress is of opinion that the proportion of annual recruitment to the Indian civil service to be made in England should be 50 per cent. to start with, such recruitment to be by open competition in India from persons already appointed to the Provincial Civil Service. X (a) This Conference thanks the Secretary of State and the Viceroy for recommending that all racial bars should be abolished and for recognizing the principle of recruiting of all the Indian public services in India and in England instead of any service being recruited for exclusively in the latter country.

Franchise for Women

Resolution VIII. Women possessing the same qualifications as are laid down for men in any part of the Scheme shall not be disqualified on account of sex.
Constitution of CouncilsConstitution of Periodic Commission
Resolution XIII. That, so far as the question of determiningthe franchise and the constituence and the composition of the Legislative Assemblies isconcerned, this Congress is of opinion that, instead of being left to be dealt with by Committees,it should be decided by the House of Commons and be incorporated in the statuteto be framed for the constitution of the Indian Government.
Resolution XIV. That as regards the Committee to adviseon the question of the separation of Indian from provincial functionsand also with regard to the Committee if any for theconsideration of reserved or an unreserveddepartment, this Congressis of opinion that theprinciple set forth in the aboveresolution should apply mutatismutandis to the formation of thesaid Committee.		 9 (b) Some provision should be made for the appointment andcooperation of qualified Indians on the periodic commission proposedto be appointed every ten or twelve years and it shouldfurther be provided that the first periodic commission shallcome to India and submit its recommendations to Parliamentbefore the expiry of the third Legislative Council after theReform Scheme comes into operation and that every subsequentperiodic commission should be appointed at the end of every ten years.
Or
In the alternative; if a Committee is appointed for thepurpose, the two non-official members of the Committeeshould be elected—one by the All-India Congress Committeeand the other by the Council of the Moslem League while thecoopted non-official for each province should be elected bythe Provincial Congress Committee of that province.

The All-India Muslim League is in substantial accord with the resolutions of the Special Congress. It will be easily seen that Indian opinion, of both Hindus and Mussulmans, is substantially in accord in their demands for the democratization of the Central government and in their criticism of the rest of the scheme. The Indians have thus exercised their right of self-determination through their popular bodies and are entitled to get what they demand. After all, what they ask for is only a modest instalment of autonomy under British control.

In the appendices the reader will find a comparative table showing (a) the present Constitution of Government in India (b) the proposals of the Secretary of State and the Viceroy (c) and the Congress League Scheme.

XI
INDIA’S CLAIM TO FISCAL AUTONOMY “INDUSTRIES AND TARIFFS”

.... for equality of right amongst nations, small as well as great, is one of the fundamental issues this country and her allies are fighting to establish in this war.