Which of the following Commissions rejected Gairsain as the permanent capital of Uttarakhand ?

The correct answer is (b).

The Koshyari Commission was set up by the Uttarakhand government in 2018 to look into the issue of the permanent capital of the state. The commission submitted its report in 2019, in which it recommended that Dehradun should be the permanent capital of Uttarakhand. The commission rejected Gairsain as the permanent capital on the grounds that it was not feasible to develop Gairsain as a capital city. The commission also cited the following reasons for rejecting Gairsain:

• Gairsain is located in a remote area and is not well-connected to other parts of the state.
• The infrastructure in Gairsain is not adequate to support a capital city.
• The cost of developing Gairsain as a capital city would be prohibitive.

The commission’s recommendations were accepted by the Uttarakhand government, and Dehradun was declared the permanent capital of the state in 2020.