Explanation:

What INC demands: • The Indian National Congress (INC) was established in 1885. There was a growing feeling of the nationalism, and this led the INC to put forward some demands to the British authorities. • One of their main demands was the reform of the legislative councils. • They even wanted the principle of the election inspite of nomination. • The INC even wanted the right to conduct discussions on financial matters which was hitherto not even allowed. • The Viceroy at the time Lord Dufferin formed a committee to look into the matter. But the Secretary of State was not agree to the plan of direct elections. He, later on, agreed to representation by the way of indirect election. What they got: India Council Act, 1892 provisions: • The act resulted in increasing the number of additional or non-official members in the legislative councils as given: o Central Legislative Council should have 10 to 16 members o Bengal should have 20 members o Madras should have 20 members o Bombay should have 8 members o Oudh should have 15 members o North Western Province should have 15 members • In the 1892 Act, out of a total of 24 members, only 5 were Indians. • The members were also given the right to ask questions on the budget (which was prohibited in the Indian Councils Act 1861) or on the matters of the public interest but had to give notice of six days for it. • They were not able to ask supplementary questions. • The principle of representation was introduced through this act. The district boards, universities, chambers of commerce, municipalities and zamindars were authorised to recommend members to the provincial councils. • The legislative councils were also empowered to make new laws and to repeal old laws with the permission of the Governor-General.