Composition of Zonal Council: Zonal Councils shall be composed of the following high level functionaries of the Union and State Governments and UT Administration: 1. Chairman : A Union Minister to be nominated by the President 2. Vice Chairman : Chief Ministers of the States included in each zone act as Vice-Chairman of the Zonal Council for that zone by rotation, each holding office fo...

Zonal Councils The idea of creation of Zonal Councils was mooted by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1956 during the debate on the report of the States Re-organisation Commission. There are basically 5 zonal councils: -Northern Zonal Council, comprising the States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Union Territory of Chandiga...

Composition of Inter State Council: (I) Prime Minister - Chairman (II) Chief Ministers of all States - Member (III) Chief Ministers of UTs having a Legislative Assembly and Administrators of UTs not having a Legislative Assembly - Member (IV) Six Ministers of Cabinet rank in the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by the Prime Minister - Member (V) In case of President rule i...

Inter State Council: -The Inter-State Council was established under Article 263 of the Constitution of India through a Presidential Order dated 28 May 1990. -But the Inter-State Council is not a permanent constitutional body for coordination between the States of the Union. It can be established at any time if it appears to the President that the public interests would be served by the establ...

The Rajya Sabha or Council of States: -It is the upper house of the Parliament of India. -Maximum strength of members are limited to 250. -Out of this 12 are nominated by the President of India for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services. -At present the actual strength of R.S is 245, of which 229 from States and 4 from U.Ts are elected and 12 are nomina...