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Consider the following statements about Zonal Councils: 1. They are Constitutional bodies as setup under Schedule VII of the Constitution. 2. The Home minister of the Central government is the common chairman of the five zonal councils. 3. The North Eastern States are not included in these zonal councils. Which of the above statement is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Zonal Councils: 1. They are Constitutional bodies as setup under Schedule VII of the Constitution. 2. The Home minister of the Central government is the common chairman of the five zonal councils. 3. The North Eastern States are not included in these zonal councils. Which of the above statement is/are correct? Correct Answer 2 and 3 only

The correct answer is 2 and 3 only.

Important Points

  • Zonal Councils
    • ​The Zonal Councils are the statutory (and not the constitutional) bodies.
      • They are established by an Act of the Parliament, that is, the States Reorganisation Act of 1956. Hence, statement 1 is NOT correct.
    • The act divides the country into five zones (Northern, Central, Eastern, Western, and Southern) and provides a zonal council for each zone. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
    • While forming these zones, several factors have been taken into account which includes:
  • the natural divisions of the country,
  • the river systems and means of communication,
  • the cultural and linguistic affinity and
  • the requirements of economic development, security, and law and order.
  • Composition

​Each zonal council consists of the following members:

  • The Home Minister of Central government.
  • Chief ministers of all the States in the zone.
  • Two other ministers from each state in the zone.
  • The administrator of each union territory in the zone.
    • Besides, the following persons can be associated with the zonal council as advisors (i.e., without the right to vote in the meetings):
      • a person nominated by the Planning Commission;
      • the chief secretary of the government of each state in the zone; and
      • development commissioner of each state in the zone.
    • The Home Minister of Central government is the common chairman of the five zonal councils. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
    • Each chief minister acts as a vice-chairman of the council by rotation, holding office for a period of one year at a time.
    • The North Eastern States i.e. (i) Assam (ii) Arunachal Pradesh (iii) Manipur (iv) Tripura (v) Mizoram (vi) Meghalaya and (vii) Nagaland are not included in the Zonal Councils and their special problems are looked after by the North Eastern Council, set up under the North Eastern Council Act, 1972.

Additional Information

  • The objectives (or the functions) of the zonal councils
    • ​To achieve an emotional integration of the country.
    • To help in arresting the growth of acute state-consciousness, regionalism, linguist, and particularistic trends.
    • To help in removing the after-effects of separation in some cases so that the process of reorganization, integration and economic advancement may synchronize.
    • To enable the Centre and states to cooperate with each other in social and economic matters and exchange ideas and experience in order to evolve uniform policies.
    • To cooperate with each other in the successful and speedy execution of major development projects.
    • To secure some kind of political equilibrium between different regions of the country.

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