Zonal Councils of India

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Zonal Councils of India

Zonal Councils are advisory councils and are made up of the states of India that have been grouped into five zones to foster cooperation among them. These were set up vide Part-III of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

The Union Home Minister is the common chairman of five zonal councils. 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 present composition of each of these Zonal Councils is as under: [1]

#NameMember States/UTsHeadquarters [2]
1. Northern Zonal Council Chandigarh , Delhi , Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir , Ladakh , Punjab and Rajasthan New Delhi
2. Southern Zonal Council Andaman and Nicobar islands, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry , Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. Chennai
3. Central Zonal Council Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Prayagraj
4. Eastern Zonal Council Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal Kolkata
5. Western Zonal Council Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu , Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra Mumbai
6. North Eastern Council Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, and Meghalaya Shillong

The Northeastern states are not covered by any of the Zonal Councils and their special problems are addressed by another statutory body, the North Eastern Council at Shillong, created by the North Eastern Council Act, 1971. [3] This council originally comprised Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura; later the state of Sikkim was also added vide North Eastern Council (Amendment) Act, 2002 notified on 23 December 2002. [4]

The union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep are not members of any of the Zonal Councils. [5] However, they are presently special invitees to the Southern Zonal Council. [6]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Northern Zonal Council</span>

Northern Zonal Council is a zonal council that comprises the states and union territories of Chandigarh, National Capital Territory of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Ladakh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central Zonal Council</span>

Central Zonal Council is a zonal council that comprises the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eastern Zonal Council</span> Zones of India

Eastern Zonal Council is a zonal council that comprises the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Western Zonal Council</span> Zones of India

Western Zonal Council is a zonal council comprising the states of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southern Zonal Council</span> Zonal council in india

Southern Zonal Council is a zonal council that comprises the states and union territories of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana

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