Inter-State Council

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The Inter-State Council is a constitutional body in India established to facilitate coordination and resolve disputes between the central government and the states on matters of common interest.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional body ⓘ
intergovernmental organization ⓘ
aim to provide a forum for discussion between the Union and State governments ⓘ
to strengthen cooperative federalism in India ⓘ
canBeConstitutedBy President of India ⓘ
canMakeRecommendationsOn coordination of policy and action between the Union and the States ⓘ
disputes which may have arisen between States ⓘ
matters of general interest to some or all of the States or to the Union and one or more of the States ⓘ
category Indian constitutional body ⓘ
Intergovernmental relations in India ⓘ
chairperson Prime Minister of India ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article 263 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionAllows President to establish a council to inquire into and advise upon disputes between States ⓘ
President to establish a council to investigate and discuss subjects of common interest between the Union and the States ⓘ
President to establish a council to make recommendations for better coordination of policy and action ⓘ
country India ⓘ
decisionMaking consensus-based ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of India ⓘ
governanceLevel Union–State ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOfChairperson Government of India ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: Union of India
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalStatus permanent constitutional body ⓘ
meets periodically as convened by the Chairperson ⓘ
member Administrators or Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories without legislatures when invited ⓘ
Chief Ministers of Union Territories with legislatures ⓘ
Chief Ministers of all States of India ⓘ
selected Union Cabinet Ministers ⓘ
powerType advisory ⓘ
primaryFunction dispute resolution between levels of government ⓘ
intergovernmental coordination ⓘ
policy consultation between Union and States ⓘ
purpose to facilitate coordination between the Union and the States ⓘ
to investigate and discuss subjects of common interest between the Union and the States ⓘ
to make recommendations for better policy coordination between the Union and the States ⓘ
to resolve inter-governmental disputes between the Union and the States ⓘ
relatedBody NITI Aayog ⓘ
National Development Council ⓘ
Zonal Councils of India ⓘ
relatedTo Centre–State relations in India ⓘ
federalism in India ⓘ
reportsTo Government of India ⓘ
scopeOfWork disputes between States ⓘ
disputes between the Union and one or more States ⓘ
matters of common interest between the Union and the States ⓘ
secretariat Inter-State Council Secretariat ⓘ
linked to: Inter-State Council
secretariatLocatedIn New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
typeOfBody recommendatory body ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

States of India → participateIn → Inter-State Council ⓘ
subject linked to: States
Inter-State Council → secretariat → Inter-State Council Secretariat ⓘ
linked to: Inter-State Council
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh → memberOf → Inter-State Council (India) ⓘ
linked to: Inter-State Council
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir → memberOf → Inter-State Council (by virtue of office, when nominated) ⓘ
linked to: Inter-State Council