Q. Which of the following statement about zonal council is/are not correct?
1. Zonal Council are constitution bodies
2. There is Five Zonal Council in India
3. The Prime Minister of India is Chairman of The Five Council
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Answer: B
Notes:
ZONAL COUNCILS
The Zonal Councils are the statutory (and not the constitutional) bodies. They are established by an Act of the Parliament, that is, States Reorganisation Act of 1956. The act divided the country into five zones (Northern, Central, Eastern, Western and Southern) and provided a zonal council for each zone.
The home minister of Central government is the common chairman of the 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.
Source: Indian Polity by Laxmikanth
