{"id":369925,"date":"2026-08-20T16:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=369925"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:38:37","slug":"zonal-councils-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zonal-councils-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Zonal Councils"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council commenced at Kovalam near Chennai with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the chair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Zonal Councils<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_369926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-369926\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-369926\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-Organiser.jpg?resize=442%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Zonal Councils\" width=\"442\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-Organiser.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-Organiser.jpg?resize=1024%2C636&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-Organiser.jpg?resize=768%2C477&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-Organiser.jpg?w=1421&amp;ssl=1 1421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-369926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Organiser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru<\/strong> introduced the <strong>concept<\/strong> of zonal councils in <strong>1956<\/strong> during the <strong>debate on the States Reorganisation Commission report<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was introduced <strong>as a mechanism to promote inter-state cooperation<\/strong> and <strong>resolve issues<\/strong> arising from state linguistic reorganizations.<\/li>\n<li>These councils <strong>serve as advisory and cooperative platforms<\/strong> between states and the Centre.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composition of Zonal Councils: <\/strong>Each Zonal Council <strong>consists of:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Union Home Minister \u2013 Chairman<\/strong> of all councils.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chief Ministers of the states<\/strong> in a zone \u2013 <strong>Vice-Chairman<\/strong> (on a <strong>rotational basis for one year<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two Ministers from each state<\/strong> \u2013 Nominated by the respective Governor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two<\/strong> representatives from <strong>Union Territories<\/strong> in the zone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chief Secretaries<\/strong> and senior officials from the states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Standing Committees<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Each council<\/strong> has a Standing Committee <strong>comprising Chief Secretaries of member states.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>These committees <strong>meet periodically<\/strong> to <strong>resolve issues<\/strong> and prepare the groundwork for council meetings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Representatives<\/strong> from <strong>Central Ministries and NITI Aayog<\/strong> attend based on necessity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions and Role of Zonal Councils<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It acts as a platform for <strong>resolving Centre-State and inter-state disputes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It facilitates <strong>regional cooperation<\/strong> in economic and social planning.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>discusses and resolves<\/strong> issues related to:\n<ul>\n<li>Border disputes.<\/li>\n<li>Linguistic minorities.<\/li>\n<li>Inter-state transport<\/li>\n<li>Other matters under the States Reorganisation Act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It fosters <strong>cooperative and competitive federalism<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council commenced at Kovalam near Chennai with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the chair. About Zonal Councils Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the concept of zonal councils in 1956 during the debate on the States Reorganisation Commission report. It was introduced as a mechanism to promote&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zonal-councils-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Zonal Councils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-369925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}