{"id":1347,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/despite-constitutional-mandate-the-inter-state-council-has-not-upsc-psir-2019-2205\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:23","slug":"despite-constitutional-mandate-the-inter-state-council-has-not-upsc-psir-2019-2205","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/despite-constitutional-mandate-the-inter-state-council-has-not-upsc-psir-2019-2205\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite constitutional mandate the Inter-State Council has not come of age. Discuss."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">rR) Art. 263 mandate (inquire \u2192 discuss \u2192 recommend) \u2192 yet no maturation since its 1990 birth under Sarkaria R2 meant to be the principal federal forum \u2014 has not grown into one<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">root cause is design \u2014 exists only by Presidential Order \u2192 executive can alter its structure \u2192 recommendations bind no one \u2192 politics widens the gap \u2192 Congress dominance (party channels settle disputes) \u2192 coalitions (regional parties bargain directly within Union) \u2192 sectoral bodies (GST Council, NITI Aayog) absorb its core work \u2192 secretariat under Home Ministry \u2192 no autonomy or expertise \u2192 meetings rare (2006-2016 gap) \u2192 Rekha Saxena \u2192 poor record, almost no amendment or enactment<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">not beyond repair \u2192 Punchhi Commission \u2192 statutory status, regular meetings, permanent secretariat<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 reactivated on these lines \u2192 gives cooperative federalism real substance R2 the constitutional mandate is intact \u2192 only political will and a structural fix are missing<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[63],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1347","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-federalism","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1347\/revisions\/2571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}