{"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":"2026-08-12T21:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:13","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>\u2014 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\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Art. 263 mandate (inquire <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> discuss <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> recommend) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> yet no maturation since its 1990 birth under Sarkaria<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> meant to be the principal federal forum <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> has not grown into one<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>root cause is <i>design<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> exists only by Presidential Order <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> executive can alter its structure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> recommendations bind no one <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> politics widens the gap <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Congress dominance (party channels settle disputes) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> coalitions (regional parties bargain directly within Union) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> sectoral bodies (GST Council, NITI Aayog) absorb its core work <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> secretariat under Home Ministry <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no autonomy or expertise <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> meetings rare (2006\u20132016 gap) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rekha Saxena<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> poor record, almost no amendment or enactment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>not beyond repair <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Punchhi Commission <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> statutory status, regular meetings, permanent secretariat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> reactivated on these lines <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> gives cooperative federalism real substance<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the constitutional mandate is intact <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> only political will and a structural fix are missing<\/p>\n<\/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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4759,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1347\/revisions\/4759"}],"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}]}}