{"id":1351,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-composition-and-functions-of-the-inter-state-council-upsc-psir-2022-2209\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:14","slug":"discuss-the-composition-and-functions-of-the-inter-state-council-upsc-psir-2022-2209","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-composition-and-functions-of-the-inter-state-council-upsc-psir-2022-2209\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the composition and functions of the Inter-State Council. To what extent has this body been successful in achieving its objectives?"},"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> ISC as the chief institution of cooperative federalism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Art 263, set up 1990 on Sarkaria recommendation<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> shared-rule forum under Art 263 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> President establishes it when public interest requires<\/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>composition: a rare body uniting Union, States, UTs <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> PM as chair + State CMs + UT CMs with legislatures + Administrators of other UTs + Governors under President\u2019s Rule + six Union Cabinet Ministers <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> functions under Art 263: inquire into and advise on inter-State disputes <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> discuss subjects of common interest <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> recommend coordination of policy and action<\/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>(success limited) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> non-permanent Presidential Order <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> advisory, non-binding <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> infrequent meetings, 2006\u20132016 gap <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> weak secretariat under Home Ministry <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> bypassed by party channels, GST Council, NITI Aayog <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Saxena<\/b>: abysmal performance<\/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> institutionally important but operationally underused<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Punchhi reforms \u2014 statutory status, regular meetings, permanent secretariat \u2014 to give it real weight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[47],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[63],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1351","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-47","pyq_marks-15-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\/1351","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":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4763,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1351\/revisions\/4763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1351"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1351"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1351"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}