Amit Shah to chair Northern Zonal Council meet in Jaipur on July 9
The Hindu
Regional councils provide a forum for discussion in a structured manner on issues affecting one or more states or issues between the Centre and the states
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting of the Northern Zonal Council to be held on July 9 in Jaipur, where security, road, transport, industries, water, power and other issues of common interests will be discussed, officials said.
The Northern Zonal Council comprises Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Union Territory of Chandigarh.
The meeting will be attended by chief ministers, ministers, chief secretaries, principal secretaries and senior officers of the member States and senior officers of Central government, a Home Ministry official said on Wednesday.
It will see discussions on issues of common interests in areas of security, road, transport, industries, water, power, economic and social planning, the official said.
As per the established procedure and practice, the zonal council meeting is preceded by a standing committee meeting of the council, in which the agenda items to be placed before the council are scrutinised and prioritised.
The Modi government has been regularly holding meetings of the zonal councils as part of its overall strategy to strengthen and promote cooperative and competitive federalism in the country, another official said.
The regional councils provide a forum for discussion in a structured manner on issues affecting one or more states or issues between the Centre and the states.
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