JK News Today

Jammu, May 21:

The Centre has announced the formation of a fresh Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council that includes 13 members, including its Chairman Amit Shah.

Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a gazette notification in this regard on Friday mentioning that the step was taken in supersession of the Inter-State Council Secretariat’s notification dated August 9, 2019, and with the approval of the Prime Minister.

Besides Shah, the committee includes four other union ministers and eight Chief Ministers.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat are among the Union ministers as members of the committee.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Gujarat  Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are other members of the committee.

The standing committee will have continuous consultation on the matters for consideration of the Council. It processes all matters pertaining to Centre-state relations before they are taken up for consideration in the Inter-State Council.