Which of the following are incorrect?

1. Zonal councils are extra constitutional body established by the executive resolution of the cabinet.
2. North eastern council is established under State reorganization act of 1956.

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) None of the above

d) All of the above

Ans- D

Explanation– The Zonal councils are the statutory bodies. They are established by the act of Parliament, that is, State Reorganisation act of 1956. It divided the country into 5 zonal councils- Northern, Eastern, Western, Southern and Central. Several factors have been taken into account while forming these zones which include natural divisions of the country, river system and means of communication, the cultural and linguistic affinity and the requirement of the economic development, security and law and order. Each zonal council consists of

1. Home Minister of the central government
2. Chief minister of all states in a zone
3. Two other ministers from each state in a zone
4. Administrator of each UT in the zone.

Home minister of central government is the common chairman of the five zonal council. Each CM of council acts as a vice-chairman of the council in rotation, holding office for a period of one year at a time.

Objectives of zonal councils are:

1. Achieving emotional integration of the country
2. Helping in the arrest of growth of acute state-consciousness, regionalism, linguism and particularistic needs
3. Enable centre and state to co-operate with each other in social and economic matters and exchange ideas and experience in order to evolve economic policies.
4. Help in removing the after effects of separation in some cases so that the process of reorganisation, integration and economic advancement may synchronize.

North eastern council is established separately by an act of parliament- North eastern council act of 1971. Its members include- Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunanchal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and Sikkim.