3-400: Northern Zonal Council is a zonal council that comprises the states and union territories of Chandigarh , National Capital Territory of Delhi , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Punjab , Rajasthan and Ladakh . The States have been grouped into six zones having an Advisory Council to foster cooperation among these States. Five Zonal Councils were set up vide Part-III of
6-748: A vice chairman of the council by rotation, holding office for a period of one year at a time. The present composition of each of these Zonal Councils is as under:- The Northeastern states are not covered by any of the Zonal Councils and their special problems are addressed by another statutory body, the North Eastern Council at Shillong , created by the North Eastern Council Act, 1971. This council originally comprised Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Nagaland and Tripura ; later
9-493: The States Reorganisation Act , 1956. Zonal council Zonal Councils are advisory councils and are made up of the states and union territories of India that have been grouped into five zones to foster cooperation among them. These were set up by Part-III of the States Reorganisation Act , 1956. The Union Home Minister is the common chairman of five zonal councils. Each chief minister acts as
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