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{{Infobox organization
| name = Inter-State Council
| native_name = '''अन्तर्राज्य परिषद'''
| image =
| image_size = 250px
| alt =
| caption = Inter State Council in December, 2014
| formation = {{start date and age|1990|05|28}}
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]]
|website=http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/
}}

The [[Constitution of India]] in Article 263, provided that an '''Inter-State Council (ISC)''' may be established "if at any time it appears to the President that the public interests would be served by the establishment of a Council". It was established on 28 May 1990 by a [[President of India|presidential order]] on recommendation of [[Sarkaria Commission]].<ref>{{cite web|date=28 May 1990|title=Article 263 in The Constitution Of India 1949|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1331118/|access-date=21 December 2016|website=indiankanoon.org|publisher=Indian Kanoon}}</ref><ref name="genesis">{{cite web|title=Genesis of the Inter State Council|url=http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/iscs/isc-genesis/|access-date=2 January 2017|website=interstatecouncil.nic.in/|publisher=Inter State Council Secretariat}}</ref> The present status of the ISC is that of a non permanent constitutional body.Moreover, the Commission on Centre-State Relations under the Chairmanship of Justice R. S. Sarkaria had recommended that a permanent Inter-State Council called the Inter-Governmental Council (IGC) should be set up under Article 263. The ISC has been established pursuant to this recommendation of the commission. It cannot be dissolved and re-established. The objective of the ISC is to discuss or investigate policies, subjects of common interest, and disputes among [[States of India|states]].<ref name=genesis />

==Aims ==
# Decentralisation of powers to the states as much as possible.
# More transfer of financial resources to the states.
# Arrangements for devolution in such a way that the states can fulfil their obligations.
# Advancement of loans to states should be related to as ‘the productive principle’.
# Deployment of [[Central Armed Police Forces]] in the states either on their request or otherwise.

==Composition==
The Inter-State Council composes of the following members:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/iscs/isc-composition/ |title=Composition of the Inter State Council |publisher=Inter State Council Secretariat |website=interstatecouncil.nic.in/ |access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref>
* [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], Chairman.
* [[List of current Indian chief ministers|Chief Ministers]] of all states.
* Chief Ministers of the [[Union territory|union territories]] having [[State Legislative Assembly (India)|legislative assemblies]].
* [[Administrator of the government|Administrators]] of the union territories not having legislative assemblies.
* 6 [[Union Council of Ministers|Union Cabinet Ministers]], including [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]], to be nominated by the Prime Minister.
* Governors of the states being administered under [[President's rule]].

* '''Standing Committee'''
* Home Minister, Chairman
* 5 Union Cabinet Ministers
* 9 Chief Ministers

==Meetings==
The Council has met 12 times since its inception (1990).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/iscs/isc-meetings/ |title=Meetings of the Inter State Council |publisher=Inter State Council Secretariat |website=interstatecouncil.nic.in/ |access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Sr. No.
! Date
! Prime Minister
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| 10 October 1990
| [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| 15 October 1996
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| 17 July 1997
| rowspan=2| [[I. K. Gujral]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| 28 November 1997
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5
| 22 January 1999
| rowspan=4| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6
| 20 May 2000
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 7
| 16 November 2001
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 8
| 27–28 March 2003
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 9
| 28 June 2005
| rowspan=2| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 10
| 12 December 2006
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 11
| 16 July 2016
| rowspan=2| [[Narendra Modi]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 12
| 25 November 2017
|}

==References==
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[[Category:State governments of India]]
[[Category:Councils of India]]

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