NEW DELHI: The Central government has announced the fresh composition of the Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council that includes 13 members, including its Chairman Amit Shah.
The Ministry of Home mentions the move in its gazette noification issued on Friday pointing out 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 comprises four other ministers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet and eight Chief Ministers. Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat are the cabinet ministers who are members of the committee.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath are other members.
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. The committee also monitor the implementation of decisions taken on the recommendations of the Council and considers any other matter referred to it by the chairman or council.
The Standing Committee may, if necessary, invite experts and persons eminent in specific fields to have the benefit of their views while deliberating upon the related subjects. (ANI)