Inter-state Council

✅According to Article 263 , If at any time it appears to the President that the Public interests would be served by the establishment of a council charged with the duty of—

 

(a) Inquiring into and advising upon disputes which may have arisen during investigating and discussing subjects in which some or all of the states or the union and one or more of the states, have a common interest, or 

(b) making recommendations upon any such subject and, in particular, recommendations for the better coordination of policy and action with respect to that subject. 

✅It shall be lawful for the president by order to establish such council, and to define the nature of the duties to be performed by it and its organisation and procedure. 

✅The duty of any such council is to inquire into and advice upon the relevant matters and not one of adjudicating. 

✅The Sarkaria Commission recommended (1983-87) that in order to differentiate the inter-state council from other bodies 

setup under the Article 263 . 

✅It must be called the inter-Governmental Council.

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