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Which of the following States/UTs are included in the Northern Zonal Council?

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Your answer: —  Â·  Correct: B
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The Northern Zonal Council is a statutory body established under the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 [4]. According to official records from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Inter-State Council Secretariat, the Northern Zonal Council comprises the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Rajasthan, along with the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territories of Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh [3]. Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are not members of the Northern Zonal Council; instead, they are part of the Central Zonal Council along with Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh [2]. The Zonal Councils were created to foster cooperative governance and address common regional issues such as economic planning and border disputes [4]. Option 2 correctly identifies a subset of the member states and the NCT of Delhi that belong to this specific council.

Sources

  1. [4] https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/ZCS-CitiCharter-130710_1.pdf
  2. [1] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 16: Inter-State Relations > ZONAL COUNCILS > p. 171
  3. [2] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 16: Inter-State Relations > ZONAL COUNCILS > p. 170
  4. [3] https://interstatecouncil.gov.in/composition-2/
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