The setting up of the Inter-State Council in 1990 was meant to :

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substitute the National Development Council.

strengthen the federal provisions of the Constitution.

be an institutional interface between the Judiciary and the Government.

provide membership to local customary bodies.

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The Inter-State Council was established under Article 263 of the Constitution of India through a Presidential Order on May 28, 1990. Article 263 empowers the President to establish such a council to inquire into and advise upon disputes between states, investigate and discuss subjects in which some or all states, or the Union and one or more states, have a common interest, and make recommendations upon any such subject for the better coordination of policy and action. These functions are aimed at promoting coordination and resolving issues between states and between the Union and states, thereby strengthening the cooperative federal structure envisioned by the Constitution.

The Sarkaria Commission (Commission on Centre-State Relations) recommended the establishment of a permanent Inter-State Council. The Council consists of the Prime Minister as Chairman, Chief Ministers of all States and Union Territories with Legislative Assemblies, Administrators of Union Territories without Legislative Assemblies, and six Union Cabinet Ministers nominated by the Prime Minister. The National Development Council (NDC) is primarily involved in planning and approving Five Year Plans, though it also plays a role in centre-state coordination, it is distinct from the Inter-State Council which focuses specifically on dispute resolution and policy coordination among governments. The Inter-State Council is not an interface between the judiciary and the government, nor does it provide membership to local customary bodies.

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