Inter-state Council standing committee meeting after 11 years

NEW DELHI: The Inter-State Council (ISC) standing committee that met on Sunday in the capital after a gap of 11 years saw the participation Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. The CM, who is learnt to have spoken briefly at the meeting, raised issues with regard to development of Bundelkhand and better coordination between states and Centre. The meeting that went on for three hours was presided over by home minister Rajnath Singh. Finance minister Arun Jaitley too participated in it.

Among the other issues that were discussed in the meeting were the role of governors, better implementation of central schemes by states, measures to involve the states more closely in planning and delivery of services and steps to make Inter-State Council more decisive and directed towards better fiscal management, sources in the home ministry said. The role of a governor to grant prosecution sanction against a member of council of ministers was specifically discussed. The meeting was convened after a gap of 11 years. The recommendations of the standing committee will be placed before the Inter-State Council at its next meeting, home ministry sources said.