Question: Recently the 27th meeting of the Southern Zonal Council was held at-
(a) Puducherry
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Hyderabad
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 28 December 2016; the 27th meeting of the Southern Zonal Council at Thiruvananthapuram.
- Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh chaired the meeting.
- In the meeting out of the 22 items discussed 16 were resolved in the meeting.
- The next meeting will be hosted in Karnataka.
- The five Zonal Councils were set up under the States’ Reorganization Act, 1956 to foster Inter-State cooperation and coordination among the States.
- The Zonal Councils are mandated to discuss and make recommendations on the matters of common interest in the field of economic and social planning, border disputes, linguistic minorities and inter-State transport etc.
- They are regional forum of cooperative endeavour for States linked with each other geographically, economically and culturally.
Reference:
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