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title: "Article 263 Inter-State Council: India Explained"
description: "Article 263 allows India's President to form the Inter-State Council for resolving disputes and coordinating policies between the Union and States."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Inter-State Council is a constitutional body that the President of India may establish under Article 263 to coordinate, investigate, and advise on disputes and policies between the Union and the States.
- Is the Inter-State Council a constitutional or statutory body?
- Are the Inter-State Council's recommendations binding on States?
- How does the Inter-State Council differ from the Zonal Councils?
- Why was the Inter-State Council not created until 1990?

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1. 28 May 1990

   It was established by Presidential Order dated , acting on the recommendation contained in the report of the Sarkaria Commission on Centre-State relations, w…

2. 16 July 2016

   The Council held its eleventh meeting in New Delhi on , chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first such meeting in roughly a decade, where it took up…

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