Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah addresses Press Conference in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh

• Zonal Councils are statutory advisory bodies promoting inter-state cooperation and cooperative federalism under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Sections 15–22).
• The Central Zonal Council (CZC) comprises four states: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand; chaired by the Union Home Minister.
• The 26th CZC meeting was held in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, chaired by Shri Amit Shah, and was framed around the declared Naxal-free Bastar / Naxal-free India milestone.
• High UPSC salience: federalism + internal security (LWE) + tribal development converge.