CM Naveen Included In Standing Committee of Inter-State Council Chaired By HM Amit Shah

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been included in the 13 member Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah. The Union Government has notified the fresh composition of the Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council. The gazette noification regarding this was issued on Friday.

While Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the Committee, four other Union Ministers and eight Chief Ministers have also been included. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat are the Union Ministers as members of the Standing committee.

Along with Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh have been made members of this Committee.

The Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council processes important matters pertaining to Centre-State relations in the country before they are taken up for consideration in the Inter-State Council.