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Shah to head Inter-State Council committee of 12 Union ministers and CMs
The New Indian Express
|November 12, 2024
THE Centre on Monday reconstituted the Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council (ISC) under the chairmanship of Home Minister Amit Shah.
The committee includes 12 other members comprising Union ministers and chief ministers from seven states, a government statement said.
Union ministers on the committee include Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Nirmala Sitharaman, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Virendra Kumar, and CR Patil.
The panel also features a mix of chief ministers from states governed by both the BJP and Opposition parties.
The states are Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Assam, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh.
This story is from the November 12, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express.
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