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Assam
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Kolkata
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Guwahati
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eastern Zonal Council is a zonal council that comprises the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Five Zonal Councils were set up vide Part-III of the States Re-organisation Act, 1956 – north, south, east, west and central. The North Eastern States i.e. (i) Assam (ii) Arunachal Pradesh (iii) Manipur (iv) Tripura (v) Mizoram (vi) Meghalaya and (vii) Nagaland are not included in the Zonal Councils.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chairman: The union home minister is the Chairman of each of these Councils. Vice Chairman: The Chief Ministers of the States included in each zone act as Vice-Chairman of the Zonal Council for that zone by rotation, each holding office for a period of one year at a time.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Western Zonal Council in the 25th meeting at Diu on 11.6. 2022 and its Standing Committee in its 12th meeting at Panaji on 28.01. 2022 has discussed over a total of 36 issues.