CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -2,711 crore. The Union Home Minister said that in the 30th meeting of the Southern Zonal Council held in Thiruvananthapuram today, 26 issues were discussed, 9 issues were resolved, 17 issues were reserved for further consideration, out of which 9 issues were related to the reorganization of Andhra Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. 3.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -In the light of the vision of Pandit Nehru, five Zonal Councils were set up vide Part-III of the States Re-organisation Act, 1956.