Lok Sabha Question No. 3827 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-09
Subject: Inter-State Council
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY, Shrirang Appa Barne, DHARMENDRA YADAV, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3827

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH AUGUST, 2016/SHRAVANA 18, 1938, (SAKA)

INTER-STATE COUNCIL

3827.

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a meeting of Inter-State council has been held recently in New Delhi;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  issues  discussed  and consensus arrived at in the meeting;
- (c) whether Punchhi Commission report on Centre-State relations have also been discussed in the meeting and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  the  names  of  the  States  along  with  the  Ministers  who  have participated in the meeting;
- (e) whether the Government has sought cooperation from the States for checking and siphoning of subsidy and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether the Government has issued guidelines to the States in this regard; and
- (g)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  by  the Government for smooth and cordial relation between the Centre and the States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b): Yes  Sir.    The  Agenda  items  discussed  during  the  11 th meeting of Inter-State Council (ISC) held on 16-07-2016, were as under:

- i). Consideration of the Recommendations of the Punchhi Commission on Centre-State relations,
- ii).  Use  of  Aadhaar  as  an  identifier  for  providing  subsidies,  benefits and Public services,
- iii).  Improving  quality  of  school  education  with  focus  on  improving
- learning outcomes, incentivising better performance, and
- iv). Internal security with focus on intelligence sharing and coordination for combating Terrorism/Insurgency and Police Reforms & Police Modernization.

The  suggestions  received  have  been  noted  by  the  Inter-State council Secretariat.

(c) & (d): Yes  Madam.  It  was  agreed  that  the  Punchhi  Commission's recommendations  be  considered  by  the  Standing  Committee  of  the ISC first and then placed before the ISC to finalize its recommendations. The names of the States along-with the Ministers who have participated in the meeting is at Annexure.

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(e) to (g):   In the XI meeting  of the Inter-State council, it  was emphasized to use Aadhaar seeding in the implementation of various Government schemes so as to be able to achieve maximum transparency  and  savings.  Various  guidelines  have  been  issued  for direct  benefit  under  the  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)  which  is available in the website http://www.cabsec.gov.in/dbt/index.html.

## Annexure

|   Sl No. | Name of the State   | Chief Ministers/Representatives of the States who participated in the XI meeting of Inter-State Council   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      | Shri Nara Chandrababu Naidu                                                                               |
|        2 | Assam               | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal                                                                                   |
|        3 | Bihar               | Shri Nitish Kumar                                                                                         |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh        | Dr. Raman Singh                                                                                           |
|        5 | Goa                 | Shri Laxmikant Parsekar                                                                                   |
|        6 | Gujarat             | Smt. Anandiben Patel                                                                                      |
|        7 | Haryana             | Shri Manohar Lal Khattar                                                                                  |
|        8 | Himachal Pradesh    | Shri Virbhadra Singh                                                                                      |
|        9 | Jharkhand           | Shri Raghubar Das                                                                                         |
|       10 | Kerala              | Shri Pinarayi Vijayan                                                                                     |
|       11 | Madhya Pradesh      | Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan                                                                                |
|       12 | Maharashtra         | Shri Devendra Fadnavis                                                                                    |
|       13 | Manipur             | Shri Okram Ibobi Singh                                                                                    |
|       14 | Mizoram             | Shri Pu Lalthanhawla                                                                                      |
|       15 | Nagaland            | Shri. T R Zeliang                                                                                         |
|       16 | Sikkim              | Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling                                                                                 |
|       17 | Tripura             | Shri Manik Sarkar                                                                                         |
|       18 | Telangana           | Shri K. Chandrasekhara Rao                                                                                |
|       19 | West Bengal         | Ms. Mamata Banerjee                                                                                       |
|       20 | Odisha              | Shri Naveen Patnaik                                                                                       |
|       21 | Uttarakhand         | Shri Harish Rawat                                                                                         |
|       22 | Meghalaya           | Dr. Mukul Sangma                                                                                          |
|       23 | Jammu and Kashmir   | Dr. Haseeb Brabu, Minister of Finance                                                                     |
|       24 | Karnataka           | Dr . G, Parameshwara, Minister of Home                                                                    |
|       25 | Punjab              | Shri Sukhbir Singh Badal, Dy. Chief Minister                                                              |
|       26 | Rajasthan           | Shri Gulab Chand Kataria, Minister for Home                                                               |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu          | Shri O. Panneer Selvam, Minister of Finance                                                               |

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