Part XI · Co-ordination between States

Article 263 Provisions with respect to an inter-State Council.

This article provides for an Inter-State Council. The President may establish it if the public interest so requires. The Council inquires into and advises on inter-State disputes. It investigates subjects of common interest between the Union and the States. The President defines its organisation and procedure. It is the standing forum for federal coordination.

1. If at any time it appears to the President that the public interests would be served by the establishment of a Council charged with the duty of— (a) inquiring into and advising upon disputes which may have arisen between States; (b) investigating and discussing subjects in which some or all of the States, or the Union and one or more of the States, have a common interest; or (c) making recommendations upon any such subject and, in particular, recommendations for the better co-ordination of policy and action with respect to that subject, it shall be lawful for the President by order to establish such a Council, and to define the nature of the duties to be performed by it and its organisation and procedure.

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