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Revision note: Inter-State Relations and Cooperative Federalism

  • Art 262 water disputes: ISRWD Act 1956; River Boards Act 1956 (no board); Cauvery SC 2018 → CWMA
  • Art 263 Inter-State Council (1990): PM chairs; CMs + 6 ministers; recommendatory; rarely meets (2016)
  • Zonal Councils: 5, SR Act 1956, Home Minister chairs; NEC 1971 (Sikkim 2002)
  • Arts 301–307 free trade; Art 304(b) needs President's sanction
  • Cooperative (GST Council, NITI Governing Council) vs competitive (rankings) federalism
  • Commissions: ARC 1966, Rajamannar 1969, Sarkaria 1983–88, Punchhi 2007–10
Revision card summarising Inter-State Relations and Cooperative Federalism
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