Q. Who is the Chairman of the five Zonal Councils of India?
Answer:
Home Minister
Notes: Union Home Minister is the Chairman of these five Zonal Councils, while the Chief Ministers of the Statesand the Administrator/Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territories from the respective Zonal Council are its members, one of whom is the Vice-Chairman by rotation every year.
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently chaired the 26th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council in Patna, Bihar. The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar, and senior Ministers from Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand attended the meeting.