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North Eastern Council

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North Eastern Council

The North Eastern Council (NEC) holds its 73rd Plenary Session on 4 June 2026 in Shillong, Meghalaya. The session discusses flagship initiatives, reviews progress of CM High-Level Task Forces, and deliberates on the North East Vision Plan 2047.

North Eastern Council (NEC):

Dimension Key Details
Legal basis It is constituted as a statutory advisory body under the NEC Act, 1971.
Establishment It comes into being on 7 November 1972 at Shillong.
Nodal ministry It is governed by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).
Coverage It applies to 8 states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura.
Sikkim inclusion Sikkim is included via an amendment to the NEC Act in 2002, and it is not part of the original 1971 composition.
Chairperson The Ex-Officio Chairman is the Union Home Minister.
Vice-chairperson The Ex-Officio Vice-Chairman is the Minister of State, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).
Members It comprises governors and chief ministers of constituent states, and 3 members nominated by the President.
Function It serves as the apex regional planning body for the North Eastern Region and plays a role in fostering coordinated development and strengthening cooperative federalism in the region.
Institutional comparison It resembles a Zonal Council in role, but legally it stands apart as a separate statutory institution.
73rd Plenary Session: key discussions It discusses flagship initiatives: Bamboo, Agarwood, and the Ashtalakshmi Darshan, and other issues.
73rd Plenary Session: CM Task Forces It reviews progress of CM High-Level Task Forces.
73rd Plenary Session: focus areas It covers Tourism, Agriculture and Horticulture, Investment Promotion, Self-reliance in food, Sports, Economic Corridors, Infrastructure, and Handloom and Handicrafts.
Ministry of DoNER review areas in session It reviews important initiatives, major schemes and programmes, outcomes of the North East Investment Summit and Bankers’ Conclave, youth-focused initiatives, tourism, logistics, and Unique Selling Proposition (USP) projects in the region.
North East Vision Plan 2047 It provides for a long-term roadmap for transforming the region by India’s centenary year of independence.
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With reference to the North Eastern Council (NEC), consider the following statements:

1. The NEC includes Sikkim as part of its original 1971 composition.
2. The NEC comprises governors and chief ministers of constituent states, and three members nominated by the President.

Which of the statements given above are correct?