Amit Shah chairs 73rd Plenary Session of North Eastern Council in Shillong
On 4 June 2026 in Shillong, Meghalaya, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 73rd Plenary Session of the North Eastern Council (NEC).
Summary
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah chaired the 73rd Plenary Session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in Shillong, Meghalaya, on 4 June 2026, attended by DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Meghalaya Governor C. H. Vijayashankar. Shah called for full implementation of the recommendations of the High-Level Task Force on the Northeast, regular review of single-window clearance systems, and turning the Drug-Free Northeast Campaign into a mass movement, and said the Sabroom Land Port and customs centres in Meghalaya and Mizoram would help the region trade with Southeast Asia. The NEC is a statutory body set up under the North-Eastern Council Act, 1971, which came into being at Shillong on 7 November 1972; the Union Home Minister is its ex-officio Chairman, and since a 2002 amendment it functions as a regional planning body.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 4 June 2026, Shillong, Meghalaya
- Meeting
- 73rd Plenary Session of NEC
- Chaired by
- Amit Shah (Union Home Minister, ex-officio NEC Chairman)
- Vice Chairman
- DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Calls
- Implement High-Level Task Force recommendations; Drug-Free Northeast Campaign; single-window review
- Static: NEC
- Statutory body under NEC Act, 1971; came into being 7 Nov 1972 at Shillong; regional planning body since 2002 amendment
Practice MCQs 4 questions
The 73rd Plenary Session of the North Eastern Council, chaired by Amit Shah on 4 June 2026, was held in:
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Correct answer: D — Shillong
The 73rd Plenary Session was held in Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya.
Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the North Eastern Council?
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Correct answer: B — Union Home Minister
The Cabinet approved nomination of the Union Home Minister as ex-officio Chairman of NEC, with the DoNER Minister as Vice Chairman.
The North Eastern Council was set up under which law?
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Correct answer: A — North-Eastern Council Act, 1971
NEC is a statutory body constituted under the North-Eastern Council Act, 1971 (84 of 1971); it came into being at Shillong on 7 November 1972.
Consider the following statements about the North Eastern Council: 1. It is a constitutional body. 2. After the 2002 amendment, it functions as a regional planning body for the North Eastern Region. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — 2 only
NEC is a statutory, not constitutional, body; since the 2002 amendment it is mandated to function as a regional planning body.