Zonal Councils are advisory councils and are made up of the states and union territories of India that have been grouped into five zones to foster cooperation among them. These were set up by Part-III of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
The Union Home Minister of India is the common chairman each of the five zonal councils. Within the each zonal council, the chief minister of the respective member states act as the vice-chairman of the council by rotation, holding office for a period of one year at a time. The governor of a union territory within a zone are not appointed as the vice-chairman.
The present composition of each of these Zonal Councils is as under:-