North Eastern Council (NEC)

• The 71^st plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) was recently held in Shillong.

ABOUT NORTH EASTERN COUNCIL

• NEC is not a constitutional body, but a statutory organization established under the North Eastern Council Act, 1971, as amended in 2002.
• It is the nodal agency for the social and economic development of the North Eastern Region in India consisting of the 8 States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Nagaland and Tripura.
• The Council comprises Governors and Chief Ministers of constituent States and three members nominated by the President.
• It works under the administrative purview of the Ministry of Development of the North-Eastern Region (MDoNER).
• Chairman- Union Home Minister
• HQ- Shillong