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What is the role of Article 263 in maintaining Union-State coordination?

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The correct answer is

Provides Inter-State Council framework

Article 263 of the Indian Constitution empowers the President to establish an Inter-State Council if it appears to him that the public interest would be served by such a body. Its functions include investigating disputes between states, discussing subjects of common interest, and making recommendations to coordinate policy and action between the Union and the States.

Inter-state water disputes are handled under Article 262, Zonal Councils are statutory bodies under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, and Emergency Provisions are in Articles 352–360.

Hence the correct answer is Provides Inter-State Council framework.

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