Which of the following is/are extra-constitutional and extra legal devices (s) for securing cooperation and coordination between the states in India?
1. The National Development Council
2. The Finance Commission
3. Zonal Councils
4. The inter- States Council
1 and 3
Constitutional body: - They are those bodies which find considerable mention in the constitution, in ways like having a part of the constitution or an article explaining their position.
Extra Constitutional Body: - they are those bodies which do not find mention in the constitution. They are created by various methods which further explain their nomenclature.
Statutory Body:- they are those bodies which are created by a law passed by the parliament which explicitly mentions the objectives for creation, their composition, Powers. Such bodies are subject to change by a respective change in the law governing them. RTIother examples are - National Human Rights Commission,Lokpal, CBI, Zonal Council.
Executive bodies: - they are those bodies which are created by an executive order - i.e. order of a ministry of union or state. Such bodies have no constitutional or law backing them. One very infamous body was Planning commission (now replaced by NITI aayog).
Other such bodies are UIDAI (Aadhar card), which when faced controversy is undergoing shift to statutory body.