8. Meetings of Central Council for transaction of business. —(1) The meetings of the Central Council shall ordinarily be held in the National Capital Territory of Delhi:
Provided that the Central Council may also hold its meetings at any other place in India, wherever in the opinion of the Chairperson, it is expedient so to do.
(2) The Chairperson, or in his absence, the Vice-Chairperson shall preside over the meetings of the Central Council.
(3) In the absence of both the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson, the meetings of the Central Council shall be presided over by a member of the Central Council elected for this purpose.
(4) A meeting of the Central Council may be called with the approval of the Chairperson by issuing a notice in writing to every member at least fifteen days before the intended date of the meeting by post, or through e-mail to facilitate speedy communication.
(5) The notice of every meeting of the Central Council shall intimate the time, date, and place of the meeting and the items of agenda for the meeting.
(6) Any business not included in the agenda shall not be transacted at a meeting of the Central Council except with the permission of the Chairperson, or the Vice-Chairperson, or the member presiding over the meeting, as the case may be.
(7)The draft minutes of each meeting of the Central Council shall be prepared as soon as possible and not later than one week from the conclusion of each meeting and the same shall be submitted to the Chairperson or the Vice-Chairperson or to the member who presided over the meeting for his approval.
(8) The draft minutes of each meeting of the Central Council approved by the Chairperson or the Vice-Chairperson or the member who presided over this meeting shall be forwarded to each member of the Central Council as soon as possible for adoption at the next meeting.
(9) No proceedings of the Central Council shall be invalid merely by reasons of existence of any vacancy in or any defectin the constitution of the Central Council.
9. Reimbursement of expenses and sitting fees.—(1)Non-local non-official members of the Central Council shall be entitled to:––
(a) avail economy class airfare in connection with journeys undertaken to and from for the purpose of attending meetings of the Central Council or the working groups;
(b) a sum of rupees five thousand per each day of the meeting of the Central Council or its working groups as incidental charges to cover the expenditure towards their daily allowance, lodging, local conveyance from their place of residence to the station or airport and from the station or airport to the venue of meeting of the Central Council or its working groups, and vice-versa.
(2) Every claim made under sub-rule (1) shall be subject to the member of the Central Council certifying that he shall not claim any benefit from any other ministry, department or organisation of the Central Government during his visit for the purpose of attending the meeting of the Central Council or any ofits working groups.
(3) Local non-official members residing at the place of the venue of the meeting of the Central Council or its working groups, shall be entitled to avail consolidated conveyance hire charges of up to rupees one thousand per each day of the meeting irrespective of the classification of the city.
(4) Members of Parliament attending meetings of the Central Council or its working groups shall be entitled to travelling and daily allowances at such rates as are admissible to such Members.
SCHEDULE I
[See rule 3 (3)]
(1) Eastern Region -to consist of the States of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal.
(2) Western Region -to consist of the States of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
(3) Northern Region -to consist of the States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
(4) Southern Region -to consist of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
(5) North Eastern Region –to consist of the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.
SCHEDULE II
[See rule 3 (4)]
The Union territories of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
[F.No. J-10/2/2019-CPU]
AMIT MEHTA,Jt. Secy.