The 12th Standing Committee meeting of the Inter-State Council will be held under the Chairmanship of Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi today.<br/>' <br/>The meeting will discuss the recommendations of the Punchhi Commission on Centre-State Relations. The 11th meeting of the Standing Committee was held in April this year after a gap of 11 years. <br/><br/>The convening of the Standing Committee meetings twice in the same year reflects the importance attached to the promotion of harmonious Centre-State relations.<br/>' <br/>Representatives of 30 Union Ministries and Departments and 7 State Governments have also been invited to assist the Committee in its deliberations. <br/><br/>At the meeting, the views of the State Governments and the Union Ministries and Departments will be considered along with the recommendations made by the Punchhi Commission and then the Standing Committee will finalise its recommendations. <br/>'<br/>The Standing Committee is chaired by the Union Home Minister and the members of the committee are External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot. Chief Ministers of States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh are also members of the committee.<br/><br/>