Overview
- The session opened with a tribute to victims of the November 10 Delhi blast, setting a sober tone for the proceedings.
- Deliberations focused on faster investigation and disposal of sexual‑offence cases through Fast Track Special Courts and better use of ERSS‑112.
- States took up service delivery priorities including education, health, electricity, nutrition, urban planning, and strengthening the cooperative system.
- Expanding brick‑and‑mortar banking access within the designated area of every village featured as a key inclusion agenda.
- Organised by the Inter‑State Council Secretariat and hosted by Haryana, the advisory meeting drew chief ministers, lieutenant governors and senior officials from the Northern Zonal Council jurisdictions, with no major binding decisions announced.