Ranchi, July 10 -- Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah chaired the 27th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand on Thursday, a press release from the Ministry of Home Affairs said.

The meeting was attended by Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of Odisha Mohan Charan Manjhi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Samrat Chaudhary and Minister of State for Finance of West Bengal Chandrima Bhattacharya, Chief Secretaries and other senior officials of the member states and senior officials of the Central Government.

The Eastern Zonal Council comprises the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. The meeting was organised by the Inter-State Council Secretariat under the Mini...