Other powers and functions include: (a) Serving as the highest deliberative body in the country, discussing national and international issues. (b) Approving all three types of emergencies (national, state, financial) proclaimed by the President. (c) Creating or abolishing state legislative councils on recommendation of concerned state legislative assemblies. (d) Increasing or decreasing the area, altering boundaries, and changing names of states of the Indian Union. (e) Regulating the organization and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and high courts, and establishing a common high court for two or more states.