Union Territories of India 2024
Union Territories are governed directly by the Central Government, with a Lieutenant Governor serving as an administrator who is the President of India’s representative and is nominated by the President on the suggestion of the Prime Minister. Except for Delhi and Puducherry, Union Territories have no representation in the Rajya Sabha.
Each Union territory’s Administrator has a functional role distinct from his peers in other Union areas. For successful government, the Union territories are further subdivided into smaller administrative divisions and villages are the smallest administrative unit.
8 Union Territories of India
8 Union Territories of India: India has 8 union territories at present. India is a union of states, which includes characteristics of sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republics along with a Parliamentary system of Government. The President is the constitutional head of the Executive of the Union. The State of Jammu and Kashmir lost its statehood and was converted into a separate union territory and Ladakh was carved out of Jammu and Kashmir and created as a separate union territory on 31st October 2019. Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli also Daman and Diu were established on 26 January 2020, merging them and hence India has 8 union territories and not 9.
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Table of Content
- Union Territories of India
- 8 Union Territories of India – Capitals, Area and Population
- Largest Union Territories of India
- Union Territories of India and Their Capitals
- Union Territories of India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Union Territories of India: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Union Territories of India: Lakshadweep
- Union Territories of India: Puducherry (Pondicherry)
- Union Territories of India: NCT of Delhi
- Union Territories of India: Chandigarh
- Union Territories of India: Ladakh
- Union Territories of India: Jammu and Kashmir