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With effect from October 31st 2019, the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been officially bifurcated into the Union Territories (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. It is important for aspirants preparing for the IAS Exam to know how the political map of India has changed with the creation of two new Union Territories.
This article throws light upon how the political map of India has changed after the withdrawal of special status given to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under Article 370 by the centre. Also, have a look at the latest political map of India.
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019:
On the 5th of August 2019, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
The bill sought to bifurcate the state of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories – the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and the UT of Ladakh.
With both the houses of parliament giving their assent to the bill, the number of states and Union Territories in India has changed.
India will now have 28 states and the number of Union Territories in the country will be 8 (Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu were merged and the merger came into effect on 26th January 2020.)
Read about the main features of the Former Status of Jammu and Kashmir at the linked article.
What has changed with the bifurcation of the State of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories?
The Union Territory of Ladakh will have Kargil and Leh districts.
The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir will comprise the remaining territories of the existing state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The UT of Jammu and Kashmir will have a legislature like Puducherry while Ladakh will be a UT without legislature like Chandigarh.
Both the UTs will be headed by two separate lieutenant governors (LG), as per the Act.
The Centre will be in direct control of the police and the law and order in Jammu and Kashmir. However, the land will be under the elected government there.
The central government will have direct control over the UT of Ladakh, which will administer the region through the lieutenant governor.
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