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State Government 25

q Sharing of powers and jurisdiction of state government q State legislature
q State executive q Chief Minister and Council of Ministers
q State administration q State judiciary
q Jurisdiction of a High Court q Functioning of the state government

Introduction At present, India has been divided into 28 states
and 8 union territories and 1 National Capital
India is a very large country. It has 28 states and
Territory of Delhi.
nine union territories so it is referred as a union of
states. It has two levels of the government–at the The structure of power in the states is similar to
centre and at the state. The third level is at the the union government. The three organs of
district and it is called the local self-government. government at the state level are the state
The government formed in a state is known
as state government. The state government A F G H A N I S T A N
works only within the boundaries of a
Ladakh
state. Let us know more about state SRINAGAR
JAMMU Leh
government. KASHMIR
&
HIMACHAL C H I N A
PRADESH
SHIMLA TIBET
SHARING OF POWERS AND CHANDIGARH NA UTTARAKHAND
PUNJAB
DEHRADUN
JURISDICTION OF STATE GOVERNMENT P A K I S T A N HA RYA
SH
DELHI
SIKKIM ARUNACHAL
PRADE
The Constitution of India has divided all R A J A S T H A N UTTAR GANGTOK BHUTAN ITANAGAR
N E P A L
JAIPUR PRADESH ASSAM
the subjects on which laws can be made LUCKNOW DISPUR NAGALAND
KOHIMA
PATNA SHILLONG
into three lists—the Union List , the B I H A R MEGHALAYA MANIPUR
IMPHAL
BANGLADESH
Concurrent List and the State List . The GANDHINAGAR MADHYA H JHAR KHAND AGARTALA AIZAWL
WEST TRIPURATRIPURA
G U J A R A T BHOPAL PRADESH AR BENGAL MIZORAM
union or central government can make ATTISG RANCHI KOLKATA
laws on the subjects mentioned in the DIU Daman CHH
Daman
(D&D)
(D&D) D &NHD &NH
(D&D) RAIPUR O D I S H A MYANMAR
SILVASSA M A H A R A S H T R A
Union List. The state governments can MUMBAI BHUBANESWAR
make laws on the subjects mentioned in
HYDERABAD
the State List. Both union and state A R A B I A N S E A T L G A B AY O F B E N G A L
E AN AN
governments can make laws on the PANAJI N A T A K A NDHRA PR ADE SH
subjects included in the Concurrent List; GOA A R A
K
however, in case of any conflict, the CHENNAI
BENGALURU
union law will prevail. The jurisdiction of LA KS I L N A D U
PORT BLAIR
the union government is the whole of (I NDI HA DW K E R A T A M (INDIA) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
India, while that of a state government is A) EE P KAVARATTI L A ANDAMAN
SEA
the concerned state. The state government THIRUVANANTHAPURAMANANTHAPURAM Gulf
THIRUV
of
Mannar
KANY
functions independently with certain KANYAKUMARIAKUMARI S R I
L A N K A
restrictions of the union government. I N D I A N O C E A N
States and union territories of India
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