Question

How many states and union territories in india after reorganisation?

Answer 1

Answer:

There are 28 States and 9 Union Territories in India .

Answer 2

The constitution of India empowers the Union government to create new states out of existing states or to merge one state with other.This is called as state reorganization. The first sate reorganization act was passed in 1956 which was meant to form some new states.Kerala was created by the state reorganization Act,1956 and many other states were also created like Karnataka,Gujarat etc

Explanation:

At present there are 29 states and  8 Union Territories in India.On 5 August 2019, the Government dissolved Article 370 of the Constitution of India, bifurcated the state into two union territories and notified that J&K shall now be a Union Territory in India with its own legislature and Ladakh is now a Union Territory of India.