Question

What is a union territory? Who runs it?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Federally administered territory/province is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike the states of India, which have their own governments, union territories are federal territories governed directly by the Central Government of India.

• As of 2020 there are eight union territories.
• The President of India appoints an administrator or lieutenant governor for each UT.
• Union territories of India have special rights and status due to their constitutional formation and development.
• To sum up in simple words the basic difference between state and union territory is that, a state has a separate governing body whereas, an union territory is directly governed by the central government or union government.
• Union Territory is a small administrative unit that is ruled by the Union. The Union Territories are controlled and administered directly by the Central Government.
• In India, all the states and three union territories, i.e. Puducherry, Delhi, and Jammu and Kashmir possess elected legislature and government.
• There are total nine union territories in India, out of which 3, i.e. Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, and Puducherry, have their elected members and the Chief Minister, as these are granted with partial statehood, by amendment to the Constitution.

• These two possess their own legislative assembly and executive council and operate like states. The remaining union territories are controlled and regulated by the Union of the country, that’s why named as union territory.

Union territories of India

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
3. Chandigarh
4. Daman and Diu
5. Lakshadweep
6. Puducherry
7. Delhi
8. Ladakh
9. Jammu and Kashmir

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