Local Government
India Is a union of 28 states and 7 union territories. The Indian states Andhra Pradesh , Arunachal Pradesh , < st1: country-region Assam w: st = "on"> , West Bengal , Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Goa , Gujarat , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Jharkhand, Karnataka , Kerala , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Nagaland , Orissa , Punjab , Rajasthan , , Tamil Nadu , Tripura, Uttaranchal, and Uttar Pradesh . The union territories, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh , Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi (formerly the National Capital Territory of Delhi), Lakshadweep and Pondicherry . The shape of the state governments in India is usually modeled after that of the central government. The states each have a legislator charged with carrying out the state affairs. The union w: st = "on"> territory of and Pondicherry < / St1: place> have their own legislature. Each of these 30 political units is formally headed by a governor, who is appointed by the President of India to a mandate of five years. The governor of the powers similar to those of the president. The governor of the most important task is to invite a party leader to form a government after the state elections.
basic idea, and territorial unity of government in the states, the District, on the 1991 India has 466 districts. Within the units are districts tehsils name or talukas for departments such as revenue and education, and "blocks" that the basic units for agricultural development. Local self-government in the village contains councils (panchayat ) and the municipalities, which began under British rule. Local governments have saddled with important tasks, few sources of income, and a weak base of political power. These bodies were often for long periods are replaced by the Land governments. In the middle of the 1990s new constitutional provisions, including the requirement that a percentage of the village council seats should go to women, were conducted with a view to improving these local governments. A number of states, particularly in West Bengal and Karnataka, had a successful village government in the 1980s and 1990s.
