Diu Daman Dadra Nagar Haveli To Be Merged – Free PDF Download

• The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill 2019

What is a union territory?

• Union Territory is a small administrative unit that is ruled by the Union.
• UTs are controlled and administered directly by the Central Government.

Who heads the administration?

• UTs have a Lieutenant Governor as an administrator, who is the representative of the President of India and appointed by the Central government.

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2. Ladakh
3. J&K
4. Puducherry
5. NCT of Delhi

Administrator

1. Chandigarh
2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
3. Daman and Diu
4. Lakshadweep

Note –

1. Governor of Punjab is the ex-officio Administrator of Chandigarh .
2. Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli has also been the ex-officio Administrator of Daman and Diu.

Q. Who is the Lt Governor of Ladakh UT?

DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

• Capital – Silvassa
• Population – 342,853
• Area – 491 square kilometres

The UT is composed of two separate geographical entities:

1. Nagar Haveli – lies between Maharashtra and Gujarat
2. Dadra – which is surrounded by Gujarat and just 1 km to the northwest of Nagar haveli

History

• Marathas signed a treaty with the Portuguese in 1779.
• According to this treaty of friendship, the Maratha-Peshwa agreed that the Portuguese will be allowed to collect revenue from Dadra and Nagar Haveli which consisted of 72 villages,
• The regions were part of Portuguese India from 1779 to 1954
• From 1954 to 1961, Dadra and Nagar Haveli was administered by a body called the Varishta Panchayat of Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli
• They were merged with India as a union territory in 1961.

Independent for a day!

• In 1961, and KG Badlani, an IAS officer was designated Prime Minister of Dadra and Nagar Haveli for one day, so that, as head of state, he could sign an agreement with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to merge Dadra and Nagar Haveli formally with the Republic of India.

DAMAN & DIU

1. Capital – Daman
2. Population: 242,911
3. Area  –  112 km²
4. Daman and Diu are located on the west coast of India.
5. A Portuguese colony since the 1500s

• The two regions, separated by the Gulf of Khambhat, are administered as a single union territory.
• They were part of Portuguese India even after independence.
• Independence in 1961
• Administered as part of Goa, Daman, and Diu UT till 1987
• Goa was handed separate statehood in 1987, thus making Daman and Diu a separate Union Territory.
• The Tenth Amendment Act, 1961, incorporated Dadra and Nagar Haveli as the seventh Union territory of India
• The Twelfth Amendment Act, 1962, incorporated Goa, Daman and Diu as the eighth Union territory of India

Q. What changes did the 11^th Amendment Act bring?

• Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have a mixed culture featuring Indian and Portuguese influences.
• Beaches, scenic beauty, forts, and Portuguese churches are a popular tourist destination.

Why merge them?

• Both the UTs are just 35 km apart but have separate budgets and different secretariats
• Reduce duplication of work.
• Merger would also lead to administrative efficiency in the union territories through better and single central monitoring of various schemes and projects in the new merged union territory.
• Expected to save costs by doing away with double administrative expenditure.

The new Union Territory

• The new UT is likely to be called Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu.
• Headquarters of the combined union territory would be located in Daman

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