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The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019
December 14 , 2019
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- The Minister of Home Affairs Mr. Amit Shah introduced this Bill.
- The Bill provides for the merger of the Union Territories (UTs) of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu into a single UT.
- The merger of the two UTs will be done for better administration and check duplications of various work.
- At present, with this merger, the number of UTs are eight.
Amendment of the Constitution:
- The Bill amends the First Schedule of the constitution to merge the territories of the two UTs: (a) Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and (b) Daman and Diu.
- The Bill seeks to amend the Fourth Schedule to allocate two Lok Sabha seats to the merged UT.
- Jurisdiction of High Court: High Court of Bombay will continue to extend to the merged UT.
- Services under the UTs: Every person employed in connection with the affairs of the existing UTs will provisionally serve the merged UT.
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