Question

List the number of Union Territories along the western and eastern coasts.

Answer 1

Hint: A Union Territory is the type of managerial division in the republic of India. It is different from other states, like which have their own governments, union territories are federal territories controlled directly by the central government of India. India has $8$ union territory.

Complete step by step solution
During British rule certain areas were called as “scheduled districts” and later they came to be called as “chief commissioner provinces”. After independence, they were decided in the category of part ‘C’ and part ‘D’. in seventh Constitutional Act and states Reorganization Act ( $1956$ ), these territories were known as “Union Territories”.

Article $1$ of the Constitutional Act says, territory of India consists of three categories
1. Territories of state
2. Union territories
3. Acquired territories

Administrative of union territories
1. Articles $239$ to $241$ is part VIII of the constitutional deals with UT.
2. There is no constancy in administrative system
3. Power of president is appointing of administrator and governor
4. Parliament power on law and court

Eight union territories
1. Jammu and Kashmir
2. Andaman and Nicobar island
3. Chandigarh
4. Dadra $\& $ Nagar Haveli and daman $\& $ Diu
5. Delhi
6. Puducherry
7. Ladakh
8. Lakshadweep
Daman $\& $ Diu and Dadra $\& $ Nagar Haveli are located on the western coast. Puducherry is located on eastern coast.

Note: Lakshadweep is the smallest area among all union territories. Andaman and Nicobar islands have maximum area among all union territories. Andaman and Nicobar island has the lowest GDP among all UT. Delhi has the highest GDP among UT. Union territory of Delhi changed to national capital territory of Delhi in $1991$