The constitutional power to create new states and union territories in India is solely reserved with the Parliament of India, which can do so by announcing new states/union territories, separating territory from an existing state or merging two or more states/union territories or parts of them.[1] As of 2024[update], there are 28 states and eight union territories in India.[2]
There have been demands to create several new states and union territories.[3] However, demanding a separate state from the administration of Indian union is punishable under secession law in India.[4]
- ^ Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of India (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ First Schedule of the Constitution of India (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ "India likely to have 50 states if all demands of new states conceded". India Today. 4 August 2013. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "New Bill to replace IPC throws out sedition law; to punish separatism and secession". Deccan Herald. 29 August 2023. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2023.