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The Indian state of Goa was separated from British India during the colonial rule in the erstwhile Portuguese Goa and Daman, retained a common family law known as the Goa civil code and thus was the only state in India with a uniform civil code prior to 2024.
India is a federal republic with three spheres of government: union, state and local. The 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments give recognition and protection to local governments and in addition each state has its own local government legislation. [1] Since 1992, local government in India takes place in two very distinct forms.
In 2022, the Government of Uttarakhand established a five-member expert committee, chaired by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, to study and draft a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) law for the state. [6] The committee sought public suggestions and received a total of 60,810 responses regarding the drafting and implementation of the ...
Uttarakhand, a small northern Indian state governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party, is set to pass a bill to replace religion-specific civil laws with a Uniform Civil ...
India is a union of states and union territories as per article 1 of the Indian Constitution. Some states and union territories are further divided into divisions, which are made up of groups of districts. A division is led by an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, known as a divisional commissioner. There are 103 divisions in India.
Uniform Civil Code; Government. ... Local Government. Municipal Governance; ... India has 28 states and eight union territories, ...
The exception to this rule is in the state of Goa, where a uniform civil code is in place, in which all religions have a common law regarding marriages, divorces, and adoption. On February 7, 2024, the Indian state of Uttarakhand also incorporated a uniform civil code.
The Chief Secretary, an IAS officer, is the highest-ranking executive official and civil servant of the government of an Indian state. Secretary to Government: a senior civil servant (typically an IAS officer), serves as the administrative head of a ministry/department within the Secretariat. This individual advises the Minister, oversees ...