Union Territories and Special Areas

Fifth and Sixth Schedules for tribal areasThe Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in states other than the northeastern states.The Sixth Schedule…

Special status of Jammu & Kashmir and its recent changesJammu & Kashmir (J&K) was granted special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution.Article 370 allowed J&K to have its own Constitution and autonomy over internal matters…

Administration of Union TerritoriesUnion Territories (UTs) are directly administered by the Central Government, unlike states which have their own governments.There are 8 Union Territories in India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands,…