States and Indian Union Territories

• Article 1 of the COI defines India, that is, Bharat as a 'Union of States'.
• The country is described as the Union although the Constitution is federal in structure.
• The phrase Union of States has been preferred to Federation of States because the Indian Federation is not the result of an agreement
  among the States like the American Federation and the States have no right to secede from the federation. The federation is a Union because it is indestructible.
• Although for the convenience of administration, the country and people can be divided into different States, the country is an integral whole.
• As per Article 1, the territory of India can be classified into the following three categories:
  Territories of the States
  Union territories
  Territories that may be acquired by the government of India at any time

• Article 1 of the COI defines India, that is, Bharat as a 'Union of States'.
• The country is described as the Union although the Constitution is federal in structure.
• The phrase Union of States has been preferred to Federation of States because the Indian Federation is not the result of an agreement
  among the States like the American Federation and the States have no right to secede from the federation. The federation is a Union because it is indestructible.
• Although for the convenience of administration, the country and people can be divided into different States, the country is an integral whole.
• As per Article 1, the territory of India can be classified into the following three categories:
  Territories of the States
  Union territories
  Territories that may be acquired by the government of India at any time

• Article 1 of the COI defines India, that is, Bharat as a 'Union of States'.
• The country is described as the Union although the Constitution is federal in structure.
• The phrase Union of States has been preferred to Federation of States because the Indian Federation is not the result of an agreement
  among the States like the American Federation and the States have no right to secede from the federation. The federation is a Union because it is indestructible.
• Although for the convenience of administration, the country and people can be divided into different States, the country is an integral whole.
• As per Article 1, the territory of India can be classified into the following three categories:
  Territories of the States
  Union territories
  Territories that may be acquired by the government of India at any time

Note: Since 26 January, 2020, both Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have been integrated.

The President may make regulations for the peace and good governance of the Union territory of -

Andaman and Nicobar Islands [240 (1) (a)]

Lakshadweep [240 (1) (b)]

Dadra and Nagar Haveli [240 (1) (c)]

Daman & Diu [240 (1) (d)]

Article 2400 (1) (e) - deals with Puducherry.

In the given option, Puducherry is mentioned in the Article 240 1(C), which is wrong. At present 'Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu' have formed a single Union Territory under Article 240 1(C) through "The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019 while Article 240 (1)(d) has been repealed.

• Daman and Diu are two widely separated districts situated on the southern side of Gujarat. Daman is an enclave on Gujarat's southern coast and Diu encompasses an island off the southern coast of Gujarat's Kathiawar Peninsula. It is in close proximity of the UT of DNH.
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli consists of two separate parts. Dadra is surrounded by the state of Gujarat and Nagar Haveli lies on the borders of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
• Both were colonised by the Portuguese and were liberated in December 1961.
• In 1987, when Goa got statehood, Daman and Diu were made a separate Union Territory from the previous Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.