India merges Union Territories of Daman & Diu, Dadar & Nagar Haveli |
Indian Parliament on Tuesday passed Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Merger of Union Territories Bill, 2019. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy addressed the Rajya Sabha and said that the bill has been brought to provide for merger of union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, in view of fruitful utilization of manpower, improve administrative efficiency, reduce administrative expenditure and improve service delivery as well as facilitate better monitoring of schemes. He added that it would also ensure better cadre management of employees. Mr. Reddy said that there will be no change in administration and service conditions and reservation. Similarly, there will be no change in the status of Group III and IV employees. The merger would bring about administrative convenience, speedy development and effective implementation of central and state government schemes. He said, the new entity would be called the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and would be governed under the jurisdiction of the Bombay High Court. Informing about the rationale behind bringing the amendment, Shri Reddy said that having two separate constitutional and administrative entities in both the Union territories leads to lot of duplicities, inefficiency and wasteful expenditure.
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