State Studies · Jammu and Kashmir
Politics of Jammu and Kashmir
Union Territory In India
Overview
Jammu and Kashmir is administered by the Republic of India within the framework of a federal parliamentary republic as a union territory, like the union territory of Puducherry, with a multi-party democratic system of governance. Until 2019, it was governed as a state administered by India. Politics in the region reflects the historical tension and dispute that the state has been a part of in the form of the Kashmir conflict. The head of state is the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, currently Manoj Sinha, while the head of government is the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, currently Omar Abdullah. Legislative power is vested in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
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Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory consisting of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a border dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959.
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and its most populous.
A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary system of government where the executive branch derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature.
Among the states and union territories of India, a union territory (UT) is a region that is directly governed by the central government of India, as opposed to the states, which have their own state government systems.
Puducherry is a union territory of India, consisting of four small geographically unconnected districts.
Jammu and Kashmir was a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1947 to 2019, constituting the southern and south-eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India, Pakistan and China since the mid-20th century.
The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict over the Kashmir region, primarily between India and Pakistan, and also between China and India in the northeastern portion of the region.
The governor of Jammu and Kashmir was the head of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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What is Politics of Jammu and Kashmir?
Jammu and Kashmir is administered by the Republic of India within the framework of a federal parliamentary republic as a union territory, like the union territory of Puducherry, with a multi-party democratic system of governance. Until 2019, it was governed as a state administered by India.
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The main concepts connected to Politics of Jammu and Kashmir include Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), India, Parliamentary republic, Union territory, Puducherry (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir (state), Kashmir conflict, List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir. Each is linked on the map above with its own summary.
Which exams cover Politics of Jammu and Kashmir?
Politics of Jammu and Kashmir is part of State Studies, which appears in the syllabus of JKPSC.