The document discusses the three levels of federal union in India: central, state, and district. It provides details on India's parliamentary system, including that it has a bicameral parliament consisting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The Lok Sabha has up to 552 members elected to 5-year terms, while the Rajya Sabha has 245 members elected by state assemblies for 6-year terms. At the state level, it gives examples of the Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh legislative assemblies and their numbers of seats. Finally, it notes the levels of local government below the states, like the number of districts and Zilla Parishads in Maharashtra.

1. Federal Union
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2. Federal Union
• Thee levels of Federal union (three type federal)
– Central (directly elected by peoples, PM)
– State (directly elected by peoples, CM)
– District (Rural)
• Zilla parishads or Panchayat raj
– Panchayat samitis, Taluk (block),
» Village Panchayats, ward members (surpunch)
– District (Urban)
• Municipal corporation (Mahanagar palika), Municipalities
(Nagar palika) or City council (Nagar Panchayat)
– Wards
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3. Level-1
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4. India is a federal union comprising 28 states and
8 union territories
Parlament is consist of two houses
Parliament of India is bicameral with two houses;
Rajya Sabha (Upper house i.e. Council of States) and the
Lok Sabha (Lower house i.e. House of the People).
Member of parliament (MP), Lok Sabha (Lower house of the
parlament), 530 members
Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha (upper house of the
parliament) , Council of States 245 members
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5. India is a federal union comprising 28 states and
8 union territories
Member of parliament (MP), Lok Sabha (Lower house of the parlament),
Report to speaker,
Term length is 5 years
Not more than 530 members to be chosen by direct election from
territorial constituencies in the Indian states.
Not more than 20 members to represent the union territories,
Not more than 2 members from the Anglo-Indian community to be
nominated by the President of India .
Total permitted maximum strength of 552 members
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8. Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha (upper house of the
parliament) , Council of States 245 members
• Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha (upper house of the parliament) ,
Council of States 245 members
• Chairmen is vice president
• Rajya Sabha MPs are elected by the electoral college of the elected
members of the State Assembly with a system of proportional
representation by a single transferable vote.
• The total number of members of Rajya Sabha are lesser than the Members
of Parliament in the Lok Sabha and have more restricted power than the
lower house (Lok Sabha).
• Membership to the Rajya Sabha is permanent for a term of six years and
cannot be dissolved at any time.
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9. Level-2
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10. State Legislative Assembly
• Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, no. of seats 288
• The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) , no. of seats 175
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12. Level-3
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•There are 35 districts in Maharashtra. Two districts (Mumbai and Mumbai suburban) do not have rural
area; therefore, there are only 33 ZPs in the State.
•The intermediate tier of Panchayats at the Taluka level in Maharashtra is called PS. There are 351 PSs in
the State

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15. Level-3 (Urban local bodies)
• No. of municipal carporation in andhra pradesh (16 nos)
• The article lists all the urban local bodies, covering
– municipal corporations,
– municipalities and
– nagar panchayats
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16. Thank you
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