The document summarizes how state governments in India work. It explains that India has a federal system with both a central government and independent state governments. Each state government is responsible for governing its own state and manages affairs through three branches - the legislature that makes laws, the executive that enforces laws, and the judiciary that resolves legal disputes. Power is divided between the central and state governments through three lists that delineate authority over different policy areas. Key roles of the state government include administering the civil service and appointing an Advocate General to act as the state's legal advisor.