Ladakh governance draft and creation of new districts
Quick dive
- Ladakh has been a Union Territory without a legislature since its separation from Jammu and Kashmir in 2019.
- The MHA circulated a 32-page draft; the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance rejected it for not addressing a legislature and constitutional safeguards.
- Ladakh’s May 22 understanding envisaged a customised UT-level elected body with executive, financial and legislative powers, while Article 371 and Sixth Schedule concerns remained central.
- Six new districts—Sankoo, Sham, Nubra, Changthang, Zanskar and Drass—were announced, taking Ladakh to eight districts; each proposed hill council would have 26 elected members.
- exam_relevance: tests Article 371, Sixth Schedule, UT administration and autonomous hill councils through Ladakh’s unresolved representation question; UPSC repeatedly asks constitutional asymmetry and tribal self-governance.
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