Rajya Sabha passes bill to merge Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli UTs

Rajya Sabha has passed the bill to merge the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The Rajya Sabha gave its approval to the bill on December 3, 2019. The Lok Sabha had passed it earlier on November 27. The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019 proposes to merge the two union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for better utilization of manpower, boost administrative efficiency, reduce expenditure and enable better monitoring and implementation of schemes.

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The name of the new Union Territory, which comes into existence, will be the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It will fall under the jurisdiction of the Bombay High Court. The bill proposes to merge the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Union Territory with Daman and Diu Union Territory. The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli currently has only one district, while the Daman and Diu UT has two districts.