TELANGANA: NEW STATE OF INDIA
- Telangana: It was formed on 2 June 2014 with the city of Hyderabad as its capital. Telangana acquired its identity as the Telugu-speaking region of the princely state of Hyderabad, ruled by the Nizam of Hyderabad, joining the Union of India in 1948.
- In 1956, the Hyderabad state was dissolved as part of the linguistic reorganization of states and Telangana was merged with former Andhra State to form Andhra Pradesh.
- Following a popular movement for separation, it was awarded separate statehood on 2 June 2014. Hyderabad will continue to serve as the joint capital city for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for a period of not more than ten years.
- In February 2014, Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 bill was passed by the Parliament of India for the formation of Telangana state comprising ten districts from north-western Andhra Pradesh.
- The bill received the assent of the President and published in the Gazette on 1 March 2014. The state of Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014.
- Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 is an Act of Indian Parliament that bifurcated the state of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and the residuary Andhra Pradesh state.
THE ANDHRA PRADESH REORGANISATION ACT, 2014 (TELANGANA)
- The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 was introduced in Lok Sabha on February 13, 2014 by the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde.
- The Bill provides for reorganisation of State of Andhra Pradesh. It carves out a separate state called Telangana comprising 10 districts of the existing state of Andhra Pradesh.
- The newly formed state of Telangana comprised of the following districts of Andhra Pradesh: Adilabad, Karminagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Warangal, Rangareddi, Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar, Khammam and Hyderabad.
- Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will have a common capital, Hyderabad, for 10 years. After this period, Hyderabad shall be the capital of Telangana only.
- The Governor of the existing state of Andhra Pradesh shall be the common Governor for both states for a period determined by the President.
- After the bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh gets 11 seats in Rajya Sabha, and Telangana will have 7. In Lok Sabha, Andhra Pradesh has 25 seats and Telangana has 17 seats.
- After the bifurcation, the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly (L.A.) for Andhra Pradesh will be 175 and for Telangana will be 119.
- The Legislative Council (L.C.) of Andhra Pradesh will have a maximum of 50 members, and Telangana, 40
- The High Court at Hyderabad shall be the common High Court for the successor states for a period of time.
- The resources allocated by the 13th Finance Commission to the existing state of Andhra Pradesh will be apportioned between the two successor states on the basis of population ratio and other parameters.
- The cash balances and credit balances of the existing state of Andhra Pradesh will be divided between the two successor states on the basis of population
