On the recommendation of Parliament, the President of India effectively abrogated Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and gave assent to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019. The former state of Jammu Kashmir has been reorganized as the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the new Union Territory of Ladakh on 31 October 2019, The new Union Territory of Ladakh consists of two districts of Kargil and Leh.
The rest of the former State of Jammu and Kashmir is in the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir By 2019, the state government of former Jammu and Kashmir had reorganized the areas of these 14 districts into 28 districts. The names of the new districts are as follows- Kupwara, Bandipur, Ganderbal, Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Shupian, Kulgam, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Kishtivar, Samba and Kargil. Out of these, Kargil district was carved out from the area of Leh and Ladakh district. The Leh district of the new Union Territory of Ladakh has been defined in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Removal of Difficulties) Second Order, 2019, issued by the President of India, to include the areas of the districts of Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat.
Chilhas and Tribal Territory of 1947, in addition to the remaining areas of Leh and Ladakh districts of 1947, after carving out the Kargil District. [Extracted from the article of Press Information Bureau, published by the Union Home Ministry on 2nd November 2019]
Which of the following statements regarding Article 370 of the Constitution of India is correct?
Correct Answer :
It gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir
Solution :
The correct option is It gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Explanation:
Article 370 of the Indian Constitution was a temporary provision that granted a special autonomous status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Under this article, the state was allowed to have its own constitution, a separate flag, and autonomy over internal administration, except in matters related to defense, communications, finance, and foreign affairs, which remained under the domain of the Central Government of India.
In August 2019, on the recommendation of Parliament, the President of India effectively abrogated Article 370, leading to the reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir into two separate Union Territories: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, effective from 31 October 2019.
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