Formation of New States in India

The last few days, oh months there has been a great debate on the formation of a seperate state ,of Telengana from Andhra Pradesh. The people are revolting, doing dharnas, fasting, violence,students have joined the movement for the formation of the state. The politics on the issue have also been active on the same issue. Sadly many people have also done suicide for the demand of formation of the state. The central government finally have agreed and formed a committee to review and start the process of the formation of Telengana, we may see a new independent state if everything goes on well names Telengana.

Demand for separate States

With the government appointing a committee for the assessment of the formation of new states, the other parts of the country have also been demanding the separate small states. The first attempt was done by GJM i to declare the Darjileeng area as "Gorkhaland" with Capital Siliguri. For this, 21 young activists of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha(GJM) started indefinite fasting and processions in the district of Darjeeling.

This movement of separation was follwed by Uttarpradesh where voices raised for declaration of 3 different states namely Poorvanchal, Harit Pradesh demanded by RLD and Bundelkhand demanded by BMM.The demand for separate Vidarbh fromMaharashtra has been from long. There have been voices for the demand of Saurashtra as a separate state in Gujarat. These demands have emerged as a result of the government decision on Telengana.

Does Small States means better governance

The people are demanding for small states on the basis that the governance is better. The state gets better accessibility to funds and government schemes which is not happening in large states. For instance, a person has to move to Lucknow if he is UP for the High Court, a small state will result in better accountability and efficiency to run the state. We have seen separate states in past.

There are positive outcome of the