State and Local Governments
State governments in India are the governments ruling States of India and the chief minister heads the state government.Power is divided between central government and state governments. State government's legislature is bicameral in 6 states and unicameral in the rest. Lower house is elected with 5 years term, while in upper house 1/3 of the total members in the house gets elected every 2 years with 6 year term.
Local government function at the basic level.It is the third level of government apart from central and state governments.It consists of panchayats in rural areas and municipalities in urban areas .They are elected directly or indirectly by the people.
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