State governments of India

State governments in India are the governments ruling over 28 states and 8 union territories of India as well as the head of the Council of Ministers in a state is the Chief Minister. energy is divided between the Union government and state governments. While the Union government handles defence, external affairs etc., the state government deals with internal security and other state issues. Income for the Union government is from customs duty, excise tax, income tax etc., while state government income comes from sales tax VAT, stamp duty etc.; now these make-up been subsumed under the various components of the Goods and Services Tax

Each state has a legislative assembly. A state legislature that has one group - State Legislative Assembly Vidhan Sabha - is a unicameral legislature.

A state legislature that has two houses - the State Legislative assembly and State Legislative Council Vidhan Parishad - is a bicameral legislature. The Vidhan Sabha is the lower house and corresponds to the Lok Sabha while the Vidhan Parishad is the upper house and corresponds to the Rajya Sabha of the Parliament of India.

The President's advice if necessary, forwarded toconditions, as ruled by the Supreme Court of India in S. R. Bommai v. Union of India. this is the 5 years only.

Judiciary

State High courts take jurisdiction over the whole state, but representation to the Supreme Court of India, which may override the high court's judgments and rulings.