CREATION OF DISTRICTS

Aug. 2, 2022

The West Bengal cabinet has approved the creation of seven new districts in the state. This will take the number of districts in West Bengal to 30 from the existing 23.

List of districts

A new Sundarban district will be carved out of South 24-Parganas district;
two new districts will be created out of North 24-Parganas district — Ichhamati in Bongaon subdivision and a yet unnamed district in Basirhat;
Ranaghat, a city and municipality in Nadia district, will become the fourth new district;
a new district of Bishnupur will be carved out of the existing Bankura district; and
two new districts of Baharampur and Jangipur will be created out of Murshidabad district.

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States keep creating new districts from time to time as smaller units would make governance easier and would benefit the people by bringing the government and the administration closer to them.
This power of creating or scrapping districts, or changing their boundaries lies with the state governments, who can pass a law in the Assembly or simply issue an order and notify it in the gazette. The Centre does not have a say in the matter.

Source : Indian Express