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At the state level, the corresponding bodies are Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly or the Lower House) and Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council or the Upper House). All the states in India have a Vidhan Sabha. However, only a few major states with a high population have bi-cameral state legislature. These states are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh (Nag, 2013). The list of Vidhan Sabha seats according to states is given in Table 3 Table 3: Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad Seats in each State No. States Vidhan Sabha Vidhan Parishad 1952 2019 1952 2019 1 Andhra Pradesh - 175 - 58 2 Arunachal Pradesh 30 ('78) 60 - - 3 Assam 105 126 - - 4 Bihar 330 243 72 75 5 Chhattisgarh - 90 - 11 6 Goa 30 ('67) 40 - - 7 Gujarat 154 ('62) 182 - - 8 Haryana 81 ('67) 90 - - 9 Himachal Pradesh 36 68 - - 10 Jammu & Kashmir 75 ('62) 87 - 36 11 Jharkhand - 81 - 14 12 Karnataka 99 224 63 75 13 Kerala 126 ('67) 140 - - 14 Madhya Pradesh 232 230 - - 15 Maharashtra 315 288 40 78 16 Manipur 30 ('67) - - 2 17 Meghalaya 60 ('72) 60 - - 18 Mizoram 30 ('72) 40 - - 19 Nagaland 40 ('64) 60 - - 20 Orissa 140 147 - - 21 Punjab 126 117 - - 22 Rajasthan 160 200 - - 23 Sikkim 32 ('79) 32 - - 24 Tamil Nadu 375 234 - - 25 Telangana - 119 - 40 26 Tripura 30 ('67) 60 - - 27 Uttar Pradesh 430 403 72 100 28 Uttarakhand - 70 - - 29 West Bengal 238 294 - - Union Territories 30 Andaman & Nicobar - NA - - 31 Chandigarh - NA - - 32 Dandra& Nagar Haveli - NA - - 33 Daman & Diu - NA - - 34 Delhi 48 70 - - 35 Lakshadweep - NA - - 36 Pondicherry 30 ('64) 30 - - Source: https://www.nriol.com/india-statistics/vidhansabha-vidhanparishad.asp c) Reorganisation of the states India is a country of a wide variety of ethnic groups and minorities. By the time India attained freedom in 1947, it was partitioned. This was not anticipated by the then Congress leaders who had a prominent role in nation-building. They had to join a territorially disjoint country characterised by huge diversity, into a single union of a nation state. It is under this backdrop that India chose to adopt a federal structure and the Constitution was drafted accordingly (Sarangi, 2013). Ultimately, the Constitution was framed in such a way that most of the powers for law-making decisions were kept with the central state. Thus, the leaders gave a federal, parliamentary, and democratic constitution on 26th January. 1950. The Constitution divided governmental powers and responsibilities into three distinct lists: How Political Stability Affects Economic Growth in India 20 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXII Issue IV Version I Year 2022 ( ) B © 2022 Global Journals