Representation in Parliament: Sikkim allotted single seats with tailored electoral, qualification and supervision rules under central association. The Tenth Schedule designates Sikkim's territories and provides that the Government of India shall have exclusive responsibility for Sikkim's defence, external relations and central infrastructure, and duties to secure its economic and social development, administration and communal harmony, with those duties declared non justiciable. The President may order inclusion of Sikkim in national planning and exercise powers under earlier Sikkim legislation. Sikkim is allotted one parliamentary seat in each House with specified electoral, qualification and supervisory rules, and the Schedule does not derogate from other Indian Government powers relating to Sikkim.
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Representation in Parliament: Sikkim allotted single seats with tailored electoral, qualification and supervision rules under central association.
The Tenth Schedule designates Sikkim's territories and provides that the Government of India shall have exclusive responsibility for Sikkim's defence, external relations and central infrastructure, and duties to secure its economic and social development, administration and communal harmony, with those duties declared non justiciable. The President may order inclusion of Sikkim in national planning and exercise powers under earlier Sikkim legislation. Sikkim is allotted one parliamentary seat in each House with specified electoral, qualification and supervisory rules, and the Schedule does not derogate from other Indian Government powers relating to Sikkim.
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