Dadra Nagar Haveli (DNH), a union territory of India, is governed by the Central Government of India. An Administrator, who is the Head of the Union Territory of DNH, is appointed by the President of India.
He/She
is also the Secretary – Home (including Police, Fire, and Services
& Prisons), Personnel & Administrative Reforms, Information
& Publicity and Vigilance and also the Inspector General of Police for DNH.
The Secretariat at Silvassa is the head quarter of the administration.
There are 72 villages (including Silvassa and Amli) in DNH. It forms a single district and single taluka Union Territory.
The villages
have been grouped together to form 11 Patelads and 11 village
Panchayats with elected members. The representatives from various
Panchayats form the district Panchayat.
The members have certain
powers of administration at local level under Panchayat Rules. The UT
has one Lok Sabha constituency and no legislature.
Present Government
Shri Rajani Kant Verma, IAS
Administrator UTs of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Name of elected M.P.:PATEL NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI Party affiliation:Bharatiya Janata Party Constituency:Dadra & Nagar Haveli