STATES AND MINORITIES 389
ARTICLE I—Section I
ADMISSION OF INDIAN STATES INTO THE UNION
Clause I
The United States of India may, on application and on fulfilment of the terms prescribed by an Enabling Act of the Union For explanation, Legislature laying down the form of the Constitution see page 405 admit an Indian State into the Union provided the Indian State seeking admission is a Qualified State.
For the purposes of this clause a list of Qualified Indian States shall be drawn up. A State shall not be deemed to be a Qualified State unless it is proved that it is of a standard size prescribed by the Union Legislature and is endowed with natural resources capable of supporting a descent standard of living for its people and can, by reason of its revenues and population function as an autonomous State, protect itself against external aggression, maintain Law and Order against internal disturbance and guarantee to its subjects minimum standards of administration and welfare which are expected from a modern State.
Clause 2
The territory of an Indian State which is a Qualified State but which has not entered the Union and the territory of the Indian States which are disqualified shall be treated as incorporated territories of the United States of India and shall at all times form integral parts thereof and shall be subject to such parts of the Constitution of the United States of India as may be prescribed by the Union Legislature.
Clause 3
The United States of India shall have power to reform, rearrange, redistribute and amalgamate the territories of Disqualified Indian States into suitable Administrative Units for admission into the Union as States of the Union.
Clause 4
After a State has been admitted into the Union as a State no new State shall be formed or created within its jurisdiction nor any new State shall be formed by the junction of two or more States or parts of States without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Union Legislature.
ARTICLE I—Section II
Clause 1
The United States of India may admit into the Union any territory which forms a natural part of India or which is on the border of India on terms