Article 240 of the Indian Constitution deals with power of the President to make regulations for which entities?

Explanation

Article 240 sits in the Constitution's part on Union Territories and is expressly titled as the President's power to make regulations for certain Union Territories. Its text says the President may make regulations for the peace, progress and good government of specified Union Territories, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and Puducherry, subject to the article's provisos. That is why the answer is not a general emergency or border-area power: it is a special Union Territory administration provision. The proposed 131st Amendment Bill aimed to bring Chandigarh under this Article, reinforcing that the constitutional category in issue is certain Union Territories.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) States under President's Rule are not the entities named in Article 240, which the Constitution frames as a regulation-making power for certain Union Territories.
• (C) Autonomous regions are outside the Article 240 list, which is tied to specified Union Territories rather than autonomous-area administration.
• (D) Border areas are not the constitutional category used in Article 240; the article concerns regulations for certain Union Territories.

Concept

This tests Union Territory administration under the Constitution, especially the article-specific distinction between the President's regulation-making power for certain Union Territories and other territorial categories. It recurs in RAS preparation because such questions reward exact article-to-subject mapping.

Source

• Government of India, Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department - The Constitution of India

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