how many states in india have legislative assembly and legislative council
Vidhan Parishad The Vidhan Parishad or Legislative Council is the upper house in those states of India that have a bicameral legislature. As of 2017[update], seven (7) (out of twenty-nine) states have a Legislative Council.[1] They are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.
State governments of India State governments in India are the governments ruling States of India and the head of the council of ministers in a state is chief minister. Power is divided between the central government and state governments. While the central government handles military and external affairs etc.,whereas the state government deals with internal security (through state police) and other state issues. Income for the central government is from customs duty, excise tax, income tax etc., while state government income comes from sales tax (VAT), stamp duty, now these have been subsumed under SGST, GSTâ€”components of GST. Each state has a legislative assembly. A state legislature that has one house, known as Vidhan Sabha or Legislative assembly, is a Unicameral legislature.