Home Ministry approves the name change of two places in Uttar Pradesh

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The Union Home Ministry on 27 December 2022 gave its consent to change the names of two places in Uttar Pradesh following recommendations from the state government.

The 'no-objection' certificates were issued by the ministry for changing the name of municipal council 'Mundera Baazar' in Gorakhpur district to 'Chauri-Chaura' and that of 'Telia Afghan' village in Deoria district to 'Telia Shukla'.

Procedure to change the name of the cities in a state 

• Under Article 3 of the constitution Parliament has the power to change the name of a state. 
• However there is no mention of procedure to be followed in case of change in the name of cites of a state in the constitution.
• The procedure which is followed is based on the guidelines issued in 1953 by the Union Home Ministry to the state governments.
• Under these guidelines the state government which wants to change the name of cities has to send the proposal to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
• The Home Affairs ministry consults other central agencies like Railways, Intelligence Bureau, Department of Posts, Survey of India, and Registrar General of India.
•  After the approval from the agencies, the Home Ministry issues no objection certificate to the concerned state government. 
• Only then the state government can change the name of the cities.

 Union Minster for Home Affairs : Amit Shah