Governors, new States and President's Rule all sit with one division of the Home Ministry
Background
The President appointed six Governors in a single round this week; the appointment of Governors, and nominations to the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, are handled by one division of the Union Government.
The Centre State Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs deals with Centre-State relations, including the working of the constitutional provisions governing such relations.
Its listed subjects are the appointment of Governors, the creation of new States, nominations to the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, inter-State boundary disputes, over-seeing the crime situation in States and the imposition of President's Rule.
The Acts it administers include the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which redrew the map of India on linguistic lines, and the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
The Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1982 and its 2014 amendment are also held by this division, along with the President's (Emoluments and) Pension Act, 1951.
The Inter-State Council Secretariat and the National Crime Records Bureau are listed among the organisations under the division.
In plain words
President's Rule — Central administration of a State when its constitutional machinery is held to have failed.
Inter-State Council — A body for consultation between the Union and the States, whose secretariat works under the Home Ministry.
NCRB National Crime Records Bureau — The central agency that compiles India's crime statistics.