Government of Himachal Pradesh
The Government of Himachal Pradesh also known as the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It consists of an executive branch, led by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, a judiciary and a legislative branch.
Like other states in India, the head of state of Himachal Pradesh is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and council of ministers.There exists parliamentary system of government in state with council of ministers responsible to legislative assembly. Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat (Ellersile). Dharamshala is the winter capital of the state.The Himachal Pradesh high court is located in Shimla, which has jurisdiction over the whole of Himachal Pradesh. State legislature is unicameral having legislative assembly composed of MLAs elected directly by the people of the state.
Council of Ministers (2017–22)
| Ministry of the State | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Designation | Department | |
| Jairam Thakur | Chief Minister | Finance, general administrations, home, planning, personnel and all other departments not allotted to any other minister | |
| Mahender Singh Thakur | Jal Shakti Minister | Jal Shakti, horticulture, Sainik welfare | |
| Suresh Bhardwaj | Urban Development Minister | Urban development, town & country planning, housing, parliamentary affairs, law and legal remembrancer | |
| Sarveen Chaudhary | Social Justice & Empowerment Minister | Social justice & empowerment, cooperation | |
| Ram Lal Markanda | Technical Education Minister | Technical Education, Vocational & Industrial Training, Tribal development, information and technology, Redressal of Public Grievances. | |
| Virender Kanwar | Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister | Rural Development, Panchayati raj, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, fisheries. | |
| Bikram Singh | Industries Minister | Industries, Transport, Labour & Employment. | |
| Govind Singh Thakur | Education Minister | Higher education, elementary education, Language Art & Culture | |
| Rajiv Saizal | Health and Family Welfare Minister | Health and family welfare, medical education, Ayurveda | |
| Sukh Ram | MPP and Power Minister | Multi-Purpose Projects and Power, Non Conventional Energy Sources | |
| Rakesh Pathania | Forest Minister | Forest, Youth Services and Sports | |
| Rajinder Garg | Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affair Minister | Food, civil supplies & consumer affair, Printing and Stationary | - |
State administrative structure
| State administrative structure | |
|---|---|
| Administrative structure (2002) | Numbers |
| Districts | 12 |
| Tehsils | 75 |
| Subdivisions | 52 |
| Blocks | 75 |
| Villages | 20690 |
| Towns | 57 |
| Constituencies | Numbers |
| Lok Sabha | 4 |
| Rajya Sabha | 3 |
| Assembly constituencies | 68 |
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly has no pre-Constitution history. The state itself is a post-independence creation. It first came into being as a centrally administered territory on 15 April 1948 by the integration of 30 erstwhile princely states.
Himachal Pradesh is governed through a parliamentary system of representative democracy, a feature the state shares with other Indian states. Universal suffrage is granted to residents.
The legislature of Himachal Pradesh is unicameral and at present, the Assembly has a strength of 68. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless it is sooner dissolved. There are 14 House Committees in the Assembly.
In the assembly elections held in November 2012, the Congress secured an absolute majority.[2] The Congress won 36 of the 68 seats while the BJP won 26 of the 68 seats. Virbhadra Singh was sworn in as Himachal Pradesh's Chief Minister for a record sixth term in Shimla on 25 December 2012. Virbhadra Singh, who has held the top office in Himachal five times in the past, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Urmila Singh at an open ceremony at the historic Ridge Maidan in Shimla.[3]
References
- http://hphighcourt.nic.in/gifs/jprofile.htm Archived 19 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine High Court oF Himachal Pradesh
- "Congress gets absolute majority in Himachal". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- http://www.indianexpress.com/news/virbhadra-singh-to-take-oath-as-himachal-pradesh-cm/1049981/. Missing or empty
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