The Government of Telangana is the governing authority of the state of Telangana in India. It consists of an executive, a judiciary and a legislative.
The state government is headed by the Governor of Telangana as the nominal head of state, with a democratically elected Chief Minister as the real head of the executive. The governor who is appointed for five years appoints the chief minister and his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers are vested. The state government maintains its capital at Hyderabad and is seated at the Government Secretariat or the Sachivalayam.
The Government of Telangana was formed on 2 June 2014 after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh as part of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
Head leaders House Leader Portrait SinceConstitutional postsGovernorJishnu Dev Varma 27 July 2024 Chief Minister Anumula Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023 Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka7 December 2023Chairperson Gutha Sukender Reddy 16 November 2021Speaker Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana SabhaGaddam Prasad Kumar 7 December 2023Deputy Chairperson Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana MandaliBanda Prakash 12 February 2023Deputy Speaker Telaṅgāṇa Śāsana SabhaVacant 7 December 2023 Leader of the House Telaṅgāṇa Śāsana SabhaAnumula Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023 Leader of the House Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana MandaliAnumula Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023 Leader of the Opposition Telaṅgāṇa Śāsana SabhaK. Chandrashekar Rao 7 December 2023 Leader of Opposition Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana MandaliS. Madhusudhana Chary 11 September 2024 Chief Justice Telangana High CourtAparesh Kumar Singh 23 July 2023 Chief SecretaryK. Ramakrishna Rao, IAS 30 April 2025
Council of Ministers
District Guardian Ministers Sr No. DistrictGuardian_MinisterPartyTenure 01 Adilabad TBDIndian National Congress 3 December 2023 Incumbent 02 Komaram Bheem Asifabad TBD 3 December 2023 03 Mancherial TBD 3 December 2023 04 Nirmal TBD 3 December 2023 05 Nizamabad TBD 3 December 2023 06 Jagtial TBD 3 December 2023 07 Peddapalli TBD 3 December 2023 08 Kamareddy TBD 3 December 2023 09 Rajanna Sircilla TBD 3 December 2023 10 Karimnagar TBD 3 December 2023 11 Jayashankar Bhupalpally TBD 3 December 2023 12 Sangareddy TBD 3 December 2023 13 Medak TBD 3 December 2023 14 Siddipet TBD 3 December 2023 15Jangaon TBD 3 December 2023 16Hanamkonda TBD 3 December 2023 17 Warangal TBD 3 December 2023 18 Mulugu TBD 3 December 2023 19Bhadradri Kothagudem TBD 3 December 2023 20 Khammam TBD 3 December 202321 Mahabubabad TBD 3 December 202322 Suryapet TBD 3 December 202323 Nalgonda TBD 3 December 202324 Yadadri BhuvanagiriTBD 3 December 202325 Medchal-Malkajgiri TBD 3 December 202326 Hyderabad TBD 3 December 202327 Ranga ReddyTBD 3 December 202328 Vikarabad TBD 3 December 202329 Narayanpet TBD 3 December 202330 Mahabubnagar TBD 3 December 202331 Nagarkurnool TBD 3 December 202332 Wanaparthy TBD 3 December 202333 Jogulamba Gadwal TBD 3 December 2023
Government and Administration
Structure The Governor is the constitutional head and the Chief Minister is head of the government who also heads the council of ministers. The Chief Justice of the high court is the head of the judiciary.
Governor
The governor is appointed by the President for a term of five years. The executive and legislative powers lie with the Chief Minister and his council of ministers, who are appointed by the governor. The governors of the states and territories of India have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at Union level. Only Indian citizens above 36 years of age are eligible for appointment. Governors discharge all constitutional functions such as the appointment of the Chief Minister, sending reports to the president about failure of constitutional machinery in a state, or with respect to issues relating to the assent to a bill passed by legislature, exercise or their own opinion.
Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan was the governor from 2 June 2014 to 1 September 2019.
Tamilisai Soundararajan was appointed as the governor on September 1, 2019.
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
Executive powers: related to administration, appointments, and removals Legislative powers: related to lawmaking and the state legislature Discretionary powers: to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor
Legislature
The legislature comprises the governor and the legislative assembly, which is the highest political organ in the state. All members of the legislative assembly are directly elected
The current assembly consists of 119 elected members and one member nominated by the governor.The normal term of the legislative assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting
Judiciary The Telangana High Court is the apex court for the state. It is a court of record and has all the powers of such a court including the authority to punish an individual for contempt of court.
Executive Like in other Indian states, the executive arm of the state is responsible for the day-to-day management of the state. It consists of the Governor, the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers.
The secretariat headed by the secretary to the governor assists the council of ministers. The chief minister is assisted by the chief secretary, who is the head of the administrative services.
Chief Minister
The executive authority is headed by the Chief Minister of Telangana, who is the de facto head of state and is vested with most of the executive powers; the Legislative Assembly's majority party leader is appointed to this position by the governor. The current Chief Minister is Anumula Revanth Reddy, who took office on 7 December 2023. Generally, the party which reaches more than half mark i.e. 60 seats out of 119 decides the Chief Minister.
Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers, which answers to the Legislative Assembly, has its members appointed by the Governor; the appointments receive input from the Chief Minister. They are collectively responsible to the legislative assembly of the State. Generally, the winning party and its chief minister chooses the ministers list and submit the list for the governor's approval.
Administrative divisions Telangana State is divided into 33 districts. The business of the state government is transacted through the various secretariat departments based on the rules of business. Each department consists of secretary to government, who is the official head of the department and such other undersecretaries, junior secretaries, officers, and staffs subordinate to him/her. The Chief secretary superintending control over the whole secretariat and staff attached to the ministers.
Elections
Elections to the state assembly are held every five years. Elections are generally held for Parliament, State assembly and regional panchayats. Like all other Indian states, the minimum age of registration of a voter is 18 years.
Election Commission announced dates for elections in five states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. Polls in Telangana were conducted on November 30, and results were announced on December 3: EC
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