Minister of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development | |
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Pan̄cāyat Rāj mariyu Grāmīṇābhivr̥d'dhi Śākha Mantrī | |
Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development | |
Abbreviation | PR&RD |
Member of | State Cabinet |
Reports to | Governor of Telangana Chief Minister of Telangana Telangana Legislature |
Appointer | Governor of Telangana on the advice of the Chief Minister of Telangana |
Inaugural holder | Jupally Krishna Rao |
Formation | 2 June 2014 |
Website | epanchayat |
Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development is a cabinet level ministerial post in the Government of Telangana. First held on 16 December 2014, this ministry has one of the important portfolios in the cabinet of the state. The incumbent Minister for the Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development for the state of Telangana is Dansari Anasuya. [1] [2]
# | Portrait | Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Ministry | Chief Minister | Ref. | |||
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Term start | Term end | Duration | |||||||||
1 | Jupally Krishna Rao (born 1955) MLA for Kollapur | 16 December 2014 | 6 September 2018 | 3 years, 264 days | 2014 (1st) | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | Rao I | Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao | |||
2 | Errabelli Dayakar Rao (born 1956) MLA for Palakurthi | 19 February 2019 | 3 December 2023 | 4 years, 287 days | 2018 (2nd) | Rao II | [3] [4] | ||||
3 | Dansari Anasuya (born 1971) MLA for Mulug | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | 269 days | 2023 (3rd) | Indian National Congress | Reddy | Anumula Revanth Reddy | [5] |
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