Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometres east of the state capital, Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur district, North Eastern Railway Zone and Gorakhpur division. The city is home to the Gorakhnath Math, a Gorakhnath temple. The city also has had an Indian Air Force station since 1963. Gita Press, the world's largest publisher of Hindu religious texts like Ramayana and Mahabharat, has been established here since 1926.
Yogi Adityanath is an Indian Hindu monk and politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who has been serving as the 21st and current chief minister of Uttar Pradesh since 19 March 2017. He is the longest serving chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, who is currently running his tenure for over six years, surpassing Sampurnanand.
The Government of Uttar Pradesh is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of India. The Governor of Uttar Pradesh is appointed for a period of five years and appoints the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and their council of ministers, who are vested with the executive powers of the state. The governor remains a ceremonial head of the state, while the chief minister and their council are responsible for day-to-day government functions.
Bihar is a state situated in Eastern India. It is surrounded by West Bengal to the east, Uttar Pradesh to the west, Jharkhand to the south and Nepal to the north.
Suresh Kumar Khanna is an Indian politician and a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly in India. Currently he is serving as Cabinet Minister for Finance, Parliamentary affairs Departments in Yogi Adityanath ministry. He represents the Shahjahanpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party political party. He has won 9 times MLA election consecutively in his constituency.
Alok Ranjan is a retired 1978 batch IAS officer from the U.P Cadre. He retired on 1 July 2016 after holding the office of Chief Secretary for the Government of Uttar Pradesh for over two years.
The Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers is the council in 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath since 25 March 2022. As per the Constitution of India, the Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, can have maximum 60 members.
Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh is an Indian politician and member of 9th, 13th, 15th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. And currently serving as Minister of Dairy Development, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries in Yogi Adityanath ministry. He represents the Chhata constituency as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was previously a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party and was a cabinet minister in the government led by chief minister Mayawati.
The Department of Home and Confidential or Home Department serves as the ministry of the interior of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Responsible for the maintenance of law and order in the state of Uttar Pradesh, the department makes decisions regarding the peace of the state and enforcement of law and order and is responsible for the functioning of the state police. The department also prepares the state police's budget and—subject to the legislature's approval—releases funds. The department acts the cadre controlling authority of the Uttar Pradesh cadre of Indian Police Service (IPS) and Provincial Police Service (PPS). The chief minister serves as the departmental minister for the department, whereas the Additional Chief Secretary (Home)—an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer—acts as the administrative head of the department.
Provincial Civil Service of Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Prāntīya Civil Sevā, often abbreviated to as PCS, is the administrative civil service of the Government of Uttar Pradesh comprising Group A and Group B posts. It is also the feeder service for Indian Administrative Service in the state.
The Department of Appointment and Personnel (DoAP) is a department of Government of Uttar Pradesh. The Department of Appointment is responsible for the matters related to transfer posting, training, foreign assignment, Foreign training and compliant monitoring and settlement for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and the Provincial Civil Service-Judicial, whereas, the Department of Personnel provides opinion to the Department of Secretariat Administration and other departments in the matter of condition of service and regulation for recruitment to the subordinate services.
The Department of Housing and Urban Planning, often abbreviated as DoHUP, is a department of Government of Uttar Pradesh responsible for coordinated and planned development with a comprehensive Master Plan along with the work of various other agencies involved in the creation and extension of urban infrastructure.
The Department of Infrastructure and Industrial Development, also known as Infrastructure and Industrial Development Department (IIDD) is a department of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The department was established to create an enabling environment for industrial growth in Uttar Pradesh. It was reconstituted in 2007, after the Government of Uttar Pradesh merged the Department of Industrial Development with the newly-created Department of Infrastructure. The department is responsibility of a cabinet minister of the Uttar Pradesh government, but, its administration is headed by the Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, who is an IAS Officer.
Awanish Kumar Awasthi is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, from the 1987 batch.
The Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissionerate (GBNPC) (Hindi: गौतम बुद्ध नगर पुलिस आयुक्तालय) is the police department of the Gautam Buddha Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh. It is a part of Uttar Pradesh Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation in Gautam Buddha Nagar.
Arvind Kumar Sharma is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh, Former IAS officer and Bureaucrat. He is currently the Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh. Before joining politics, Sharma was an Indian Administrative Service officer from Gujarat Cadre of the 1988 batch. Sharma is considered a close aide of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi with whom he had worked for 20 years. He was also CEO, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board and has also managed multiple Vibrant Gujarat summits. He joined the Prime Minister's Office as a Joint Secretary in 2014 and was elevated to the Additional Secretary rank in 2017. In 2019, he moved out of the PMO to become a secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises but took voluntary retirement in January 2021.
Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, commonly known as R. K. Tiwari is a retired Indian civil servant and Indian Administrative Services officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre from the 1985 batch. He served as the Chief Secretary of the Government of Uttar Pradesh from 30 August 2019 to 30 December 2021, succeeding Anup Chandra Pandey.
The Second ministry of Yogi Adityanath is the council of ministers in headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, which was formed after 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election which was held in seven phases during February and March in the state. The results were declared on 10 March and this led to formation of 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The swearing-in ceremony was held at BRSABV Ekana International Cricket stadium, Gomti Nagar Extension in Lucknow. The head of all the big Indian and NDA lead states along with the big businessmen's including many celebrities were invited in the ceremony. 53 ministers were given oath by the Governor.
The Prantiya Rakshak Dal is a security force in Uttar Pradesh, established in 1948 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. It is regulated under the Prantiya Rakshak Dal Act and Rules. The Department of Youth Welfare & Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD) in Uttar Pradesh oversees the security force's operations. The department is currently headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
