Government of Gujarat

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Government of Gujarat
Gujarāta sarakāra
Government Of Gujarat Seal In All Languages.svg
Seat of Government Gandhinagar
Legislative branch
Assembly
Speaker Shankar Chaudhary
Members in Assembly 182
Executive branch
Governor Acharya Devvrat
Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel
Chief SecretaryPankaj Joshi,IAS
Judiciary branch
High Court Gujarat High Court
Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal

The Government of Gujarat, also known as GujaratGovernment, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciary and of a publicly elected legislative body.

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Like other states in India, the head of state of Gujarat is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central (Union) government. The governor's role is largely ceremonial, but the governor considers the legislative composition and appoints the Chief Minister, who is the main head of government, as chair of the Council of Ministers of Gujarat and is vested, in some instances alone but as to most executive powers by Council consensus with virtually all of the executive powers.

Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, houses the relevant Vidhan Sabha (also known as the Gujarat Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. The Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad, has jurisdiction over the state as to state laws. [1]

The present legislative assembly is unicameral, consisting of 182 Members of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.As). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved. [2] [3]

Legislature

The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members, the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed.

Since 1995, the Gujarat Legislative Assembly has been controlled by the Bharatiya Janata Party with an absolute majority in the House.

Administration and Local governments

Local governments function at the basic level. It is the third level of government apart from union and state governments. It consists of panchayats in rural areas and municipalities in urban areas. They are elected directly or indirectly by the people. "Structurally Gujarat is divided into districts (Zila), Prant (subdivisions), Taluka (blocks) & villages. The state is divided into 33 districts, 122 prants, 248 talukas. [4] There are 08 municipal corporations, 156 municipalities and 14,273 Panchayats, for administrative purposes.'

India
Gujarat
Districts
Prant
(Subdivisions)
Municipal Corporations
(Mahanagar Palika)
Municipalities
(Nagar Palika)
Town Council
(Nagar Panchayat)
Taluka
(Block/Tehsil)
Wards

Institutes

State Public Sector Undertakings

For an exhaustive list, see List of agencies of the government of Gujarat.

Executive

Cabinet Minister

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Chief Minister

Administration and Administrative Reforms
Training and Planning
Housing and Police Housing
Revenue and Disaster Management
Urban Development and Urban Housing
Panchayats
Roads and Building and Capital
Planning
Mines and Minerals
Pilgrimage Development
Narmada and Kalpsar
Ports
Information and Broadcasting Narcotics and Excise
Science and Technology

Departments not allotted to any Minister
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Finance
Energy & Petrochemicals
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Industry
Small, Micro and Medium Industries
Kutir, Khadi and Village Industries
Civil Aviation
Labour and Employment
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Industry
Health
Family Welfare and Medical Education
Higher and Technical Education
Judiciary, Statutory and Parliamentary Affairs
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Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Cattle Breeding
Fisheries
Village Housing and Village Development
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Water Supply, Water Resource
Food and Civil Supplies
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Social Justice and Empowerment
Women and Child Development
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Tourism
Culture
Forest and Environment
Climate Change
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Tribal Development
Primary, Secondary and Old-age Education
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Minister of State (Independent Charges)

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Sports and Youth Service
Transport
Civil Defence
Home Guard
Gram Rakshak
Prisons
Border Security
Non-Resident Gujarati Development
Voluntary Organisations Coordination
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Cooperation
Salt Industry
Printing and Writing Materials
Protocol
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Minister of State

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Home
Police Housing
Industry
Cultural Activities
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Micro, Small and Medium Scale Industries
Kutir, Khadi and Rural industries
Civil Aviation
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Forest, Environmentand Climate Change
Water Resources and Supply
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Parliamentary Affairs
Primary, Secondary and Old-age Education
Higher Education
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Food and Civil Supplies
Social Defence and Empowerment
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Panchayat
Agriculture
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Fisheries
Animal Husbandry
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Tribal Development
Rural Development
Labour and Employment
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Sources
[5]

Prime ministers of Kathiawar/Saurashtra (1948-50)

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of officeAssembly

(election)

Party
1 U. N. Dhebar.png U. N. Dhebar Upleta 15 February 194826 January 19501 year, 345 daysInterim Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Saurashtra (1950-56)

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of officeAssembly

(election)

Party
1 U. N. Dhebar.png U. N. Dhebar Upleta 26 January 195019 December 19544 years, 327 daysInterim Indian National Congress
2nd

(1952 election)

2 No image available.svg Rasiklal Parikh 19 December 195431 October 19561 year, 317 days

Chief ministers of Gujarat

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of office Assembly

(election)

Party [a]
1 Jivraj Mehta.jpg Jivraj Mehta Amreli 1 May 19603 March 19622 years, 300 days1st/Interim
(1957 election)
Indian National Congress
3 March 196225 February 19632nd
(1962 election)
2 Balwantrai Mehta 2000 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Balwantrai Mehta Bhavnagar 25 February 196319 September 19652 years, 206 days
3 Hitendra Desai Lok Sabha photo.jpg Hitendra Desai Olpad 19 September 19653 April 19675 years, 236 days
3 April 196712 November 19693rd
(1967 election)
12 November 196913 May 1971 Indian National Congress (O)
Emblem of India.svg Vacant [b]
(President's rule)
N/A13 May 197117 March 1972309 daysDissolvedN/A
4 No image available.svg Ghanshyam Oza Dahegam 17 March 197217 July 19731 year, 122 days4th
(1972 election)
Indian National Congress
5 No image available.svg Chimanbhai Patel Sankheda 17 July 19739 February 1974207 days
Emblem of India.svg Vacant [b]
(President's rule)
N/A9 February 197418 June 19751 year, 129 daysDissolvedN/A
6 No image available.svg Babubhai Patel Sabarmati 18 June 197512 March 1976268 days5th
(1975 election)
Indian National Congress (O)
Emblem of India.svg Vacant [b]
(President's rule)
N/A12 March 197624 December 1976287 daysN/A
7 No image available.svg Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 24 December 197611 April 1977108 days Indian National Congress
(6) No image available.svg Babubhai Patel Sabarmati 11 April 197717 February 19802 years, 312 days Janata Party
Emblem of India.svg Vacant [b]
(President's rule)
N/A17 February 19807 June 1980111 daysN/A
(7) No image available.svg Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 7 June 198010 March 19855 years, 29 days6th
(1980 election)
Indian National Congress
11 March 19856 July 19857th

(1985 election)

8 No image available.svg Amarsinh Chaudhary Vyara 6 July 198510 December 19894 years, 157 days
(7) No image available.svg Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 10 December 19894 March 199084 days
(5) No image available.svg Chimanbhai Patel Sankheda 4 March 199025 October 19903 years, 350 days8th
(1990 election)
Janata Dal
25 October 199017 February 1994 Indian National Congress
9 No image available.svg Chhabildas Mehta Mahuva 17 February 199414 March 19951 year, 25 days
10 Keshubhai Patel.jpg Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 14 March 199521 October 1995221 days9th
(1995 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party
11 No image available.svg Suresh Mehta Mandvi 21 October 199519 September 1996334 days
Emblem of India.svg Vacant [b]
(President's rule)
N/A19 September 199623 October 199634 daysN/A
12 Shankersinh vaghela profile.jpg Shankersinh Vaghela Radhanpur 23 October 199628 October 19971 year, 5 days Rashtriya Janata Party
13 No image available.svg Dilip Parikh Dhandhuka 28 October 19974 March 1998127 days
(10) Keshubhai Patel.jpg Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 4 March 19987 October 20013 years, 217 days10th
(1998 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party
14 PM Modi Portrait(cropped).jpg Narendra Modi Rajkot West 7 October 200122 December 200212 years, 227 days
Maninagar 22 December 200222 December 200711th
(2002 election)
23 December 200720 December 201212th
(2007 election)
20 December 201222 May 201413th
(2012 election)
15 Anandiben Patel Ji.jpg Anandiben Patel Ghatlodia 22 May 20147 August 20162 years, 77 days
16 Vijay Rupani.jpg Vijay Rupani Rajkot West 7 August 201626 December 20175 years, 37 days
26 December 201713 September 2021 14th
(2017 election)
17 Bhupendra PAtel Sanskrit (cropped).jpg Bhupendrabhai Patel Ghatlodia 13 September 202112 December 20223 years, 338 days
12 December 2022Incumbent 15th
(2022 election)

See also

Notes

  1. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved. [6]

References

  1. "Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts". Eastern Book Company. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  2. "Gujarat Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India. National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  3. "Conversation with the living legend of law — Fali Sam Nariman". Bar and Bench.
  4. "Administrative divisions of Gujarat".
  5. "Bhupendra Patel Cabinet: Portfolios allotment to Ministers". DeshGujarat. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  6. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.