Government of Jammu and Kashmir

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Government of Jammu and Kashmir
Emblem of Jammu and Kashmir.png
Seat of Government Srinagar, Jammu
Legislative branch
Assembly Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather
Members in Assembly 114 seats (90 seats + 24 seats reserved for Pakistan administered Kashmir) [1]
Executive branch
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha
Chief Minister
(Head of Government)		 Omar Abdullah
Deputy Chief Minister
(Deputy Head of Government)		 Surinder Kumar Choudhary
Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, IAS
Judiciary
High Court Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is the principal administrative authority responsible for the governance of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Established on 5 March 1948 as the Government of Princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, and the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir after the reorganization of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir in October 2019, the government operates under the framework of the Indian constitution. [2] [3] The union territory comprises two divisions—Jammu and Kashmir—with different cultural and geographical characteristics. [4]

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Jammu and Kashmir is a union territory in India under the terms of Article 239A (which was initially applied to Puducherry and is now also applicable to the union territory as per the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019) of the Constitution of India. Jammu and Kashmir has executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. Srinagar and Jammu are the summer and winter capitals of Jammu and Kashmir respectively.

Executive

The head of state of Jammu and Kashmir is a lieutenant governor, appointed by the president of India on the advice of the central government. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The chief minister, [5] is the head of government and chairs a council of ministers.

Council of Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir

A Council of Ministers led by a Chief Minister is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor from the membership of the legislative assembly. Their role is to advise the Lieutenant Governor in the exercise of functions in matters under the jurisdiction of the legislative assembly. In other matters, the Lieutenant Governor is empowered to act in his own capacity. [6]

The council of ministers formed after the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election is as follows: [7] [8]

S.NoName [9] ConstituencyDepartmentAssumed office [10] Party
Chief Minister
1 Omar Abdullah
(Chief Minister)		 Ganderbal All other remaining Departments not Allocated to any Ministers shall remain to cm16 October 2024 JKNC
Deputy Chief Minister
2 Surinder Kumar Choudhary
(Deputy Chief Minister)		 Nowshera Labour &Employment, Skill development , Public Works (R&b) , Mining, Industries and commerce16 October 2024 JKNC
Cabinet Ministers
3 Sakina Itoo Damal Hanji Pora Health and Medical Education, School Education, Higher Education, Social welfare16 October 2024 JKNC
4 Javid Ahmad Dar Rafiabad Agriculture Production, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Cooperative &Election16 October 2024 JKNC
5 Javed Ahmed Rana Mendhar Tribal Affairs, Forest Ecology&Environment, Jal shakti16 October 2024 JKNC
6 Satish Sharma Chhamb Food, Civil Supplies & consumer Affairs, Transport, Science and Technology, Information Technology, Youth Services and Sports, Ari and Trainings16 October 2024 Independent

Previous ministries

Legislative

The legislative branch is of government is a unicameral legislative assembly, whose tenure is five years. [11] The legislative assembly may make laws for any of the matters in the State List of the Constitution of India except "public order" and "police", which will remain the preserve of the central Government of India. The Lieutenant Governor also has the power to promulgate ordinances which have the same force as the acts of the legislative assembly. [6]

The most recent election for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held in September and October 2024. The membership of the assembly by party is as follows:

Membership by party in the 13th Jammu and Kashmir Assembly India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 2024.svg
Membership by party in the 13th Jammu and Kashmir Assembly
PartyMLAs
JKNC 42
BJP 29
INC 6
JKPDP 3
AAP 1
CPI(M) 1
Independent 7
Nominated 5
Total95

Judicial

The union territory is under the jurisdiction of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, which also serves as high court for neighbouring Ladakh. [12] Police services are provided by the Jammu and Kashmir Police. [13]

Local government

Jammu and Kashmir is divided into two divisions, Jammu Division and Kashmir Division which are further divided into 20 districts. The districts elect 14 member District Development Councils. [14]

Agencies

In 2018, Jammu and Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (JKIDFC) was set-up to speed up languishing infrastructure development in the union territory. [15] [16]

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