The Government of Telangana also known as Telangana Government, 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.
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Portfolio | Minister | Constituency | Tenure | Party | ||
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Took office | Left office | |||||
Chief Minister | ||||||
| Anumula Revanth Reddy | Kodangal | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | INC | |
Deputy Chief Minister | ||||||
| Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka | Madhira (SC) | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | INC | |
Cabinet Ministers | ||||||
| Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy | Huzurnagar | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | INC | |
| Ponnam Prabhakar | Husnabad | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Komatireddy Venkat Reddy | Nalgonda | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Konda Surekha | Warangal East | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Dansari Anasuya Seethakka | Mulug (ST) | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Duddilla Sridhar Babu | Manthani | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy | Palair | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Thummala Nageswara Rao | Khammam | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Damodar Raja Narasimha | Andole (SC) | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Jupally Krishna Rao | Kollapur | 7 December 2023 | Incumbent |
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Sr No. | District | Guardian_Minister | Party | Tenure | ||
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01 | Adilabad | Dansari Anasuya Seethakka | Indian National Congress | 3 December 2023 | Incumbent | |
02 | Komaram Bheem Asifabad | Dansari Anasuya Seethakka | 3 December 2023 | |||
03 | Mancherial | Dansari Anasuya Seethakka | 3 December 2023 | |||
04 | Nirmal | Dansari Anasuya Seethakka | 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 | |||
15 | Jangaon | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
16 | Hanamkonda | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
17 | Warangal | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
18 | Mulugu | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
19 | Bhadradri Kothagudem | Komatireddy Venkatreddy | 3 December 2023 | |||
20 | Khammam | Komatireddy Venkatreddy | 3 December 2023 | |||
21 | Mahabubabad | Komatireddy Venkatreddy | 3 December 2023 | |||
22 | Suryapet | Tummala Nageshwar Rao | 3 December 2023 | |||
23 | Nalgonda | Tummala Nageshwar Rao | 3 December 2023 | |||
24 | Yadadri Bhuvanagiri | Tummala Nageshwar Rao | 3 December 2023 | |||
25 | Medchal-Malkajgiri | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
26 | Hyderabad | Ponnam Prabhakar | 3 December 2023 | |||
27 | Ranga Reddy | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
28 | Vikarabad | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
29 | Narayanpet | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
30 | Mahabubnagar | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
31 | Nagarkurnool | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
32 | Wanaparthy | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
33 | Jogulamba Gadwal | TBD | 3 December 2023 | |||
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.
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. [6]
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:
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
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.
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.
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. [7] Generally, the party which reaches more than half mark i.e. 60 seats out of 119 decides the Chief Minister.
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.
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.
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