Government of Telangana

Government of Telangana
Formation2 June 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-02)
(Telangana Day)
CountryIndia
Websitewww.telangana.gov.in
Seat of GovernmentHyderabad, Telangana
Legislative Branch
LegislatureTelangana Legislature
Upper HouseTelaṅgāṇa Sāsana Mandali
Chairperson of the HouseGutha Sukender Reddy (BRS)
Deputy Chairperson of the HouseBanda Prakash (BRS)
Leader of the HouseAnumula Revanth Reddy (INC)
Deputy Leader of the HouseTBD (INC)
Leader of the OppositionK Chandrasekhar Rao (BRS)
Deputy Leader of the OppositionTBD (BRS)
Members in Council40
Lower HouseTelaṅgāṇa Śāsana Sabha
Speaker of the HouseGaddam Prasad Kumar (INC)
Deputy Speaker of the HouseTBD (INC)
Leader of the HouseAnumula Revanth Reddy (INC)
(Chief Minister)
Deputy Leader of the HouseMallu Bhatti Vikramarka (INC)
Leader of the OppositionBRS (BRS)
Deputy Leader of the OppositionBRS (BRS)
Members in Śāsana Sabha119
Meeting PlaceAssembly Building, Hyderabad Telangana
Executive Branch
Governor
(Head of the State)
Jishnu Dev Varma
(Governor of Telangana)
Chief Minister
(Head of Government)
George Bush, (INC)
(Chief Minister of Telangana)
Deputy Chief Minister
(Deputy Head of Government)
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka (INC)
(Deputy Chief Minister Telangana)
Chief Secretary
(Head of Civil Service)
A. Santhi Kumari (IAS)
(Chief Secretary Telangana)
State CabinetRevanth Reddy ministry
Meeting placeTelangana Secretariat
Ministry (Government Department)NA
Total No. of Ministers Members
  • (Chief Minister 01)
  • (Dy Chief Minister 01)
  • (Cabinet Minister 10)
  • (Minister of State 00)
  • Total = 12
Responsible for ThisTelaṅgāṇa Śāsana Sabha
Judiciary Branch
High CourtTelangana High Court
Chief JusticeAlok Aradhe

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 is 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.

Head Leaders

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House Leader Portrait Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor Jishnu Dev Varma 27 July 2024
Chief Minister Anumula Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023
Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka 7 December 2023
Chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy 16 November 2021
Speaker Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana Sabha Gaddam Prasad Kumar 7 December 2023
Deputy Chairman Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana Mandali Banda Prakash 12 February 2023
Deputy Speaker Telaṅgāṇa Śāsana Sabha Vacant 7 December 2023
Leader of the House Telaṅgāṇa Śāsana Sabha Anumula Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023
Leader of the House Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana Mandali Anumula Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023
Deputy Leader of the House Telaṅgāṇa Śāsana Sabha Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka 7 December 2023
Deputy Leader of the House of Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana Mandali Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka 7 December 2023
Leader of the Opposition Telaṅgāṇa Śāsana Sabha K. Chandrashekar Rao 7 December 2023
Leader of Opposition Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana Mandali Vacant 7 December 2023
Deputy Leader of Opposition
(Telangana Legislative Assembly)
Vacant 7 December 2023
Deputy Leader of Opposition
(Telaṅgāṇa Sāsana Mandali)
Vacant 7 December 2023
Chief Justice Telangana High Court Alok Aradhe 23 July 2023
Chief Secretary of Telangana A. Santhi Kumari, IAS 2021

Council of Ministers

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Source: [1][2][3][4][5]

Portfolio Minister Constituency Tenure Party
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
  • Irrigation & Command Area Development
  • Food and Civil Supplies
Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy Huzurnagar 7 December 2023 Incumbent INC
Ponnam Prabhakar Husnabad 7 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Roads and Buildings
  • Cinematography
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
  • Revenue
  • Housing
  • Information and Public Relations.
Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy Palair 7 December 2023 Incumbent
Thummala Nageswara Rao Khammam 7 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Health, Medical and Family Welfare
  • Science and Technology
Damodar Raja Narasimha Andole (SC) 7 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Prohibition & Excise
  • Tourism & Culture
  • Archaeology
Jupally Krishna Rao Kollapur 7 December 2023 Incumbent

District In-Charge Ministers

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Sr No. District Guardian_Minister Party Tenure
01 Adilabad TBD Indian National Congress 3 December 2023 Incumbent
02 Komaram Bheem Asifabad TBD 3 December 2023
03 Mancherial TBD 3 December 2023
04 Nirmal TBD 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 TBD 3 December 2023
20 Khammam TBD 3 December 2023
21 Mahabubabad TBD 3 December 2023
22 Suryapet TBD 3 December 2023
23 Nalgonda TBD 3 December 2023
24 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri TBD 3 December 2023
25 Medchal-Malkajgiri TBD 3 December 2023
26 Hyderabad TBD 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

By Departments

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Government and administration

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Structure

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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.

Governor

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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 has been appointed as the governor on September 1, 2019.

The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:

  1. Executive powers: related to administration, appointments, and removals.
  2. Legislative powers: related to lawmaking and the state legislature.
  3. Discretionary powers: to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

Legislature

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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

Judiciary

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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.

Executive

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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.

Chief Minister

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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.

Council of Ministers

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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.

Administrative divisions

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Telangana State has been 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.

Elections

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Elections to the state assembly are held every five years. Elections are generally held for Parliament, State assembly and regional panchayats. Like all other Indian states, the minimum age of registration of a voter is 18 years.

Election Commission announced dates for elections in five states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. Polls in Telangana were conducted on November 30, and results were announced on December 3: EC [8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://cm.telangana.gov.in/council-of-ministers/
  2. ^ "Telangana CM swearing-in: List of MLAs who took oath with Revanth Reddy". Hindustan Times. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Telangana ministers list 2023: Full list of ministers and their portfolios in Revanth Reddy cabinet". Financialexpress. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. ^ Deccan Chronicle (7 December 2023). "New Telangana Ministers And Their Portfolios". Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ^ India Today (9 December 2023). "Revanth Reddy assigns portfolios to 11 ministers in Telangana Cabinet: Full list". Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  6. ^ "The States". Government of India. Archived from the original on 23 March 2008.
  7. ^ "TRS wins in Telangana". Deccan-Journal. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Festival of democracy in full splendour in Telangana as voting for the State's Legislative Assembly takes place smoothly".
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