Government of Puducherry

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Government of Puducherry
Putuccēri Aracu
Putuccēri Sarkkār
Puduccēri Prabhutvaṁ
Gouvernement de Pondichéry
Deputy Speaker
P. Rajavelu, AINRC
Members in Assembly33 (30 elected & 3 nominated)
Executive branch
Lieutenant GovernorC. P. Radhakrishnan (Additional charge)(Designate)
Chief MinisterN. Rangaswamy
Chief SecretaryAshwani Kumar, IAS[1]
Judiciary branch
High CourtMadras High Court
Chief JusticeMunishwar Nath Bhandari

Government of Puducherry is the union territorial government for the

Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. Its capital is located at Pondicherry
.

Government and administration

Lieutenant governor

See also:
Governors of Puducherry

The Lt. Governor is appointed by the

bill passed by legislature, exercise or their own opinion.[2]

C. P. Radhakrishnan is the present governor. 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.
Raj Niwas, Puducherry, official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

The legislative branch comprises the governor and the legislative assembly, which is the highest political organ in state. The governor has the power to summon the assembly or to close the same. All members of the legislative assembly are directly elected, normally once in every five years by the eligible voters who are above 18 years of age. The current assembly consists of 30 elected members and 3 members nominated by Central Government.The elected members select one of its own members as its chairman who is called the speaker. The speaker is assisted by the deputy speaker who is also elected by the members. The conduct of meeting in the house is the responsibility of the Speaker.

The main function of the

assembly
is to pass laws and rules. Every bill passed by the house has to be finally approved by the governor before it becomes applicable.

The normal term of the legislative assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting. But while a proclamation of

state of emergency is in operation, the said period will be extended by Parliament
by Laws for a period not exceeding one year at a time.

The Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|last assembly election took place in May 2016.

Judiciary

Madras High Court, Chennai

The

Chief Justice and other judges who are appointed by the President of India. Every judge
including the Chief Justice is appointed by the President of India by Warrant under his hand and seal. Every permanent and additional judge will continue in office until the age of 62.

Executive

Puducherry Legislative Assembly Building

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 Chief Minister and the council of ministers also have been appointed by the governor. Governor summons prorogues and dissolves the legislature. He can close the legislative assembly on the recommendations by the Chief Minister. Judiciary has been separated from the executive in Pondicherry like other Indian states.

Chief Minister

See also:
Chief Ministers of Puducherry

The executive authority is headed by the

Chief Minister of Puducherry, who is the de facto
head of the territory and is vested with most of the executive powers; the Legislative Assembly's majority party leader is appointed to this position by the President. Generally, the winning party decides the chief minister. In many cases, the party focuses a chief ministerial candidate during the election.

Departments

  • Accounts and Treasuries
  • Adi Dravidar Welfare
  • Agriculture
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Arts & Culture
  • Chief Vigilance Office
  • Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
  • Commercial Taxes
  • Co-operative Societies
  • Economics & Statistics
  • Elections
  • Electricity
  • Fire Service
  • Fisheries & Fishermen Welfare
  • Forestry & Wild Life
  • Government Automobile Workshop
  • Health & Family Welfare Services
  • Higher & Technical Education
  • Hindu Religious Institutions
  • Industries & Commerce
  • Information & Publicity
  • Information Technology
  • Labour
  • Law
  • Local Administration
  • Personnel and Administrative Reforms
  • Planning & Research
  • Police
  • Port
  • Prisons
  • Public Works
  • Revenue and Disaster Management
  • Rural Development
  • School Education
  • Science, Technology & Environment
  • Social Welfare
  • Stationery & Printing
  • Tourism
  • Town and Country Planning
  • Transport
  • Women & Child Development

Politics

Pondicherry is a Union territory currently ruled by the All India N.R. Congress and BJP alliance. The state assembly has 33 seats out of which 30 are elected by the people. The All India N.R. Congress has 10 seats and its alliance partner BJP has 6 seats, thus taking the government's majority to 16 seats. DMK is the main opposition party with 6 seats. There are 6 independent candidates elected by the people. The remaining 3 candidates from Central Government (NDA) have been appointed by Ministry of Home Affairs.

References

  1. ^ >pages puducherry-dt.gov.in/>pages
  2. ^ "The States". Government of India. Archived from the original on 23 March 2008.

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