Government of Uttar Pradesh
Legislative Branch | |
Legislature | Uttar Pradesh Legislature |
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Upper House | Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council |
Chairperson of the House | Kunwar Manvendra Singh (BJP) |
Deputy Chairperson of the House | Vacant (BJP) |
Leader of the House | Keshav Prasad Maurya (BJP) (Deputy Chief Minister) |
Deputy Leader of the House | Swatantra Dev Singh (BJP) (Minister of Jal Shakti and Disaster Management) |
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh) | |
Deputy Chief Minister (Deputy Head of Government) | |
Chief Secretary (Head of Civil Service) | Durga Shanker Mishra (IAS) (Chief Secretary Uttar Pradesh) |
State Cabinet | Second Yogi Adityanath ministry |
Meeting place | Lucknow |
Ministry (Government Department) | 153 |
Total No. of Ministers Members |
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Responsible for This | Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
Judiciary Branch | |
High Court | Allahabad High Court |
Chief Justice | Arun Bhansali |
The Government of Uttar Pradesh (
The state of Uttar Pradesh's influence on Indian politics is important, and often paramount and/or a
Legislature
The state is governed by a
Executive
The government is headed by the governor who appoints the chief minister and their council of ministers. The governor is appointed for a period of five years and acts as the constitutional head of the state. The governor remains the ceremonial head of the state with the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and their council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested.
The council of ministers consists of cabinet ministers and ministers of state. The Secretariat headed by the chief secretary assists the council of ministers.[9][10] The chief secretary is also the administrative head of the government.[9][10]
Each government department is headed by a Minister, who is assisted by an
Council of ministers
S.No. | Name of Minister | Rank | Portfolio |
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Cabinet ministers[11][12] | |||
1. | Yogi Adityanath | Chief minister | Chief Minister, Home Department |
2. | Keshav Prasad Maurya | Deputy chief minister | Rural Development Department |
3. | Brajesh Pathak | Health Department | |
4. | Suresh Khanna | Cabinet minister | Finance Department |
5. | Surya Pratap Shahi | Agriculture Department | |
6. | Swatantra Dev Singh | Water Resource Department | |
7. | Baby Rani Maurya | Women and Child Development Department | |
8. | Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh | Sugarcane Development and Sugar Industry | |
9. | Jaivir Singh | Tourism and Culture Department | |
10. | Dharmpal Singh | Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department | |
11. | Nand Gopal Gupta | Industrial Development Department | |
12. | Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary
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Panchayati Raj | |
13. | Anil Rajbhar | Labour Department | |
14. | Jitin Prasada | PWD Department | |
15. | Rakesh Sachan | Micro Small and Medium Enterprises,
Khadi and Villages Industries, Sericulture Industries, Handloom and Textile | |
16. | A. K. Sharma | Urban Development and Power | |
17. | Yogendra Upadhyaya | Science and Electronics Department | |
18. | Ashish Singh Patel | Tech Education Department | |
19. | Sanjay Nishad | Fisheries Department | |
Ministers of State (Independent charge) | |||
20. | Nitin Agrawal | State Ministers with Independent Charge | Excise & Prohibition |
21. | Kapil Dev Aggarwal
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Professional Education & Skill Development | |
22. | Ravindra Jaiswal | Stamp and Court Fee, Registration | |
23. | Sandeep Singh Lodhi | Basic Education | |
24. | Gulabo Devi | Secondary Education | |
25. | Girish Chandra Yadav
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Sports, Youth Welfare | |
26, | Dharmveer Prajapati | Jail, Home Guard | |
27. | Asim Arun | N/A | |
28. | Jayant Pratap Singh Rathore | N/A | |
29. | Daya Shankar Singh | Transport | |
30. | Dinesh Pratap Singh | N/A | |
31. | Narendra Kashyap | N/A | |
32. | Arun Kumar Saxena | N/A | |
33. | Daya Shankar Mishra Dayalu | Ayush Ministry | |
Ministers of state | |||
34. | Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh | State Ministers | Ministry of Parliamentary affairs |
35. | Dinesh Khatik | N/A | |
36. | Sanjiv Kumar Gond | N/A | |
37. | Baldev Singh Aulakh | Agriculture and Agriculture Education | |
38. | Ajit Singh Pal | N/A | |
39. | Jaswant Saini | N/A | |
40. | Ramkesh Nishad | N/A | |
41. | Manohar Lal Mannu Kori
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N/A | |
42. | Sanjay Singh Gangwar | N/A | |
43. | Brijesh Singh | N/A | |
44. | Krishan Pal Malik | N/A | |
45. | Suresh Rahi | N/A | |
46. | Anoop Pradhan | N/A | |
47. | Pratibha Shukla | N/A | |
48. | Rakesh Rathour (Guru)
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N/A | |
49. | Somendra Tomar | N/A | |
50. | Rajani Tiwari | N/A | |
51. | Satish Sharma | N/A | |
52. | Danish Azad Ansari | Minorities Welfare, Waqf and Haj | |
53. | Vijay Laxmi Gautam | N/A |
Judiciary
The judiciary in the state consists of the
Administration
Divisional administration
The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is made up of 75 administrative districts, that are grouped into 18
There are also eight police zones and eighteen police ranges in the state. Each zone consists of 2-3 ranges and is headed by an additional director general-ranked officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS). Whereas a range consists of three to four districts and is headed by an inspector general-ranked or a deputy inspector general-ranked IPS officer.
District administration
A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a
A senior superintendent of police or superintendent of police, a gazetted officer (PPS or IPS in case of SP and IPS in case of SSP) of Uttar Pradesh Cadre, is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. The superintendent is assisted by other junior to SSP/SP rank IPS and PPS gazetted officers in addition to Uttar Pradesh Police non-gazetted officials.[citation needed]
A divisional forest officer, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service, in the rank of deputy conservator of forests, is responsible for managing the forests, the environment, and wildlife-related issues of the district with the assistance of the Uttar Pradesh Forest Service.[citation needed]
Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as public works, health, education, agriculture, animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various state services. These officers have to report to the DM of the district.[citation needed]
Politics
The politics of Uttar Pradesh is dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party, Samajwadi Party, Indian National Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party. The Bharatiya Janata Party occupies the current government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
See also
References
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