Telangana Council of Ministers

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The Telangana Council of Ministers is the executive wing of

Chief Secretary
to the state government.

Constitutional requirement

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor

According to Article 163 of the Constitution of India,

There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.

  1. If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.
  2. The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.

This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.

For other provisions as to Ministers

According to Article 164 of the Constitution of India,

The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor:
Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.

  1. The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
  2. Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
  3. A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
  4. The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.

Chief Minister

Main article:
Chief Minister of Telangana

Like any Indian state, Chief Ministers of Telangana is the real head of the government and responsible for state administration. He is the leader of the parliamentary party in the legislature and heads the state cabinet. The current Chief Minister is Revanth Reddy.

State Cabinet

As per the Constitution of India, all portfolios of state government is vested in Chief Minister, who distribute various portfolio to individual ministers whom he nominates to the State Governor. The state governor appoints individual ministers for various portfolios and departments as per advice of Chief Minister and together form the State Cabinet. As the original portfolios are vested with CM, who delegates to others upon his/her wish, actions of individual ministers are part of collective responsibility of the state cabinet and Chief Minister is responsible for actions of each minister. The state cabinet along with Chief Minister, prepares General policy and individual department policy, which will be guiding policy for day-to-day administration of each minister.

Current Cabinet

This is the current Cabinet of Telangana headed by the Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy:[1][2][3]

Portfolio Minister Constituency Tenure Party
Took office Left office
Chief Minister
Anumula Revanth Reddy
 		Kodangal 07 December 2023 Incumbent INC
Deputy Chief Minister
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka Madhira 07 December 2023 Incumbent INC
Cabinet Ministers
  • Irrigation & Command Area Development.
  • Food & Civil Supplies.
Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy
 		Huzurnagar 07 December 2023 Incumbent INC
  • Transport.
  • BC Welfare.
 Ponnam Prabhakar Husnabad 07 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Roads & Buildings.
  • Cinematography.
 Komatireddy Venkat Reddy Nalgonda 07 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Environment & Forests.
  • Endowment.
 Konda Surekha Warangal East 07 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Panchayat Raj & Rural Development (including Rural Water Supply).
  • Women & Child Development.
 Dansari Anasuya Seethakka Mulug 07 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Information Technology.
  • Electronics & Communications.
  • Industries & Commerce.
  • Legislative Affairs.
 Duddilla Sridhar Babu Manthani 07 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Revenue and Housing.
  • Information & Public Relations.
 Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy Palair 07 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Agriculture.
  • Marketing.
  • Co-operation.
  • Handlooms & Textiles.
 Thummala Nageswara Rao Khammam 07 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Health.
  • Medical & Family Welfare.
  • Science and Technology.
 Damodar Raja Narasimha Andole 07 December 2023 Incumbent
  • Prohibition & Excise.
  • Tourism & Culture.
  • Archaeology.
 Jupally Krishna Rao Kollapur 07 December 2023 Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "Revanth Reddy Takes Oath As Telangana Chief Minister, Gandhis On Stage". NDTV.com. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Telangana CM News | Telangana CM Swearing-In Ceremony Live: Revanth Reddy reaches LB Stadium for his oath-taking ceremony". The Times of India. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Telangana CM swearing-in: List of MLAs who took oath with Revanth Reddy". Hindustan Times. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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