Government of Gujarat

Government of Gujarat
*Gujarāta sarakāra*
Seat of Government	Gandhinagar
Legislative branch
Assembly	Gujarat Legislative Assembly;
Speaker	Shankar Chaudhary
Members in Assembly	182
Executive branch
Governor	Acharya Devvrat
Chief Minister	Bhupendrabhai Patel
Deputy Chief Minister	Vacant
Chief Secretary	Raj Kumar, IAS
Judiciary branch
High Court	Gujarat High Court
Chief Justice	Sunita Agarwal

The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciary and of a publicly elected legislative body.

Like other states in India, the head of state of Gujarat is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central (Union) government. The governor's role is largely ceremonial, but the governor considers the legislative composition and appoints the Chief Minister, who is the main head of government, as chair of the Council of Ministers of Gujarat and is vested, in some instances alone but as to most executive powers by Council consensus with virtually all of the executive powers.

Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, houses the relevant Vidhan Sabha (also known as the Gujarat Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. The Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad, has jurisdiction over the state as to state laws.^[1]

The present legislative assembly is unicameral, consisting of 182 Members of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.As). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.^[2]^[3]

Executive

Cabinet Minister


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Chief Minister Administration and Administrative Reforms Training and Planning Housing and Police Housing Revenue and Disaster Management Urban Development and Urban Housing Panchayats Roads and Building and Capital Planning Mines and Minerals Pilgrimage Development Narmada and Kalpsar Ports Information and Broadcasting Narcotics and Excise Science and Technology Departments not allotted to any Minister	Bhupendrabhai Patel	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Finance Energy & Petrochemicals	Kanubhai Desai	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Industry Small, Micro and Medium Industries Kutir, Khadi and Village Industries Civil Aviation Labour and Employment	Balvantsinh Rajput	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Industry Health Family Welfare and Medical Education Higher and Technical Education Judiciary, Statutory and Parliamentary Affairs	Rushikesh Patel	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Cattle Breeding Fisheries Village Housing and Village Development	Raghavji Patel	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Water Supply, Water Resource Food and Civil Supplies	Kunwarjibhai Bavaliya	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Social Justice and Empowerment Women and Child Development	Bhanuben Babariya	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Tourism Culture Forest and Environment Climate Change	Mulubhai Bera	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Tribal Development Primary, Secondary and Old-age Education	Kuber Dindor	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP

Minister of State (Independent Charges)


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Sports and Youth Service Transport Civil Defence Home Guard Gram Rakshak Prisons Border Security Non-Resident Gujarati Development Voluntary Organisations Coordination	Harsh Sanghavi	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Cooperation Salt Industry Printing and Writing Materials Protocol	Jagdish Vishwakarma	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP

Minister of State


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Home Police Housing Industry Cultural Activities	Harsh Sanghavi	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Micro, Small and Medium Scale Industries Kutir, Khadi and Rural industries Civil Aviation	Jagdish Vishwakarma	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Forest, Environmentand Climate Change Water Resources and Supply	Mukeshbhai Zinabhai Patel	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Parliamentary Affairs Primary, Secondary and Old-age Education Higher Education	Praful Pansariya	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Food and Civil Supplies Social Defence and Empowerment	Bhikhusinh Parmar	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Panchayat Agriculture	Bachubhai Khabad	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Fisheries Animal Husbandry	Parshottambhai Odhavjibhai Solanki	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP
Tribal Development Rural Development Labour and Employment	Kunwarji Halpati	12 December 2022	Incumbent	BJP

Sources: ^[4]

Prime ministers of Kathiawar/Saurashtra (1948-50)

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
1		U. N. Dhebar	Upleta	15 February 1948	26 January 1950	1 year, 345 days	Interim	Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Saurashtra (1950-56)

No	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
1	U. N. Dhebar	Upleta	26 January 1950	19 December 1954	4 years, 327 days	Interim	Indian National Congress
1	U. N. Dhebar	Upleta	26 January 1950	19 December 1954	4 years, 327 days	2nd (1952 election)
2	Rasiklal Parikh		19 December 1954	31 October 1956	1 year, 317 days	2nd (1952 election)

Chief ministers of Gujarat

No	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party^[a]
1	Jivraj Mehta	Amreli	1 May 1960	3 March 1962	2 years, 300 days	1st/Interim (1957 election)	Indian National Congress
1	Jivraj Mehta	Amreli	3 March 1962	25 February 1963	2 years, 300 days	2nd (1962 election)
2	Balwantrai Mehta	Bhavnagar	25 February 1963	19 September 1965	2 years, 206 days
3	Hitendra Desai	Olpad	19 September 1965	3 April 1967	5 years, 236 days
			3 April 1967	12 November 1969		3rd (1967 election)
			12 November 1969	13 May 1971		3rd (1967 election)	Indian National Congress (O)
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	13 May 1971	17 March 1972	309 days	Dissolved	N/A
4	Ghanshyam Oza	Dahegam	17 March 1972	17 July 1973	1 year, 122 days	4th (1972 election)	Indian National Congress
5	Chimanbhai Patel	Sankheda	17 July 1973	9 February 1974	207 days	4th (1972 election)	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	9 February 1974	18 June 1975	1 year, 129 days	Dissolved	N/A
6	Babubhai Patel	Sabarmati	18 June 1975	12 March 1976	268 days	5th (1975 election)	Indian National Congress (O)
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	12 March 1976	24 December 1976	287 days		N/A
7	Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	24 December 1976	11 April 1977	108 days		Indian National Congress
(6)	Babubhai Patel	Sabarmati	11 April 1977	17 February 1980	2 years, 312 days		Janata Party
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	17 February 1980	7 June 1980	111 days		N/A
(7)	Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	7 June 1980	10 March 1985	5 years, 29 days	6th (1980 election)	Indian National Congress
(7)	Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	11 March 1985	6 July 1985	5 years, 29 days	7th (1985 election)
8	Amarsinh Chaudhary	Vyara	6 July 1985	10 December 1989	4 years, 157 days
(7)	Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	10 December 1989	4 March 1990	84 days
(5)	Chimanbhai Patel	Sankheda	4 March 1990	25 October 1990	3 years, 350 days	8th (1990 election)	Janata Dal
(5)	Chimanbhai Patel	Sankheda	25 October 1990	17 February 1994	3 years, 350 days		Indian National Congress
9	Chhabildas Mehta	Mahuva	17 February 1994	14 March 1995	1 year, 25 days		Indian National Congress
10	Keshubhai Patel	Visavadar	14 March 1995	21 October 1995	221 days	9th (1995 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
11	Suresh Mehta	Mandvi	21 October 1995	19 September 1996	334 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	19 September 1996	23 October 1996	34 days		N/A
12	Shankersinh Vaghela	Radhanpur	23 October 1996	28 October 1997	1 year, 5 days		Rashtriya Janata Party
13	Dilip Parikh	Dhandhuka	28 October 1997	4 March 1998	188 days		Rashtriya Janata Party
(10)	Keshubhai Patel	Visavadar	4 March 1998	7 October 2001	3 years, 217 days	10th (1998 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
14	Narendra Modi	Rajkot West	7 October 2001	22 December 2002	12 years, 227 days	10th (1998 election)
		Maninagar	22 December 2002	22 December 2007		11th (2002 election)
			23 December 2007	20 December 2012		12th (2007 election)
			20 December 2012	22 May 2014		13th (2012 election)
15	Anandiben Patel	Ghatlodia	22 May 2014	7 August 2016	2 years, 77 days
16	Vijay Rupani	Rajkot West	7 August 2016	26 December 2017	5 years, 37 days
16	Vijay Rupani	Rajkot West	26 December 2017	13 September 2021	5 years, 37 days	14th (2017 election)
17	Bhupendrabhai Patel	Ghatlodia	13 September 2021	12 December 2022	3 years, 100 days	14th (2017 election)
17	Bhupendrabhai Patel	Ghatlodia	12 December 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 100 days	15th (2022 election)

Legislature

The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members, the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed.

Since 1995, the Gujarat Legislative Assembly has been controlled by the Bharatiya Janata Party with an absolute majority in the House.

Administration and Local governments

Local governments function at the basic level. It is the third level of government apart from union and state governments. It consists of panchayats in rural areas and municipalities in urban areas. They are elected directly or indirectly by the people. "Structurally Gujarat is divided into districts (Zila), Prant (subdivisions), Taluka (blocks) & villages. The state is divided into 33 districts, 122 prants, 248 talukas.^[6] There are 08 municipal corporations, 156 municipalities and 14,273 Panchayats, for administrative purposes.'

India

Gujarat

Districts

Prant
(Subdivisions)

Municipal Corporations
(Mahanagar Palika)

Municipalities
(Nagar Palika)

Town Council
(Nagar Panchayat)

Taluka
(Block/Tehsil)

Wards

Notes

^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[5]

References

^ "Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts". Eastern Book Company. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
^ "Gujarat Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India. National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
^ "Conversation with the living legend of law — Fali Sam Nariman". Bar and Bench.
^ "Bhupendra Patel Cabinet: Portfolios allotment to Ministers". DeshGujarat. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
^ "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
^ "Administrative divisions of Gujarat".

External links

Official Gujarat State Portal Archived 2023-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
Chief Minister of Gujarat
NIC, Gujarat State Centre

[5] This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

[PR-7] President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[5]

[1] "Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts". Eastern Book Company. Retrieved 2008-05-12.

[2] "Gujarat Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India. National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Retrieved 2008-05-12.

[3] "Conversation with the living legend of law — Fali Sam Nariman". Bar and Bench.

[4] "Bhupendra Patel Cabinet: Portfolios allotment to Ministers". DeshGujarat. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-15.

[Diwanji-6] "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

[8] "Administrative divisions of Gujarat".

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