Government of Himachal Pradesh

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The Government of Himachal Pradesh also known as the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and its 12 districts. It consists of an excecutive, led by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, a judiciary and a legislative.

Like other states in India, the head of state of Himachal Pradesh is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secratariat (Writers' Building). The Himachal Pradesh high court is located in Shimla, which has jurisdiction over the whole of Himachal Pradesh. The present Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh is unicameral.

Ministery of the state Designation Name Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh MPP & Power Minister Vidya Stokes I&PH Minister Kaul Singh Thakur Revenue Minister Sat Mahajan Excise & Texation Minister Rangila Ram Rao Forest Minister Ram Lal Thakur Agriculture Minister Raj Krishan Gaur Industry Minister Kuldeep Kumar Horticulture Minister Singhi Ram Animal Husbandary Minister Harsh Mahajan Transport Minister G.S. Bali

State administrative structure Administrative structure (2002) Numbers Districts 12 Tehsils 75 Sub Divisions 52 Blocks 75 Villages 20118 Towns 57 Constituencies Numbers Lok Sabha 4 Rajya Sabha 3 Assembly Constituencies 68

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly has no pre-Constitution history. The State itself is a post-Independence creation. It first came into being as a centrally administered territory on 15 April 1948 by the integration of 30 erstwhile princely states.
Himachal Pradesh is governed through a parliamentary system of representative democracy, a feature the state shares with other Indian states. Universal suffrage is granted to residents.
The Legislature of Himachal Pradesh is unicameral and at present, the Assembly has a strength of 68. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless it is sooner dissolved. There are 14 House Committees in the Assembly.
In 2003 the state legislative assembly was won by the Indian National Congress. The main opposition is the Bharatiya Janata Party. Governments have seen alternates between BJP & Congress all the times. No third front ever has become significant.