Government of Bihar

Government of Bihar
Seat of Government Patna
Executive
Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Legislature
Assembly
Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhury
Council Bihar Legislative Council
Chairman Awadhesh Narain Singh
Judiciary
High Court Patna High Court
Chief Justice Hon'ble Justice Mr.L. Narasimha Reddy

The Government of Bihar, known locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Bihar and its 9 divisions which consist of 38 districts . It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Bihar, a judiciary and legislative branches.

Like other states in India, the head of state of Bihar 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. Patna is the capital of Bihar.

The Patna High Court, located in Patna, has jurisdiction over the whole state.

The present legislative structure of Bihar is bicameral.The Legislative houses are the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Bihar Legislative Assembly) and Bihar Vidhan Parishad (Bihar Legislative Council). Their normal term is five years, unless dissolved earlier.

First Government

1946:First Cabinet of Bihar formed; consisting[1] of two members,Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha as first Chief Minister of Bihar and Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha[2] as Bihar's first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance[3] Minister (also in charge of Labour,Health,Agriculture and Irrigation).Other ministers are inducted later.The Cabinet served as the first Bihar Government after independence in 1947.

See also

References

  1. ↑ S Shankar. "The Sri Babu-Anugrah babu government". website. Retrieved 2005-04-08.
  2. ↑ Kamat. "Anugrah Narayan Sinha". Kamat's archive. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
  3. ↑ Dr. Rajendra Prasad's Letters to Anugrah Narayan Sinha. First Finance cum Labour Minister. Rajendra Prasad's archive. Retrieved 2007-06-25.