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Government of Himachal Pradesh

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Like in other Indian states, the executive arm of the state is responsible for the day-to-day management of the state. It consists of the governor, the chief minister and the Council of Ministers. The chief minister and the council of ministers also have been appointed by the governor. The governor
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comprises the governor and the legislative assembly, which is the highest political organ in the state. The governor has the power to summon the assembly or to close the same. All members of the legislative assembly are directly elected, normally once in every five years by the eligible voters who
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The Council of Ministers, which answers to the Legislative Assembly, has its members appointed by the Governor; the appointments receive input from the Chief Minister. They are collectively responsible to the legislative assembly of the State. Generally, the winning party and its chief minister
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have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the president of India at the national level. Only Indian citizens above 35 years of age are eligible for appointment. Governors discharge all
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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.
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head of state and is vested with most of the executive powers; the Legislative Assembly's majority party leader is appointed to this position by the Governor. The present Chief Minister is
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are above 18 years of age. The current assembly consists of 68 elected members . The elected members select one of its own members as its chairman who is called the
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The normal term of the legislative assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting. But while a proclamation of
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is to pass laws and rules. Every bill passed by the house has to be finally approved by the governor before it becomes applicable.
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of the Assembly is five years unless it is sooner dissolved. There are 14 House Committees in the Assembly.
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is located in Shimla, which has jurisdiction over the whole of Himachal Pradesh. State legislature is
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on the advice of the Central government. The post of governor is largely ceremonial. The
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The executive authority is headed by the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, who is the
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and his council of ministers, who are appointed by the governor. The governors of the
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has been separated from the executive in Himachal Pradesh like other Indian states.
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Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor
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for a term of five years. The executive and legislative powers lie with the
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chooses the ministers list and submit the list for the Governor's approval.
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Like other states in India, the head of state of Himachal Pradesh is the
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in state with council of ministers responsible to legislative assembly.
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Personnel and all other departments not allotted to any other minister.
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Executive powers related to administration, appointments, and removal
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functions, such as the appointment of the chief minister, sending
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summons prorogues and dissolves the legislature. He can close the
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Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature
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is the head of government and council of ministers. There exists
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composed of MLAs elected directly by the people of the state.
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and at present, the Assembly has a strength of 68. The
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by Laws for a period not exceeding one year at a time
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is in operation, the said period will be extended by
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The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
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Himachal Pradesh Government

Seat(s) of Government
Assembly
Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
Speaker
Kuldeep Singh Pathania
Leader of Opposition
Jai Ram Thakur
Vinay Kumar
Governor
Shiv Pratap Shukla
Chief Minister
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Deputy Chief Minister
Mukesh Agnihotri
Chief Secretary
IAS
Judiciary
Himachal Pradesh High Court
Chief Justice
M. S. Ramachandra Rao
Shimla
Indian
Himachal Pradesh
executive branch
judiciary
legislative
Governor
President of India

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