Government of Jharkhand
Government of Jharkhand | |
|---|---|
| Polity type | Parliamentary republic State government |
| Part of | Republic of India |
| Constitution | Constitution of India |
| Formation | 15 November 2000 (Jharkhand Day) |
| Legislative branch | |
| Name | Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |
| Type | Unicameral |
| Meeting place | Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Ranchi |
| Lower house | |
| Name | Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |
| Presiding officer | Rabindra Nath Mahato, Speaker |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of state | |
| Title | Governor |
| Currently | Santosh Gangwar |
| Appointer | President of India (on advice of Central Government) |
| Head of government | |
| Title | Chief Minister |
| Currently | Hemant Soren |
| Appointer | Governor |
| Cabinet | |
| Name | Council of Ministers |
| Leader | Chief Minister |
| Headquarters | Jharkhand Secretariat, Ranchi |
| Ministries | 34 ministries |
| Judicial branch | |
| Name | Jharkhand High Court |
| Courts | Judiciary of India |
| Jharkhand High Court | |
| Chief judge | M. S. Sonak |
| Seat | Ranchi |
| India portal |
The Government of Jharkhand (abbreviated as GoJ), also known as the Jharkhand Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Jharkhand and its 24 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Jharkhand, a judiciary and a legislative branch.
Like other states of India, the head of state of Jharkhand is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the central government. The post of governor is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. The Chief Secretary, Avinash Kumar, IAS, serves as the administrative head of the state bureaucracy and the senior most civil servant in the Jharkhand government. Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. The Jharkhand High Court, located in Ranchi, has jurisdiction over the whole state.
The present Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand is unicameral, consisting of 81 Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A). Its term is five years, unless dissolved earlier.