Uttar Pradesh Government


Uttar Pradesh Government or the Government of Uttar Pradesh is a democratically elected authority where the governor serves as the constitutional head. Like all other states in India, the Government of Uttar Pradesh comprises three divisions - the executive, judiciary, and administrative. The legislative assembly polls are held in the state after every five years.

Governor of Uttar Pradesh



The Governor of Uttar Pradesh is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years. He conducts the swearing in of the Chief Minister of the state and his council of ministers. Despite the fact that the Governor of UP is the constitutional head of the state, the every day operation of the government is supervised by the Chief Minister of the state who gets assistance from his council of ministers. A significant extent of legal authority is vested in the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. At present, the honorable governor of the state is Shri B.L. Joshi.

Administrative divisions of Uttar Pradesh



The state of Uttar Pradesh in India consists of 70 administrative districts which are categorized into 17 divisions.

Legislature in Uttar Pradesh



The state is just one of the six states in India, which features a bicameral nature of legislature. There are two houses in the legislative system of the state and they are the Legislative Assembly or Vidhan Sabha (lower house) and the Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad).

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Vidhan Sabha



Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the lower house of the legislature of the state. The residents of the state elect the members of the Vidhan Sabha by franchising their voting rights in the assembly polls held in the state every five years. The government of the state is created by the elected legislators. The term of an elected government is five years. However, if the ruling government faces a no confidence motion in the house and loses the majority as a result of that, a mid-term or premature poll might be required. The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly houses 404 seats or constituencies.

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council)



This is the upper house of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. UP Vidhan Parishad contains 108 seats in all.

The representatives of both houses help in formulating rules and regulations that are promulgated by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Political Scenario of Uttar Pradesh



The politics of the state is controlled by the regional parties of the state. The major regional parties include Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP). Presently, the state is ruled by the BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) and the Chief Minister of the state is Ms. Mayawati. National level political parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC) also play a crucial role in the politics of the state.

Ministry of Uttar Pradesh



The Governor of Uttar Pradesh functions as the constitutional head of the state. The daily operations of the government are handled by the Chief Minister and his council of ministers. The Chief Minister of the state enjoys a significant extent of legislative and administrative authority to rule the state.

The secretary to the Governor of UP leads the Secretariat. He also helps in the functioning of the group of ministers.

The council of ministers comprises cabinet ministers, deputy ministers, and ministers of state. The Chief Secretary helps the chief minister as well, who serves as the administrative chief of the state.

Executive



District magistrates are employed as the uppermost bureaucrats to oversee every district in the state. The deputy commissioner or the district magistrate gets help from a group of officials who are a part of Uttar Pradesh Civil Service and other state departments.

Judiciary of Uttar Pradesh Government



The apex court in the state of UP is the Allahabad High Court. There is a bench of the Allahabad High Court in Lucknow. In addition, there are district courts in each and every district of the state along with a few Tehsil areas. The sanctioned judge strength of the court is 160.

Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is the apex court in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. The court has complete legal authority over the state since 1950. The Allahabad High Court is one of the oldest high courts to be set up in the country.

The current Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court is Honorable Shri Justice Syed Rafat Alam. He took over as Chief Justice of the court on August 5, 2011.

Various departments of Uttar Pradesh Government



The different departments under the UP Government are as follows:
  • Administrative Reforms
  • Additional Energy Sources
  • Agriculture Marketing & Export
  • Agriculture
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Ambedkar Gram Sabha Development
  • Backward Welfare
  • Appointment
  • Salary of Basic Siksha Parishad
  • Basic Education
  • Chief Minister's Office
  • Cane Development
  • Commercial Tax
  • Civil Aviation
  • Cooperative
  • Confidential
  • Culture
  • Coordination
  • Dharmarth
  • Dairy Development
  • Energy
  • Election
  • Environment
  • Entertainment Tax
  • Excise
  • Estate
  • Finance
  • External Aided Project
  • Food & Civil Supplies
  • Fisheries
  • General Administration
  • Forest
  • Handicapped Welfare
  • Ground Water
  • Higher Education
  • Handloom
  • Horticulture
  • Home
  • Industrial Development
  • Housing
  • Information Technology & Electronics
  • Information & Public Relations
  • Irrigation & Flood Control
  • Law
  • Language
  • Medical Health
  • Medical Education
  • Minority Welfare
  • Minor Irrigation
  • Panchayati Raj
  • National Integration
  • Personnel
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Program Implementation
  • Planning
  • Public Enterprises
  • Protocol
  • Revenue
  • Public Works Department
  • Rural Development
  • Revenue & Special Intelligence
  • Sainik Kalyan
  • Rural Engineering Services
  • Science & Technology
  • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
  • Secretariat Administration
  • Secondary Education
  • Small Scale Industries & Export Promotion
  • Sericulture
  • Sports
  • Social Welfare
  • Tourism
  • Technical Education
  • U.P. Reorganisation & Coordination
  • Transport
  • Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation
  • Urban Development
  • Vigilance
  • Vidhai
  • Youth Welfare
  • Women Welfare
  • Infrastructure Development
  • Khadi & Village Industries
  • Jail Administration
  • Land Development & Water Resources
  • Labor

Council of Ministers in Uttar Pradesh Government



Given below are the details about the council of ministers in Uttar Pradesh Government:
Name of the MinisterPortfolios held
Kumari Mayawati Chief Minister
Shri Ramveer Uppadhaya Energy
Shri Nasimudeen Siddiqui Public Works Department
Excise
Housing & Urban Planning
Irrigation (Excluding flood regulation)
Cane Development & Sugar Industries
Shri Indrajeet Saroj Welfare of SC/STs
Social Welfare
Agro Marketing
Child Development and Nutrition
Shri Lalji Verma Finance
Parliamentary (Legislative) affairs
Institutional Finance, Court Fee, Stamp, and Registration
Medical Education (Excluding Homoeopathic Medicine Education)
Shri Swami Prasad Maurya Panchayati Raj
Shri Ved Ram Bhati Home Guards and P.R.D
Shri Thakur Jaiveer Singh Overseas Agro Trade and Export
Rural Engineering
Shri Rakesh Dhar Tripathi Higher Education
Shri Laxhmi Narayan Agriculture (Other than Overseas Agro Trade, Marketing and Export)
Shri Fagu Chauchan Revenue
Shri Nakul Dubey Environment
Urban Development (Apart from Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation Program)
Integrated Urban Development and Taxation and Registration (Apart from Institutional Finance, Court Fee & Stamp)
Shri Daddu Prasad Rural Development
Shri Jagdish Narayan Rai Professional Education
Textiles and Sericulture Industry
Shri Narayan Singh Horticulture
Shri Ram Prasad Chaudhary Food & Civil Supplies (Apart from Consumer Protection, Measurement & Weight)
Shri Ram Achal Rajbhar Transport
Shri Ramhet Bharti Election
Consumer Protection
Weight and Measurement
Shri Abdul Mannan Science and Technology
Shri Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi' Institutional Finance, Court Fee and Stamp
Dr. Dharm Singh Saini Primary Education
Shri Chandradev Ram Yadav Small Scale Industries
Shri Rajpal Tyagi Agriculture Research
Agriculture Education
Shri Subash Pandey Culture
Shri Dharamraj Nishad Fisheries
Shri Fateh Bahadur Zoo, Forest
Shri Babu Singh Kushwaha Co-operatives, Metallurgy and Mining, Family Welfare
Shri Badshah SinghLabor
Shri Anant Kumar MishraMedical and Health
Shri Rangnath MishraIntermediate Education
Shri Ashok KumarSoil Conservation & Water Resources

Ministers of UP



Name of the Minister Department/Portfolio
Shri Yograj Singh Agro Education & Research
Shri Sangram Singh Textiles & Sericulture Industry
Shri Daddan Mishra Ayurvedic Medicine
Shri Sahjil Islam Ansari Muslim WAQF
Shri Yashpal Singh Science and Technology
Shri Hari Om Homeguards & P.R.D
Shri Rajesh Tripathi Homeopathy and Benevolent Activities

Ministers of State (Independent Charge) of UP Government



Name of the Minister Department/Portfolio
Shri Ayodhya Prasad Pal Sports & Youth Welfare
Shri Anish Ahmad Khan Minority Welfare & Haj
Shri Vinod Singh Tourism
Smt. Omwati Khadi and Village Industries
Shri Awadesh Kumar Verma Welfare of Backward Classes
Shri Lakhiram Nagar Minor Irrigation
Shri Akbar Husain Additional Sources of Energy
Shri Rampal Verma Wasteland Development
Dr. Yashwant Singh Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Program
Shri Sadal Prasad Technical Education
Shri Bhagwati Prasad Sagar Employment (Apart from Professional Education)
Shri Ratanlal Ahirwar Dr. Ambedkar Integral Rural Development
Shri Jaiveer Singh Irrigation (Mechanical)
Shri Awadhpal Singh Yadav Livestock & Dairy

Last Updated on 28 November 2011