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Current Governors India – (as per october 2017)
Current Governors in India – (as per october 2017)
Governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-nine states. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President’s pleasure.
The governors and lieutenant-governors of the states and union territories of India have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at Union level. Governors exist in the states while lieutenant-governors exist in union territories and in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies with the chief ministers of the states and their councils of ministers.
In India, a lieutenant governor is in charge of a union territory. However, the rank is present only in the union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi and Puducherry (the other territories have an administrator appointed, who is an IAS officer or retired judges of courts ). However, the governor of Punjab acts as the administrator of Chandigarh. Although lieutenant-governors do not hold the same rank as a governor of a state in the list of precedence.
The governors and lieutenant-governors are appointed by the President for a term of five years.
Qualifications
A governor must:
- be a citizen of India.
- be at least 35 years of age.
- not be a member of the either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
- not hold any other office of profit.
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Powers
the governor has many different types of powers:
- Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
- Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad,
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor
Current Governors India
State Name | Current Governors Name |
Andhra Pradesh | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
Arunachal Pradesh | B D Mishra |
Assam | Jagdish Mukhi |
Bihar | Satya Pal Malik |
Chhattisgarh | Balramji Das Tandon |
Goa | Mridula Sinha |
Gujarat | Om Prakash Kohli |
Haryana | Kaptan Singh Solanki |
Himachal Pradesh | Acharya Dev Vrat |
Jammu and Kashmir | Narinder Nath Vohra |
Jharkhand | Draupadi Murmu |
Karnataka | Vajubhai Vala |
Kerala | P. Sathasivam |
Madhya Pradesh | Om Prakash Kohli(Additional Charge) |
Maharashtra | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
Manipur | Najma Heptulla |
Meghalaya | Ganga Prasad |
Mizoram | Nirbhay Sharma |
Nagaland | Padmanabha Acharya |
Odisha | S. C. Jamir |
Punjab | V P Singh Badnore |
Rajasthan | Kalyan Singh |
Sikkim | Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil |
Tamil Nadu | Banwarilal Purohit |
Telangana | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
Tripura | Tathagata Roy |
Uttar Pradesh | Ram Naik |
Uttarakhand | Krishan Kant Paul |
West Bengal | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
Current Governors India
Current Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of Union Territories
Office and union territory | Name |
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Devendra Kumar Joshi |
Administrator of Chandigarh | V. P. Singh Badnore |
Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Praful Khoda Patel |
Administrator of Daman and Diu | Praful Khoda Patel |
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi | Anil Baijal |
Administrator of Lakshadweep | Farooq Khan |
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry | Kiran Bedi |
Current Governors India,Current Governors India,Current Governors India,
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Current Governors India – (as per october 2017)
Current Governors in India – (as per october 2017)
Governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-nine states. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President’s pleasure.
The governors and lieutenant-governors of the states and union territories of India have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at Union level. Governors exist in the states while lieutenant-governors exist in union territories and in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies with the chief ministers of the states and their councils of ministers.
In India, a lieutenant governor is in charge of a union territory. However, the rank is present only in the union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi and Puducherry (the other territories have an administrator appointed, who is an IAS officer or retired judges of courts ). However, the governor of Punjab acts as the administrator of Chandigarh. Although lieutenant-governors do not hold the same rank as a governor of a state in the list of precedence.
The governors and lieutenant-governors are appointed by the President for a term of five years.
Qualifications
A governor must:
- be a citizen of India.
- be at least 35 years of age.
- not be a member of the either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
- not hold any other office of profit.
Powers
the governor has many different types of powers:
- Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
- Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad,
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor
Current Governors India
State Name | Current Governors Name |
Andhra Pradesh | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
Arunachal Pradesh | B D Mishra |
Assam | Jagdish Mukhi |
Bihar | Satya Pal Malik |
Chhattisgarh | Balramji Das Tandon |
Goa | Mridula Sinha |
Gujarat | Om Prakash Kohli |
Haryana | Kaptan Singh Solanki |
Himachal Pradesh | Acharya Dev Vrat |
Jammu and Kashmir | Narinder Nath Vohra |
Jharkhand | Draupadi Murmu |
Karnataka | Vajubhai Vala |
Kerala | P. Sathasivam |
Madhya Pradesh | Om Prakash Kohli(Additional Charge) |
Maharashtra | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
Manipur | Najma Heptulla |
Meghalaya | Ganga Prasad |
Mizoram | Nirbhay Sharma |
Nagaland | Padmanabha Acharya |
Odisha | S. C. Jamir |
Punjab | V P Singh Badnore |
Rajasthan | Kalyan Singh |
Sikkim | Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil |
Tamil Nadu | Banwarilal Purohit |
Telangana | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
Tripura | Tathagata Roy |
Uttar Pradesh | Ram Naik |
Uttarakhand | Krishan Kant Paul |
West Bengal | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
Current Governors India
Current Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of Union Territories
Office and union territory | Name |
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Devendra Kumar Joshi |
Administrator of Chandigarh | V. P. Singh Badnore |
Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Praful Khoda Patel |
Administrator of Daman and Diu | Praful Khoda Patel |
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi | Anil Baijal |
Administrator of Lakshadweep | Farooq Khan |
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry | Kiran Bedi |
Current Governors India,Current Governors India,Current Governors India,
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