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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

 

 

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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

 

 

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