Government of Andhra Pradesh

SpeakerVacantDeputy SpeakerVacantMembers in Assembly175CouncilAndhra Pradesh Legislative CouncilChairmanKoyye Moshenu RajuDeputy ChairZakia KhanamMembers in Council58Executive branchGovernorS. Abdul NazeerChief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu (TDP)Deputy Chief MinisterPawan Kalyan (JSP)Chief SecretaryNeerab Kumar Prasad, IAS^[1]JudiciaryHigh CourtAndhra Pradesh High CourtChief JusticeDhiraj Singh Thakur

The Government of Andhra Pradesh, abbreviated as GoAP, is the state government and the administrative body responsible for the governance of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Amaravati is the capital of the state and houses the state executive, legislature and head of judiciary.

Under the Constitution of India, de jure executive authority lies with the governor, although this authority is exercised only by, or on the advice of, the chief minister, the de facto authority and the cabinet. Following elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly.

It is an elected government with 175 MLAs elected to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for a five-year term. The Government of Andhra Pradesh is a democratically elected body that governs the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Governance

Executive

The Government of Andhra Pradesh is a democratically elected body with the governor as the constitutional head. The governor who is appointed for a period of five years appoints the chief minister and his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested.

Council of Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Constituency	Tenure		Party
			Took office	Left office
Chief Minister
General Administration. Law & Order. Public Enterprises. Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	N. Chandrababu Naidu	Kuppam	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Deputy Chief Minister
Panchayati Raj. Rural Development & Rural Water Supply. Environment. Forest. Science & Technology	Pawan Kalyan	Pithapuram	12 June 2024	Incumbent		JSP
Cabinet Ministers
Human Resources Development. Information Technology. Electronics & Communication. Real Time Governance.	Nara Lokesh	Mangalagiri	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Agriculture. Co-operation. Marketing. Animal Husbandry. Dairy Development & Fisheries	Kinjarapu Atchannaidu	Tekkali	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Mines & Geology. Excise.	Kollu Ravindra	Machilipatnam	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Food & Civil Supplies. Consumer Affairs.	Nadendla Manohar	Tenali	12 June 2024	Incumbent		JSP
Municipal Administration & Urban Development.	Ponguru Narayana	Nellore City	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Home Affairs & Disaster Management.	Vangalapudi Anitha	Payakaraopeta	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Health. Family Welfare & Medical Education.	Satya Kumar Yadav	Dharmavaram	12 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Water Resources Development.	Nimmala Ramanaidu	Palakollu	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Law & Justice. Minority Welfare.	N. M. D. Farooq	Nandyala	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Endowments.	Anam Ramanarayana Reddy	Atmakuru	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Finance. Planning. Commercial Taxes. Legislative Affairs.	Payyavula Keshav	Uravakonda	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Revenue. Registration & Stamps.	Anagani Satya Prasad	Repalle	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Housing. Information & Public Relations.	Kolusu Parthasarathy	Nuzvidu	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Social Welfare. Disabled & Senior Citizen Welfare. Sachivalayam & Village Volunteer.	Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy	Kondapi	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Energy.	Gottipati Ravi Kumar	Addanki	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Tourism. Culture. Cinematography.	Kandula Durgesh	Nidadavole	12 June 2024	Incumbent		JSP
Women & Child Welfare. Tribal Welfare.	Gummadi Sandhya Rani	Saluru	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Roads & Buildings. Infrastructure & Investments.	B.C. Janardhan Reddy	Banaganapalle	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Industries & Commerce. Food Processing.	T. G. Bharath	Kurnool	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
B.C. Welfare. Economically Weaker Sections Welfare. Handlooms & Textiles.	S. Savitha	Penukonda	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Labour. Factories. Boilers & Insurance Medical Services.	Vasamsetti Subhash	Ramachandrapuram	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises. Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty. NRI Empowerment & Relations.	Kondapalli Srinivas	Gajapathinagaram	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Transport. Youth & Sports.	Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy	Rayachoti	12 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP

Employees

State has about 8 lakh employees. This comprises 5.6 lakh regular employees (1.3 lakh new employees at village and ward Secretariate) employees), 2 lakh contract and outsourcing employees, apart from more than 60,000 employees working in corporations and public sector undertakings.^[2]

Legislature

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is currently bicameral consisting of:

• Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly: 175 members (MLAs)
• Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council: 58 members (MLCs)

Judiciary

High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad was the highest court of appeal at the state level till 2019. After Andhra Pradesh High Court was inaugurated in Amaravati on 1 January 2019, it became the High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh. It has subordinate Civil and Criminal Courts in every District.^[3] Decisions of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh can be appealed in the Supreme Court of India.

Emblem

The emblem consists of “Dhamma Chakra" (Wheel of law), decorated with a string of triratnas alternating with pinnate leaves and precious stones. Three circles of decorative beads surround the wheel. “Purna Ghataka” (The vase of plenty) is at the hub of the wheel. The national emblem is at the bottom. The word ‘Andhra Pradesh Prabhutvam’ (Government of Andhra Pradesh) in Telugu script is at the top. It is flanked by the word "Andhra Pradesh" written in English and Devanagari lipi. The word 'Satyameva Jayathe' in Telugu scripts appears at the bottom.^[4][5]

See also

• List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
• Politics of Andhra Pradesh

References

External links

• Andhra Pradesh State Website Archived 20 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine
• NIC, Andhra Pradesh