Government of Uttar Pradesh

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{{Short description|Supreme executive body of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{infobox government
| image = Seal of Uttar Pradesh.svg
| division_type = [[Seat of government|Seat of Government]]
| division = [[Lucknow]]
| leader_type = [[Governor (India)|Governor]]
| leader_title = [[Anandiben Patel]]<ref name="Governor of UP">{{cite web |title= The Governor of Uttar Pradesh |url= http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/governor_current.htm |website= uplegisassembly.gov.in |publisher= Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |access-date= 12 April 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170503081924/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/governor_current.htm |archive-date= 3 May 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
| leader_type2 = [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
| leader_title2 = [[Yogi Adityanath]] ([[BJP]])
| leader_type3 = [[List of current Indian deputy chief ministers|Deputy Chief Minister]]
| leader_title3 = [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]) <br />Dr. [[Dinesh Sharma (politician)|Dinesh Sharma]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| leader_type4 = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]]
| leader_title4 = [[Rajendra Kumar Tiwari]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajendra-kumar-tiwari-takes-charge-acting-up-chief|title=Rajendra Kumar Tiwari takes charge as acting UP chief secretary|date=1 September 2019|website=[[India Today]]|via=[[India Today]]}}</ref>
| legislature_label = [[State legislative assemblies of India|Assembly]]
| legislature = {{ubl|[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]|}}
| speaker_label = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| speaker = [[Hriday Narayan Dikshit]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| members_in_assembly_label = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Members in Assembly]]
| members_in_assembly = 404 (403 elected + 1 nominated)
| legislative_council_label = [[State legislative councils of India|Council]]
| legislative_council = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| chairman_label = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Chairman]]
| chairman = [[Ramesh Yadav]] ([[Samajwadi Party|SP]])
| members_in_council_label = [[Member of the Legislative Council (India)|Members in Council]]
| members_in_council = 100
| branch4 = [[Judiciary of India|Judiciary]]
| court_name = [[High courts of India|High Court]]
| court = [[Allahabad High Court]]
| chief_justice_label = [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief Justice]]
| chief_justice = [[Judge|Justice]] [[Rajesh Bindal]]
}}

The '''Government of Uttar Pradesh''' is a democratically elected state government in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] with the [[governor]] as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the [[President of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://upgovernor.gov.in/upgovernor.gov.in/roleofgov.htm|title=Role of The Governor|website=upgovernor.gov.in|publisher=Raj Bhavan Uttar Pradesh|access-date=17 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407230227/http://www.upgovernor.gov.in/upgovernor.gov.in/roleofgov.htm|archive-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Governor of Uttar Pradesh]] is appointed for a period of five years and appoints the chief minister and his or her council of ministers, who are vested with the executive powers of the state. The governor remains a ceremonial head of the state, while the chief minister and his or her council are responsible for day-to-day government functions. The state of Uttar Pradesh's influence on Indian politics is important, and often paramount and/or a [[bellwether]], as it sends the most [[Member of parliament (India)|members of parliament]] to both the [[Lok Sabha]] and the [[Rajya Sabha]], the state's population being more than 200 million; approximately double that of the next-most populous state.

==Legislature==
{{Main|Uttar Pradesh Legislature (Vidhan Bhawan)|Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council}}
The state is governed by a [[parliamentary system]] of [[representative democracy]]. Uttar Pradesh is one of the seven states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses: the [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) and the [[Vidhan Parishad]] (legislative council).<ref name="vidhan parishad">{{cite web|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/UttarPradesh-LC.htm|title=Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad structure|website=Legislative Bodies of India|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417175655/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/UttarPradesh-LC.htm|archive-date=17 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Vidhan Sabha">{{cite web|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/UTTAR%20PRADESH.htm|title=Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha structure|website=Legislative Bodies of India|publisher=[[Government of India]]|url-status=dead|access-date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417175232/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/UTTAR%20PRADESH.htm|archive-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> The [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] consists of 404 members who are elected for five-year terms. The [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]] is a permanent body of 100 members with one-third (33 members) retiring every two years. Since Uttar Pradesh sends the most legislators to the national Parliament, it is often considered to be one of the most important states with respect to Indian politics.<ref name="elections">{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/02/2012286478579763.html|title=Legislative elections in Uttar Pradesh|last=Four other states seen as barometer of support for federal government.|publisher=[[Al Jazeera]]|access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> The state contributes 80 seats to the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]], the [[Lok Sabha]] and 31 seats to the upper house, the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/memberstatewise.aspx|title=Statewise List|publisher=164.100.47.5|access-date=2015-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/faq/freaq1.asp|title=Rajya Sabha|publisher=Rajya Sabha|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130724045633/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/faq/freaq1.asp|archive-date=24 July 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-07-29|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Grover1989">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRqrO0Hx0Y0C&pg=PA37|title=Legislative Council in State Legislatures|author=Verinder Grover|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=978-81-7100-193-4|pages=37–255|access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/rsat_work/chapter-2.pdf|title=Composition of Rajya Sabha|work=Rajya Sabha|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat|location=New Delhi|pages=24–25|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305020442/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/rsat_work/chapter-2.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=15 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Executive==
The government is headed by the governor who appoints the chief minister and his or her council of ministers. The governor is appointed for a period of five years and acts as the constitutional head of the state. The governor remains the ceremonial head of the state with the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his or her council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested.

The council of ministers consists of cabinet ministers and ministers of state. The Secretariat headed by the [[Chief secretary (India)|chief secretary]] assists the council of ministers.<ref name=":23">{{Cite web|url=http://up.gov.in/upconstitution.aspx|title=CONSTITUTIONAL SETUP|website=Government of Uttar Pradesh|url-status=dead|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-date=31 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831000649/http://up.gov.in/upconstitution.aspx}}</ref><ref name=":64">{{Cite book|title=Governance in India (2nd Edition)|last=Laxmikanth|first=M.|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill Education]]|year=2014|isbn=978-9339204785|location=[[Noida]]|pages=4.1–4.5}}</ref> The chief secretary is also the administrative head of the government.<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":64" />

Each government department is headed by a Minister, who is assisted by an [[Additional Chief Secretary|additional chief secretary]] or a [[Principal secretary (India)|principal secretary]], who usually is an officer of [[Indian Administrative Service]], the additional chief secretary or principal secretary serves as the administrative head of the department they are assigned to.<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":64" /> Each department also has officers of the rank of secretary, special secretary, joint secretary etc. assisting the minister and the [[additional chief secretary]] or [[Principal secretary (India)|principal secretary]].<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":64" />

=== Council of ministers ===
<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://information.up.nic.in/Module_View.aspx?id_view=270|title=कैबिनेट मंत्री|website=Government of Uttar Pradesh|trans-title=Cabinet Ministers|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://upcmo.up.nic.in/cabinet_minister.htm|title=Cabinet Ministers|website=[[Uttar Pradesh]] CMO|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Government]]|access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=http://information.up.nic.in/Module_View.aspx?id_view=269|title=राज्य मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार)|website=Government of Uttar Pradesh|trans-title=State Ministers (Independent Charge)|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://upcmo.up.nic.in/state_minister_ic.htm|title=Ministers Of State (Independent Charge)|website=[[Uttar Pradesh]] CMO|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Government]]|access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=http://information.up.nic.in/Module_View.aspx?id_view=268|title=राज्य मंत्री|website=Government of Uttar Pradesh|trans-title=State Ministers|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://upcmo.up.nic.in/state_minister.htm|title=State Ministers|website=[[Uttar Pradesh]] CMO|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Government]]|access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Council of ministers of the Government of Uttar Pradesh<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":8" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
!S.No.
!Name of Minister
!Rank
!Portfolio
|-
! colspan="4" |Cabinet ministers<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":0" />
|-
|1.
|[[Yogi Adityanath]]
|Chief minister
|Home, Housing and Urban Planning, Revenue, Food and Civil Supplies, Food Safety and Drug Administration, Economics and Statistics, Geology and Mining, Tax Registration, Jail, General Administration, Secretariat Administration, Confidential, Vigilance, Appointment, Personnel, Information, Election, Institutional Finance, Planning, State Property, Town Land, Uttar Pradesh Restructuring Coordination, Administrative Reform, Program Implementation, National Integration, Infrastructure, Language, External Aided Project, Scarcity, Relief and Rehabilitation, Public service Management , Rent Control, Consumer Protection, Weights and Measures, Protocol, Technical Education, Sainik Welfare, Home Guard, P.R.D, Civil Defence
|-
|2.
|[[Keshav Prasad Maurya]]
|Deputy chief minister
|Public Works Department, Food Processing,Entertainment Tax, Public Enterprises
|-
|3.
|[[Dinesh Sharma (politician)|Dinesh Sharma]]
|Deputy chief minister
|Secondary Education and Higher Education, Science and Technology, Electronics, Information Technology
|-
|4.
|Shri Surya Pratap Shahi
| rowspan="22" |Cabinet minister
|Agriculture, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Research
|-
|5.
|Shri Suresh Kumar Khanna
|Health
|-
|6.
|Shri Swami Prasad Maurya
|Labour, Employment, Coordination
|-
|7.
|Shri Satish Mahana
|Industrial Development
|-
|8.
|Shri Dara Singh Chauhan
|Forest, Environment, Zoological Garden
|-
|9.
|Shri Ramapati Shastri
|Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Tribal Welfare
|-
|10.
|Shri Jai Pratap Singh
|Medical and Health, Family Welfare, Mother and Child Welfare
|-
|11.
|Shri Brijesh Pathak
|Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering Service
|-
|12.
|Shri Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary
|Dairy Development, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries
|-
|13.
|Shri Shrikant Sharma
|Energy, Additional Sources Of Energy
|-
|14.
|Shri Rajendra Pratap Singh (Moti Singh)
|Rural Development, Overall Village Development
|-
|15.
|Shri SidharthNath Singh
|Khadi and Villages Industries, Sericulture Industries, Handloom and Textile, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise, Export Promotion, NRI, Investment Promotion
|-
|16.
|Shri Mukut Bihari Verma
|Cooperative
|-
|17.
|Shri Ashutosh Tandon
|Urban Development, Overall Urban Development, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation
|-
|18.
|Shri Nand Gopal Gupta "Nandi"
|Civil Aviation, Political Pension, Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj
|-
|19.
|Dr. Mahendra Singh
|Jal Shakti, Flood Control
|-
|20.
|Shri Suresh Rana
|Excise and Liquor prohibition
|-
|21.
|Shri Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary
|Panchayati Raj
|-
|22.
|Shri Anil Rajbhar
|Backward Class Welfare, Divyangjan Empowerment
|-
|23.
|Shri Shriram Naresh Agnihotri
|Excise, Prohibition
|-
! colspan="4" |Ministers of state<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":3" />
|-
|24.
|Shri. Upendra Tiwari
| rowspan="13" |State minister
|Sports, Youth Welfare, Panchayati Raj(MOS)
|-
|25.
|Shri Dharam Singh Saini
|AYUSH, Food Security and Drug Administration(MOS)
|-
|26,
|Smt. Swati Singh
|Women's Welfare, Child Development & Nutrition(MOS)
|-
|27.
|Dr. Neelkanth Tiwari
|Tourism, Culture, Religious Affairs, Protocol(MOS)
|-
|28.
|Shri Kapil Dev Agarwal
|Vocational Education, Skill Development
|-
|29.
|Shri. Satish Chandra Dwivedi
|Basic Education
|-
|30.
|Shri. Ashok Kataria
|Transport, Parliamentary Affairs(MOS)
|-
|31.
|Sri Sriram Chauhan
|Horticulture, Agricultural Exports, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Foreign Trade
|-
|32.
|Shri Ravindra Jaiswal
|Stamp and Court Fee, Registration
|-
|}

==Judiciary==
{{See also|Allahabad High Court}}
The judiciary in the state consists of the [[Allahabad High Court]] in [[Allahabad]], the [[Lucknow]] Bench of [[Allahabad High Court]], district courts and session courts in each district or Sessions Division, and lower courts at the [[tehsil]] level.<ref name=":23" /><ref name="courts">{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/uttar-pradesh/local-government/judiciary.html|title=Uttar Pradesh judiciary|publisher=Maps of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904072538/http://www.mapsofindia.com/uttar-pradesh/local-government/judiciary.html|archive-date=4 September 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=19 September 2012}}</ref> The [[President of India]] appoints the chief justice of the High Court of the Uttar Pradesh judiciary on the advice of the Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]] as well as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=":23" /><ref name="BhargavaBhatt2005">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCG5hGZ-hJsC&pg=PA31|title=Land and people of Indian states and union territories. 28. Uttar Pradesh|author1=Gopal K. Bhargava|author2=Shankarlal C. Bhatt|publisher=Gyan Books Pvt Ltd|year=2005|isbn=978-81-7835-384-5|location=[[Delhi]]|pages=31–33|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> Other judges are appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Chief Justice of the High Court.<ref name=":23" /><ref name="courts" /> ''Subordinate Judicial Service'', categorized into two divisions viz. Uttar Pradesh civil judicial services and Uttar Pradesh higher judicial service is another vital part of the judiciary of Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=":23" /><ref name="BhargavaBhatt2005" /> While the Uttar Pradesh civil judicial services comprise the Civil Judges (Junior Division)/Judicial Magistrates and civil judges (Senior Division)/Chief Judicial Magistrate, the Uttar Pradesh higher judicial service comprises civil and sessions judges.<ref name=":23" /> The Subordinate Judicial Service (viz. The district court of [[Etawah]] and the district court of Kanpur Dehat) of the judiciary at Uttar Pradesh is controlled by the District Judge.<ref name=":23" /><ref name="BhargavaBhatt2005" /><ref name="Civil Judiciary">{{cite web|url=http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/event/TheHistoryRoleSubordinateJudiciaryBBPrasad.pdf|title=Subordinate Civil Judiciary in Uttar Pradesh|publisher=[[Allahabad High Court]]|access-date=19 September 2012}}</ref>

==Administration==
{{See also|Divisions of Uttar Pradesh|Districts of Uttar Pradesh}}

=== Divisional administration ===
The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is made up of 75 administrative districts, that are grouped into 18 [[Administrative divisions of Uttar Pradesh|divisions]]. Each division consists of 3-7 districts. A [[Divisional commissioner (India)|divisional commissioner]], an officer of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) is responsible for heading the administration of a division, the Divisional minister is also responsible for the collection of revenue and maintenance of law and order in his or her division.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|url=http://up.gov.in/upconstitution.aspx|title=Constitutional Setup|website=Government of Uttar Pradesh|url-status=dead|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-date=31 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831000649/http://up.gov.in/upconstitution.aspx}}</ref><ref name=":42">{{Cite book|title=Indian Administration (6th Edition)|last=Maheshwari|first=S.R.|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.|year=2000|isbn=9788125019886|location=[[New Delhi]]|pages=563–572}}</ref><ref name=":52">{{Cite book|title=Revenue administration in India: A case study of Bihar|last=Singh|first=G.P.|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1993|isbn=978-8170993810|location=[[Delhi]]|pages=26–129}}</ref><ref name=":62">{{Cite book|title=Governance in India (2nd Edition)|last=Laxmikanth|first=M.|publisher=McGraw Hill Education|year=2014|isbn=978-9339204785|location=[[Noida]]|pages=5.1–5.2}}</ref>

There are also eight police zones and eighteen police ranges in the state. Each zone consists of 2-3 ranges and is headed by an [[Additional director general of police|additional director general]]-ranked officer of the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS). Whereas a range consists of three to four districts and is headed by an [[Inspector-general of police|inspector general]]-ranked or a [[Deputy inspector general of police|deputy inspector general]]-ranked IPS officer.

===District administration===
A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a [[District collector (India)|district magistrate and collector]] (DM), an IAS officer. The district magistrate is responsible for coordinating the work between various departments in the district, is responsible for law and order in the district and is also given the power of an executive magistrate. The DM is assisted by a number of officers belonging to the [[Provincial Civil Service (Uttar Pradesh)|Provincial Civil Service]] and other state services.<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|title=Indian Administration (6th Edition)|last=Maheshwari|first=S.R.|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.|year=2000|isbn=9788125019886|location=[[New Delhi]]|pages=573–597}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book|title=Governance in India (2nd Edition)|last=Laxmikanth|first=M.|publisher=McGraw Hill Education|year=2014|isbn=978-9339204785|location=[[Noida]]|pages=6.1–6.6}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title=Revenue administration in India: A case study of Bihar|last=Singh|first=G.P.|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1993|isbn=978-8170993810|location=[[Delhi]]|pages=50–124}}</ref>

A [[Superintendent of police (India)|senior superintendent of police]] or superintendent of police, a gazetted officer (PPS or IPS in case of SP and IPS in case of SSP) of Uttar Pradesh Cadre, is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He or she is assisted by other junior to SSP/SP rank IPS and PPS gazetted officers in addition to [[Uttar Pradesh Police]] non-gazetted officials.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

A divisional forest officer, an officer belonging to the [[Indian Forest Service]], in the rank of deputy conservator of forests, is responsible for managing the forests, the environment, and wildlife-related issues of the district with the assistance of the Uttar Pradesh Forest Service.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as public works, health, education, agriculture, [[animal husbandry]], etc. These officers belong to the various state services. These officers have to report to the DM of the district.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==Politics==
The politics of Uttar Pradesh is dominated by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], [[Samajwadi Party]], and the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], The Azad Samaj Party[Kanshiram], The Bharatiya Janata Party occupies the current government headed by Chief Minister [[Yogi Adityanath]].

==See also==
* [[Governors of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
{{Refbegin|30em}}
* {{Cite book|title=Revenue administration in India: A case study of Bihar|last=Singh|first=G.P.|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1993|isbn=978-8170993810|location=[[Delhi]]}}
* {{Cite book|title=Indian Administration (6th Edition)|last=Maheshwari|first=S.R.|publisher=Orient Blackswan Private Ltd.|year=2000|isbn=9788125019886|location=[[New Delhi]]}}
* {{Cite book|title=Governance in India (2nd Edition)|last=Laxmikanth|first=M.|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill Education]]|year=2014|isbn=978-9339204785|location=[[Noida]]}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
*[http://up.gov.in/ Official Website of Government of Uttar Pradesh]
*[http://uphome.gov.in/ Official Website of Department of Home of Government of Uttar Pradesh]

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