State-wise List of Chief Minister and Governor
The list of state-wise chief ministers and the governor is important for the students who are preparing for competitive exams like SBI PO, SSC, banking, etc. In The table below we have included all the states and their governor and chief ministers. We have also included the chief minister and governors of union territories. Further in the article, you can also check out the selection process and powers of the chief minister and governor of India.
States and Capitals of India 2022
| States | Chief Minister | Governer |
| Andhra Pradesh | Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | Biswabhushan Harichandan |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Pema Khandu | Brigadier B.D Mishra (retd) |
| Assam | Himanta Biswa Sarma | Jagdish Mukhi |
| Bihar | Nitish Kumar | Phagu Chauhan |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhupesh Bhagel | Anusuiya Uikey |
| Goa | Pramod Sawant | PS Sreedharan Pillai |
| Gujarat | Vijay Rupani | Acharaya Devvrat |
| Haryana | Manohar Lal Khattar | Bandaru Dattatreya |
| Himachal Pradesh | Jai Ram Thakur | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar |
| Jharkhand | Hemant Soren | Ramesh Bais |
| Karnataka | Sri Basavaraj Bommai | Thawar Chand Gehlot |
| Kerala | Pinarayi Vijayan | Arif Mohammed Khan |
| Madhya Pradesh | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel |
| Maharastra | Uddhav Thackeray | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
| Manipur | N. Biren Singh | Shri La. Ganesan |
| Meghalaya | Conrad Kongkal Sangma | Satya Pal Malik |
| Mizoram | Zoramthanga | Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu |
| Nagaland | Neiphiu Rio | R.N Ravi |
| Odisha | Naveen Patnaik | Prof. Ganesh Lal Mathur |
| Punjab | Captain Amrinder Singh | Shri Banwarilal Purohit |
| Rajasthan | Ashok Gehlot | Kalraj Mishra |
| Sikkim | Prem Singh Tamang (PS Golay) | Ganga Prasad |
| Tamil Nadu | M.K Stalin | Banwarilal purohit |
| Telangana | K.Chandrashekhar Rao | Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan |
| Tripura | Biplab Kumar Deb | Satyadev Narayan Arya |
| Uttar Pradesh | Yogi Adityanath | Anandiben Patel |
| Uttarakhand | Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami | Baby Rani Maurya |
| West Bengal | Mamata Banerjee | Jagdeep Dhankar |
| Union Territory | Governor | Capital |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Shri. Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant Governor) | Port Blair |
| Chandigarh | Shri. V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator) | Chandigarh |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Shri Praful Patel (Administrator) | Daman |
| Delhi | Shri Anil Baijal (Lieutenant Governor) | New Delhi Jammu |
| JammuJammu Jammu and Kashmir | Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor) | Srinagar |
| Lakshadweep | Shri Praful Patel (Administrator) | Kavaratti |
| Puducherry | Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan | Puducherry |
| Ladakh | Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (Lieutenant Governor) | Leh |
The governor in India is appointed by the president. The central government is responsible for the nomination of the government for each state. There is no indirect or direct election for the appointment of governor unlike the elections for president. The office of a governor is an independent constitutional office the governor doesn’t serve the union government.
The governor only needs to meet two qualifications one he should be an Indian citizen and the other he should be 35 years old or more. There are two conventions that the government follows to nominate a governor that is the person who is going to be appointed as the governor must not belong to the state, he shall be an outsider with having no relations with the state. The other one is the consultation of the chief minister is taken before the appointment of a governor by the president. He is the executive head of the state he is appointed to. All the executive actions that are performed in the state are in the name of the governor.
Selection and Powers of Chief Minister in India
There is no specific procedure for the selection and appointment of the chief minister of a state as per the constitution of India. According to article 164, the Government of a state appoints the chief minister. There are a few qualifications that a person needs to become a chief minister of India. The person must be a citizen of India, he must have completed 25 years of age, and must be a member of any house either the legislative assembly or the legislative council. A citizen of India who is not a member of the legislative assembly or legislative council has to get himself elected within 6 months from the date of their appointment, if the person fails the procedure, he would not be considered the chief minister.
The powers given to the chief minister are that he can allocate and reshuffle the portfolios among ministers, if the chief minister resigns the full cabinet has to resign with him, guides controls and direct activities of all the ministers, if there is any difference of opinion he can ask the minister to resign, he advises the government to appoint any person as a minister.
FAQs related to chief ministers and Governors of India
1. What are the powers of the governor of a state?
Ans. Every executive action that is taken by the state government is under the name of the governor. The governor appoints the advocate general of the state and their remuneration. He also appoints the state election commissioner, vice-chancellors of the universities in the state, chairman, and members of the state public service commission.
2. Who appoints the governor of a state in India?
Ans. In India, the governor of a state is appointed by the president of India for a term of 5 years. The governor is the head of all the state governments and all the executive actions are taken in the name of the governor.
3. Which union Territories have chief ministers?
Ans. Only two union territories that are Delhi and Puducherry have chief ministers. The chief minister of Delhi is Arvind Kejriwal and the chief minister of Puducherry is N. Rangaswamy.
