List of Chief Ministers of India 2022, Powers and Functions, General Awareness

Current Chief Ministers of India 2022: The Chief Minister of India or CM of States are the Executive head of the respective State Governments. So, every aspirant of any competitive exam(SSC, UPSC, State PSC, etc.) must keep updating himself/herself with the List of Chief Ministers of India. As we are in the end of year 2022, we are providing a ”List of Chief Ministers of India 2022”. 

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Eligibility of Becoming CM

• He/she should be a citizen of India.
• Should be the member of the state legislature.
• Should be of 25 years of age or more.

Note: An individual who is not a member of the legislature can be considered the chief minister provided that they get themselves elected to the state legislature within six months from the date of their appointment. Failing to which, they might cease to be the chief minister.

Know About the Post of Chief Minister(CM)

• Article 163 of Indian constitution talks that there should be a chief minister along with council of ministers “to aid and advise the governor in the exercise of his functions”. [article 163(1)]
• As a real executive authority, chief minister is called the head of the government. Similar to the Prime minister, who is considered to be the head of the government at the Union level ; he is considered to be the head of the government, at the state level and is assisted by a group of people known as Council of Ministers.
• Appointment of a Chief minister: The chief minister is appointed by the governor who also appoints other ministers with the advice of the chief minister. Almost everything of a chief minister is similar to that of a prime minister.
• Appointment of the Chief minister is done by the governor as per Article 164 of Indian constitution. Article 164(1) also mentions that the Chief minister and the other ministers shall hold the office during the pleasure of the governor.

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Powers and Functions of the Chief Minister

With regards to the Council of Ministers

• The governor appoints only those persons as ministers who are recommended by the Chief Minister He assigns and reshuffles portfolios to ministers.
• In the event of a disagreement, he can ask a minister to resign or advise the governor to dismiss him.
• He presides over meetings of the council of ministers and has an influence on its decisions. He directs, supervises, and coordinates the activities of all ministers.
• By resigning from office, he can bring the council of ministers to an end. Since the Chief Minister is the head of the council of ministers, his resignation or death results in the council of ministers being dissolved Any other minister’s resignation or death, on the other hand, simply creates a vacancy, which the Chief Minister may or may not fill.

With regards to the Governor

• As per Article 167of Constitution of India which states about the functions of the Chief minister – Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to the governor, etc. – It states that it is the duty of the Chief Minister to communicate to the governor of the states about the decisions taken by the council of ministers in relation to the administration of the state affairs and the legislation proposals.
• To furnish to the governor the information which he wants related to the administration of the affairs of the state and the proposals for legislation.
• It is also the duty of the Chief minister, as directed by the Governor to ask the Council to consider the decision of the minister whose decision has not been considered on matter on which that minister has given his opinion.

With regards to the State Legislature

• The Chief minister can also advice the Governor to prorogue or summon the session of the state legislature.
• The Legislative assembly can be dissolved any time at the CM’s recommendation to the Governor.
• All government policies are announced by the Chief minister on the floor of the house.
• He is the Chairman of the State’s Planning Board and also by rotation serves as the Vice-chairman of the concerned zonal council, for the term of one year at a time.
• He is the chief spokesman of the state legislature and is also the member of Prime Minister’s Inter State Council and the Governing Council of NITI Aayog.
• He is known as the political head of the services.

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List of Chief Ministers of India 2022

Here is a List of Chief Ministers of India 2022:

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Removal of the Chief minister

• The Chief Minister cannot be dismissed by the Governor as long as he/she enjoys the majority support in the legislative assembly.
• The other way out that, he/she can be removed by the state legislative assembly if a no-confidence vote is passed against him/her.
• As one of the case of N.T.Rama Rao v. His Excellency The Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and Ors., N.T.R.Rao was found to be guilty of misusing his position as the Chief Minister and was removed from the office by the then Governor Thakur Ram Lal.

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FAQs on List of Chief Ministers of India 2022, Powers and Functions

Q. Who is the Present CM of Himachal Pradesh?

Ans. Current CM of Himachal Pradesh is Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

Q. Who is the present chief minister of Karnataka?

Ans. Current chief minister of Karnataka is Sri Basavaraj Bommai.

Q. Who is the present chief minister of Manipur?

Ans. The current chief minister of Manipur is N. Biren Singh.

Q. Current ruling chief minister of Meghalaya.

Ans. The current ruling chief minister of Meghalaya is Conrad Kongkal Sangma.

Q. Who is the current chief minister of Gujarat?

Bhupendra bhai Patel is the current chief minister of Gujarat.

Q. Who appoints CM?

• The chief minister is appointed by the governor who also appoints other ministers with the advice of the chief minister. Almost everything of a chief minister is similar to that of a prime minister.
• Appointment of the Chief minister is done by the governor as per Article 164 of Indian constitution. Article 164(1) also mentions that the Chief minister and the other ministers shall hold the office during the pleasure of the governor.

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