State Government: Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers

The Chief Minister is the chief adviser to the Governor. Generally the Governor exercises all his functions on the advice of the Chief Minister.

The policies and workings of the different ministries are monitored and co-ordinate by Chief Minister. He summons and presides over the meetings of the Council of Ministers.

The Governor may feel that the Anglo-Indian community is not adequately represented in the Legislative Assembly. In such a case, Article 333 empowers the Governor to nominate one member of the Anglo-Indian community to the Legislative Assembly of the State.

Governor appoints the chief minister and on his advice, other ministers and several important state officials such as the advocate general.

The states of India are governed by State governments through a cabinet comprising council of ministers. The council is headed by the Chief Minister appointed by the Governor. The Governor appoints other council ministers on the advice of the Chief Minister. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.

As the manager of State and the leader of Assembly, Governor is responsible for appointment of Chief minister.

• 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.

Under the Article of 158 of Constitution of India. The person should be at least  35 year old.

The primary function of the governor is to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law as incorporated in his/her oath of office under Article 159 of the Indian constitution in the administration of the State affairs.

The President of India appoints the governors of the states for a period of five years. The governor acts as the nominal head of the state. Chief ministers are appointed by the governor but they hold real power of the states.

On the advice of the Chief Minister, the Governor can dismiss a minister but he cannot dismiss the ministry collectively. The words "during the pleasure of the Governor" in reality mean the pleasure of the legislative assembly. The right to expel the ministry collectively belongs to the assembly and not to the Governor. However, in all cases of dismissal of the Chief Minister, a minister or the entire ministry, the decision of the Governor is final and cannot be challenged in any court of law.

In this case, the Governor exercises his discretionary powers as the bill affects the condition of citizenship as drawn out in the Constitution of India. He sends this bill passed by the State legislature for the consideration of the President.

The Council of Ministers includes all categories of ministers. The Cabinet is a subset which consists of a few important senior ministers who are in charge of separate departments. The Cabinet can be seen as “a wheel within a wheel” with respect to the council of ministers.

The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years and holds office at the President's pleasure. The Constitution endows the Governor with the executive power of the State. However, the Governor acts as a nominal head, and the real executive powers are exercised by the  Chief Minister along with the Council of Ministers.

At present, in terms of salary, the President gets Rs 1.50 lakh per month, the Vice-President Rs 1.25 lakh and a Governor of a state Rs 1.10 lakh. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years and holds office at the President's pleasure.

The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years and holds office at the President's pleasure. To be a governor, a person should have following qualifications:
• He/she must be a citizen of India
• He/she must be at least 35 years of age
• He/she must not be a member of either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.

The Constitution endows the Governor with the executive power of the State. However, the Governor acts as a nominal head, and the real executive powers are exercised by the Chief Minister along with the Council of Ministers. He/she is appointed by the President and holds his office during the pleasure of the latter. A Governor's normal term of office is five years. However, he can be removed by the President at any time without assigning any cause.