Saturday, September 6, 2008

Haryana Cabinet

Haryana is a small state of India. Like all other states of India, the head of the state of Haryana is the Governor, appointed by the President of India. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of the state government and is vested with most of the executive powers. State has cabinet of 13 ministers (including CM) and 10 parliamentry secretaries support this cabinet. It has 10 parliamentry constituencies and 90 assembly constituencies. Six MP’s are elected for Upper House i.e. Rajya Sabha.
Governor Dr. A.R. Kidwai, Raj Bhawan, Haryana Raj Bhawan

Phones: 0172-2740654 (O), 0172-2740643 (R)
Chief Minister Sh. Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Phones: 0172-2740396 (O), 0172-2740596 (R)
Dy. Chief Minister Sh. Chandermohan Bishnoi
Finanace Minister Sh. Birender Singh ( other portfolio’s : Excise & Taxation )
Power Minister Sh. Randeep Singh ( other portfolio’s : parliamentary affairs; )
Education & Transport Sh. Mangeram Gupta
Industry Minister Sh. Lachhman Das Arora
Agriculture Minister Sh. Harmohinder Singh Chatha
Technical Education Sh. A.C.Choudhary ( other portfolio’s : Urban Local Bodies )
Irrigation & Elections Capt. Ajay Yadav
Health & Medical Education Smt Kartar Devi
Beside these Cabinet Ministers there are three ministers of State.
Tourism, Forests & Sports Smt Kiran Chaudhary
Revenue & Disaster Management Smt Savitri Jindal
Archeology & Museums Smt Meena Mandal
One Chief Parliamentary Secretery and nine Parliamentary Secreteries support this Cabinet.
Chief Parliament Secretary Sh. Dharmveer Singh
(portfolio include Development & Panchayats Public Relations & Cultural Affairs)
Other parliament secretaries are :
Sh. Ramesh Kaushik PWD (B&R)
Sh. Dillu Ram Technical Education, Architecture, Urban Local Bodies
Sh. Rao Dan Singh Transport
Dr. Krishna Pandit Health & Medical Education Admnistration of Justice & Hospitality
Sh. Param Vir Singh Home
Smt. Sharda Rathore Education, Employment
Sh. Ram Kishan Gujjar Irrigation, Power, Civil Aviation
Sh. Anil Thakar Revenue & Disaster Management
Sh. Dura Ram Agriculture, Jails
Administrative Structure :
The state is divided into four divisions for administrative purpose - Ambala, Rohtak, Gurgaon and Hisar Division. There are 21 districts, 49 sub-divisions, 67 tehsils, 45 sub-tehsils and 116 blocks. Haryana has a total of 81 cities and towns. It has 6,759 villages.

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