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According to Article 154 of the Constitution of India, the Governors of the State is the constitutional head of the state, appointed by the President of the country for a time of five years. They are the appointed heads of the state governments and executive decisions of the state are taken and implemented under the governor’s name. Nevertheless, the governor is not in power to take decisions on their own and has to acknowledge and discuss the matters of State with the elected council of members led by the Chief Minister of the state. If compared, the responsibilities of a state governor are very similar to that of the President of the country. While the President has power over the entire nation and mostly takes suggestions from the cabinet of ministers led by the Prime Minister in the central government, the Governor does the same over a state and takes ideas from the state government.
Responsibilities of a State Governor
Being the official head of a state, a Governor has a variety of powers, duties, and responsibilities. They are the nominal head of the state and have the following kinds of powers:
Legislative Powers:
Executive Powers:
Discretionary Powers:
List of governors in India state wise
State | Governor |
|---|---|
“Andhra Pradesh” | “Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan” |
“Arunachal Pradesh” | “B. D. Mishra” |
“Assam” | “Jagdish Mukhi” |
“Bihar” | “Phagu Chauhan” |
“Chhattisgarh” | “Anusuiya Uikey” |
“Goa” | “P. S. Sreedharan Pillai” |
“Gujarat” | “Acharya Devvrat” |
“Haryana” | “Bandaru Dattatreya” |
“Himachal Pradesh” | “Rajendra Arlekar” |
“Jharkhand” | “Ramesh Bais” |
“Karnataka” | “Thawar Chand Gehlot” |
“Kerala” | “Arif Mohammad Khan” |
”Madhya Pradesh” | “Mangubhai C. Patel” |
“Maharashtra” | “Bhagat Singh Koshyari” |
“Manipur” | “La. Ganesan” |
“Meghalaya” | “Satya Pal Malik” |
“Mizoram” | “Kambhampati Hari Babu” |
“Nagaland” | “Jagdish Mukhi” |
“Odisha” | “Ganeshi Lal” |
“Punjab” | “Banwarilal Purohit” |
“Rajasthan” | “Kalraj Mishra” |
“Sikkim” | “Ganga Prasad” |
“Tamil Nadu” | “R. N. Ravi” |
“Telangana” | “Tamilisai Soundararajan” |
“Tripura” | “Satyadev Narayan Arya” |
“Uttar Pradesh” | “Anandiben Patel” |
“Uttarakhand” | “Gurmit Singh” |
“West Bengal” | “Jagdeep Dhankhar” |
Table 1: State wise list of Governor in India
The above table represents the names of Governors of different states in India who play a significant role to protect Indian constitution laws and provide better facilities for the country’s people. The Governor is appointed as ahead of the state government and the Chief Minister is required to take permission of the Governor before formulating laws and administrative action. Governors of each stage are appointed by the Indian President for five years in a state. The state government is required to take signatures from the Governors to pass a bill in parliament.
Conclusion
The Governors of the state are nominal heads who help in running, functioning and ruling their jurisdictions. They participate in discussions about laws and all the final decisions of the state are taken under the governor’s name. Although they can only act upon the counsel of the chief minister and cabinet ministers, they are important to maintain the sovereignty and integrity of the state.
