The Telangana Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of Telangana and headed by Chief Minister of Telangana, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The term of every executive wing is for 5 years. The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS Telangana Cadre. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of government is Chief Secretary to the state government.
According to
Article 163 of the Constitution of India,This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.
According to
Article 164 of the Constitution of India,See main article: Chief Minister of Telangana. Like any Indian state, Chief Ministers of Telangana is the real head of the government and responsible for state administration. He is the leader of the parliamentary party in the legislature and heads the state cabinet. The current Chief Minister is Revanth Reddy.
As per the Constitution of India, all portfolios of state government is vested in Chief Minister, who distribute various portfolio to individual ministers whom he nominates to the State Governor. The state governor appoints individual ministers for various portfolios and departments as per advice of Chief Minister and together form the State Cabinet. As the original portfolios are vested with CM, who delegates to others upon his/her wish, actions of individual ministers are part of collective responsibility of the state cabinet and Chief Minister is responsible for actions of each minister. The state cabinet along with Chief Minister, prepares General policy and individual department policy, which will be guiding policy for day-to-day administration of each minister.
This is the current Cabinet of Telangana headed by the Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy:[1] [2] [3]
| Portfolio | Minister | Constituency | Tenure | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Chief Minister | ||||||
| Anumula Revanth Reddy | Kodangal | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Deputy Chief Minister | ||||||
| Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka | Madhira | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Cabinet Ministers | ||||||
| Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| Ponnam Prabhakar | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| Komatireddy Venkat Reddy | Nalgonda | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Konda Surekha | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| Dansari Anasuya Seethakka | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| Duddilla Sridhar Babu | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy | Palair | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Thummala Nageswara Rao | Khammam | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Damodar Raja Narasimha | Andole | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||
| Jupally Krishna Rao | Kollapur | 07 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||