Current Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories
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www.gradeup.co 1 www.gradeup.co • President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has appointed new Governors for eight states. The new governors have been appointed for states including Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Tripura, Jharkhand, Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh. While some of the current governors have been transferred to new states, in some others new appointments have been made. • The Governors and Lieutenant governors are appointed by the President of India. The Governors and Lieutenant governors are executive heads of the states and the union territories respectively. There are 28 states and 8 union territories in India. President appoints new Governors for eight states: • Thawarchand Gehlot has been appointed as the new Governor of Karnataka. • Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel will be the new Governor of Madhya Pradesh. • Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati will be Governor of Mizoram. • Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. • Mizoram Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai has been appointed as the new Governor of Goa. • Haryana Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya will now be the Governor of Tripura. • Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais is the new Governor of Jharkhand. • Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatraya has been transferred and appointed as new Governor of Haryana. Interesting Facts about Governors of India • First governor-general of Bengal: Warren Hastings • First governor-general of India: Lord William Bentinck • First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning • Last Viceroy of British India: Lord Mountbatten • The first governor-general of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten • First Indian governor-general of Independent India: C. Rajagopalachari • The first female to become the governor of the Indian state: Sarojini Naidu • Longest-serving governor of a state: Padmaja Naidu (11 years in West Bengal) List of Governors of States in India First Governor of State after First Women States Current Governor Independence Governor Sharda Andhra Pradesh Biswa Bhusan Harichandan Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Mukherjee Arunachal B.D. Mishra Bhishma Narain Singh - Pradesh Assam Jagdish Mukhi Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari - Bihar Phagu Chauhan Jairamdas Daulatram - Chhattisgarh Anusuiya Uikey D. N. Sahay Anusuiya Uikey Maj Gen K. P. Candeth (Military Goa PS Sreedharan Pillai - Governor) 2 www.gradeup.co Sharda Gujarat Acharya Dev Vrat Mehdi Nawaz Jung Mukherjee Haryana Bandaru Dattatraya Dharma Vira - Himachal Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar S. Chakravarti Sheila Kaul Pradesh Jharkhand Ramesh Bais Parbhat Kumar Draupadi Murmu Karnataka Thawarchand Gehlot Jayachamaraja Wodeyar V. S. Ramadevi Jyothi Kerala Arif Mohammed Khan Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Venkatachalam Madhya Pradesh Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya Sarla Grewal Vijayalakshmi Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari Sir John Colville Pandit Manipur Najma Heptulla B. K. Nehru Najma Heptulla Meghalaya Satya Pal Malik Braj Kumar Nehru - Mizoram Hari Babu Kambhampati S.P.Mukherjee - Nagaland R.N.Ravi Vishnu Sahay - Odisha Ganeshi Lal Dr. Kailash Nath Katju - Punjab V. P. Singh Badnore Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi - Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra Gurumukh Nihal Singh Pratibha Patil Sikkim Ganga Prasad B.B. Lal - Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit General Sir Archibald Edward Nye Fathima Beevi Telangana Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan E. S. L. Narasimhan - 3 www.gradeup.co Tripura Satyadev Narayan Arya B. K. Nehru - Sarojini Naidu (United Province), Sarojini Naidu Uttar Pradesh Anandi Ben Patel Sri Hormasji Peroshaw Mody (United (When renamed as Uttar Pradesh) Province) Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya Surjit Singh Barnala - West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari Padmaja Naidu Current Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories of India First woman Current Lieutenant First Lieutenant Union Territories Lieutenant Governor/Administrators Governor Governor Andaman and Nicobar Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar - - Islands Joshi (LG) Chandigarh V. P. Singh Badnore (Admin) - - Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu Praful Khoda Patel (Admin) - - (Merged into single UT as on 26 January 2020) Delhi Anil Baijal (LG) Aditya Nath Jha - Jammu & Kashmir Manoj Sinha (LG) Praful Khoda Patel (Additional Lakshadweep - - Charge) Tamilisai Soundararajan Puducherry S.L. Silam Chandrawati (Additional Charge) Ladakh Radha Krishna Mathur (LG) Now, Let's discuss the eligibility criteria, tenure, duty, and powers of Governors. Who can be appointed as the Governor? Article 153, in Part VI of the Indian constitution, says, "There shall be a Governor for each State. Provided that nothing in this Article shall prevent the appointment of the same person as Governor for two or more States." It means one person can be appointed as Governor for two or more states. A candidate can only be appointed as the governor of any State/UT, If he/she fulfills the following conditions, as written in article 157 & 158: 1. The Governor shall be a citizen of India. 2. The Governor shall be of age 35 years and more. 4 www.gradeup.co 3. The Governor shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State specified in the First Schedule, and if a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any such State be appointed Governor, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as Governor. 4. The Governor shall not hold any other office of profit. What is the term of Governor's office? The term which is defined under article 156 of the Indian constitution of the governor's office is normally 5 years. During his tenure, he/she is entitled to the various emoluments, allowances, and privileges which are determined by Parliament by law or as mentioned under the second schedule. Additionally, these emoluments and allowances cannot be diminished during his/her term of office. In some special conditions where the same person is appointed as Governor of two or more States, the emoluments and allowances payable to Governor will be allocated among the states in proportions determined by the President. Generally, Governors serve until the expiration of his term, but they can be terminated earlier if: • The Governor is dismissed by the President, at whose pleasure he holds the office. It means the President on the advice Prime Minister of the country can dismiss the Governor. • The Governor may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office. What are the duties and the powers of a Governor? The Governor is the head of a state. The Governor is the nominal head of a state, while the Chief Minister is the executive head. Furthermore, Governor functions as a link between the Union Government and the State Government. The Governor's power can be classified into three categories, which are: Legislative Powers • As the Governor is said to be a part of the State Legislature, he has the right of addressing and sending messages, summoning, deferring and dissolving the State Legislature, just like the President has, in respect to the Parliament. Although these are formal powers, in reality, the Governor must be guided by the Chief Minister and his Council of Ministers before making such decisions. • The Governor inaugurates the state legislature and the first session of each year, by addressing the Assembly, outlining the new administrative policies of the ruling government. • The Governor lays before the State Legislature, the annual financial statement and also makes demands for grants and recommendation of ‘Money Bills’. • The Governor constitutes the State Finance Commission. He also holds the power to make advances out of the Contingency Fund of the State in the case of any unforeseen circumstances. • All bills passed by the Legislative Assembly become law, only after the Governor approves them. In case it is not a money bill, the Governor holds the right to send it back to the Vidhan Sabha for reconsideration. But if the Vidhan Sabha sends back the Bill to the Governor the second time, then he has to sign it. • The Governor has the power to promulgate an ordinance when the Legislative Assembly is not in session, and a law has to be brought into effect immediately. However, the ordinance is presented in the state legislature in the next session, and remains operative for a total of six weeks, unless it is approved by the legislature. 5 www.gradeup.co Judicial Powers • The Governor can grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remission of punishments. He can also suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of an offence against the law. • The Governor is consulted by the President in the appointment of the Chief Justice to the High Court of that particular state. Emergency Powers • In case no political party bags a majority in the Vidhan Sabha of the state, the Governor holds the power to use his discretion to select the Chief Minister. • The Governor informs the President in an official report, of a particular emergency arisen in the state, and imposes ‘President’s Rule’ on the behalf of the President. The Governor, in such circumstances, overrides the advice or functions of the Council of Ministers, and directs upon himself, the workings of the state. ========================================== To help you out in your exam preparation, we suggest you take a free trial of CLAT 2022: A Comprehensive Course. Crack CLAT 2022 & Reach Your Dream NLU! So, why wait? 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