Government of Assam
The Government of Assam is the governing authority of Assam, a state of India. It consists of the Governor nominated by the Government of India as the head of the state, currently Jagdish Mukhi. The head of government is the Chief Minister, currently Sarbananda Sonowal, who is the leader of the group that commands a majority in the unicameral Assam Legislative Assembly. The Assam Assembly is elected by universal adult suffrage for a period of five years. The Chief Minister is assisted by a Council of Ministers that he nominates, the size of which is restricted.
In 2016, the National Democratic Alliance won a majority of seats in the legislature, with 86 seats, followed by Congress with 26 seats and AIUDF with 13.
Ministers
Ministers sworn on 24 May 2016:Minister | Ministry | Constituency | District | Party | |
1 | Sarbananda Sonowal | Chief Minister of Assam, GAD, SAD, Personnel, Administrative Reform and Training, Border Area Development, Social Welfare, I&PR, Revenue, Disaster management, Power, Implementation of Assam Accord | Majuli | Majuli | BJP |
2 | Himanta Biswa Sarma | Education, Finance, Planning and Development,PWD, Health and Family Welfare, | Jalukbari | Kamrup Metropolitan | BJP |
3 | Atul Bora | Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Urban Development, Town and Country Planning | Bokakhat | Golaghat | AGP |
4 | Pramila Rani Brahma | Environment and Forests, Soil Conservation and Mines and Mineral departments | Kokrajhar East | Kokrajhar | BPF |
5 | Ranjit Dutta | Irrigation, Handloom and Textiles | Behali | Sonitpur | BJP |
6 | Parimal Suklabaidya | , Fisheries and Excise | Dholai | Cachar | BJP |
7 | Keshab Mahanta | Water resource, Science and Technology, Information & Technology Departments | Kaliabor | Nagaon | AGP |
8 | Pallab Lochan Das | Labour and Employment and Tea Tribes Welfare | Rangapara | Lakhimpur | BJP |
9 | Chandra Mohan Patowary | Commerce and Industry, Transport and Parliamentary Affairs | Dharmapur | Nalbari | BJP |
10 | Rihon Daimary | Public Health Engineering, Food and Civil Supply and Consumer Affairs | Udalguri | Udalguri | BPF |
11 | Naba Kumar Doley | MoS Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Youth Welfare and Cultural Affairs | Dhakuakhana | Lakhimpur | BJP |
Departments
The following are the departments of the Government of Assam- Admin Reforms & Training
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry & Veterinary
- Assam Accord
- Border Protection And Development
- Chief Electoral Officer
- CM's Secretariat
- Chief Secretary'S Office
- Co-Operation Department
- Cultural Affairs
- Elementary Education
- Excise Department
- Forest And Environment
- Finance
- Fishery
- Food And Civil Supplies
- General Administration Department
- Guwahati Development Department
- Health & Family Welfare
- Higher Education Department
- Handloom Textiles & Sericulture
- Hill Areas Department
- Home & Political
- Horticulture Department
- Information Technology
- Information & Public Relations
- Industries & Commerce
- Irrigation
- Judicial Department
- Labour & Employment
- Legislative
- Mines And Minerals Department
- Panchayat & Rural Development
- Parliamentary Affairs
- Passport
- Pension & Public Grievances Department
- Personnel
- Transformation & Development Department
- Pollution Control Department
- Power
- Public Enterprises
- Public Health Engineering
- Public Works Building & Nh
- Public Works Roads
- Printing And Stationary Department
- Revenue & Disaster Mgmt
- Science And Technology
- Secondary Education Department
- Secretariat Administration
- Social Welfare
- Soil Conservation
- Sports & Youth Welfare
- Transport
- Tea Tribes
- Tourism Department
- Urban Development Department
- Water Resource
- Welfare Of Minorities Department
- Welfare Of Plain Tribes & Backward Classes Department