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The Government of Andhra Pradesh, abbreviated as GoAP, is the state government and the administrative body responsible for the governance of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Amaravati is the capital of the state and houses the state executive, legislature and head of judiciary.
The Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers are elected legislative members, who are appointed as ministers by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh to form the executive branch of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. They hold various portfolios as decided by the Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Andha Pradesh Cabinet: Reports to: Governor of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Legislature: Appointer: Governor of Andhra Pradesh on the advice of the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh: Inaugural holder: N. Chandrababu Naidu: Formation: 8 June 2014: Website: Official website
Andhra State (1953–1956) The Andhra State, a precursor to the modern state of Andhra Pradesh, was established on 1 October 1953, following the Andhra movement.The formation of Andhra State was made possible by the Andhra State Act, which was passed in the Parliament of India in September 1953.
The minister's chief responsibility is the maintenance of Andhra Pradesh's internal security; the state's police force comes under the ministry's jurisdiction. Occasionally, the minister is assisted by the Minister of State of Home Affairs. The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the senior-most officers in the Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh.
In 2017, the government of Andhra Pradesh began operating from its new greenfield capital, Amaravati, for which 33,000 acres were acquired from farmers through an innovative land pooling scheme. [73] In the 2019 elections, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, leader of the YSR Congress Party, became the chief minister by winning 151 out of 175 seats. [74]
The Minister of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development or simply Rural Development Minister, is the head of the Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The incumbent minister of the rural development department is the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Pawan Kalyan from Janasena Party.
From June 2014 to May 2019, following the bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh into the present-day residual Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Forest Minister of Andhra Pradesh was Bojjala Gopala Krishna Reddy of the Telugu Desam Party.