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In India, a governor is the constitutional head of a state in India that has similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the central level. A governor acts as the constitutional head and takes all their decisions based on the advice of chief minister and their council of ministers. [1]
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) is a high-level committee within the Government of India responsible for appointing senior officials to key positions in the central government and public sector undertakings. [1] Established in 1950, the ACC is chaired by the Prime Minister of India and includes the Minister of Home Affairs as a ...
[3] [4] The commission is mandated by the Constitution for appointments to the services of the Union and All India Services. It is also required to be consulted by the Government in matters relating to appointment, transfer, promotion, and disciplinary matters. The commission reports directly to the President.
Governor-General (birth–death) Term of office Notable events Prime Minister Governors-General of the Dominion of India, 1947–1950 Appointed by King George VI (1947–1950) (as King of India) Louis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma [nb 11] (1900–1979) 15 August 1947 21 June 1948 First Governor-General of the Union of India ...
Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the ‘2024 Governors Conference’, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi in August 2024. In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states.
The lieutenant governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure. Since the union territories of Delhi , Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry have a measure of self-government with an elected legislature and council of ministers , the role of the lieutenant governor there is ...
The Central Civil Services (CCS) encompass the various Civil Services of India that are exclusively under the jurisdiction of the Government of India.This is in contrast to the All India Services, which are common to both the central and state governments, or the state civil services, which fall under the purview of individual states.
In India, President's rule is the suspension of state government and imposition of direct Union government rule in a state.Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, if a state government is unable to function according to Constitutional provisions, the Union government can take direct control of the state machinery.