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The Government of Punjab, also known as the State Government of Punjab or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Punjab and its 23 districts. It consists of an executive , led by the Governor of Punjab , a judiciary and a legislative branch.
The Government of the Punjab [a] is the highest provincial authority of the Pakistani province of the Punjab. Lahore is the capital and houses the provincial executive, legislature and head of judiciary. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the Constitution, in which 41 districts come under its authority and jurisdiction.
Local Government Mann ministry: Bhagwant Mann: 16 March 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party: Mines & Geology Mann ministry: Harjot Singh Bains: 21 March 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party: Medical Education and Research Mann ministry: Chetan Singh Jauramajra: 5 July 2022 Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party: New & Renewable Energy Sources Mann ministry: Bhagwant ...
Since 1947, Punjab has had fifteen chief ministers. The first was Gopi Chand Bhargava of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British. He was succeeded by fellow Congressman Bhim Sen Sachar, who was then subsequently replaced after 188 days by former Chief Minister Gopi ...
Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b / ⓘ; [8] Punjabi: [pənˈdʒɑːb] ⓘ) is a state in northwestern India.Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territories of Chandigarh to the east and ...
Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties – Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). [1] [2] Since 1967, Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from Jat Sikh community despite its 21 percent state population.
As of September 2020, the caste population data foreach Forward caste citizen in Punjab collected in Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 has not been released to public by Government of India. [5] [6] Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes form 63.2% of the total population of Punjab. [7]
Punjab is the most fertile province of the country as the Indus River and its four major tributaries Ravi, Jhelum, Chenab and Sutlej flow through it. The province forms the bulk of the transnational Punjab region, divided in 1947 among Pakistan and India. [7] The provincial capital is Lahore — a cultural and cosmopolitan centre of Pakistan.