Updated List of Chief Minister of India 2024 With Pdf

Current Chief Ministers in India (2024)

Updated List of Chief Minister of India 2024: The Chief Minister of a state in India is the executive head of the state government. As of 2024, India comprises 28 states and 8 union territories. Currently, all states and two union territories have a Chief Minister. Knowing the names and details of the Chief Ministers is crucial for students preparing for competitive exams like Railway, SSC, and UPSC.

In this blog post, we provide an updated list of the Chief Ministers of India in 2024, along with their political parties. This information is essential for general awareness sections in competitive exams such as UPSC, Bank, RRB, SSC, Insurance, and other Government exams.

Updated List of Chief Ministers of India (2024)

Here is the updated list of Chief Ministers of all states in India as of 2024. You can also download a PDF version of this list for offline reference.

States	Chief Minister	Governor
Andhra Pradesh	Chandrababu Naidu	S. Abdul Nazeer
Arunachal Pradesh	Pema Khandu	Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
Assam	Himanta Biswa Sarma	Gulab Chand Kataria
Bihar	Nitish Kumar	Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
Chhattisgarh	Vishnu Deo Sai	Justice (Retd) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
Goa	Pramod Sawant	P.S. Sgreedharan
Gujarat	Bhupendra Patel	Acharaya Devvrat
Haryana	Nayab Singh Saini	Bandaru Dattatraya
Himachal Pradesh	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu	Shiv Pratap Shukla
Jharkhand	Champai Soren	C.P. Radhakrishnan
Karnataka	Siddaramaiah	Thawar Chand Gehlot
Kerala	Pinarayi Vijayan	Arif Mohammed Khan
Madhya Pradesh	Mohan Yadav	Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel
Maharashtra	Eknath Shinde	Ramesh Bais
Manipur	N. Biren Singh	Anusuiya Uikye
Meghalaya	Conrad Kongkal Sangma	Phagu Chauhan
Mizoram	Lalduhoma	Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu
Nagaland	Neiphiu Rio	Shri La. Ganesan
Odisha	Mohan Charan Majhi	Raghubar Das
Punjab	Bhagwant Singh Mann	–
Rajasthan	Bhajan Lal Sharma	Kalraj Mishra
Sikkim	PS Golay	Lakshman Prasad Acharya
Tamil Nadu	M.K Stalin	R.N. Ravi
Telangana	Anumula Revanth Reddy	Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan
Tripura	Dr. Manik Saha	Indra Sena Reddy Nallu
Uttar Pradesh	Yogi Adityanath	Anandiben Patel
Uttarakhand	Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami	Gurmit Singh
West Bengal	Mamata Banerjee	Dr CV Ananda Bose

Chief Minister and Governor List (Union Territory)

The Chief Minister and Governor List (Union Territory) of India are given below.

Union Territory	Governor	Capital
Andaman & Nicobar	Shri. Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant Governor)	Port Blair
Chandigarh	Shri Banwarilal Purohit (Administrator)	Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)	Daman
Delhi	Vinal Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant Governor)	New Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir	Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)	Srinagar
Lakshadweep	Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)	Kavaratti
Puducherry	Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan	Puducherry
Ladakh	Brig (Dr) B D Mishra (Retd)	Leh

Who is the Chief Minister of India?

A Chief Minister is the elected head of the council ministers in a state as stated in the Indian Constitution. The Chief Minister oversees the day-to-day functioning of the state government. In simpler words we can say, one who controls, rules, or handles the functions of a particular state is the Chief Minister.

Qualification of Chief Minister in India?

The minimum qualifications required to become the Chief Minister in India are given below

• He must be a citizen of India.
• He must be above the age of 25 years.
• He must be a member of the State Legislative Assembly (MLA). In case the person is not an MLA at the time of their appointment as Chief Minister of a State, He must become an MLA by contesting an election in their respective constituency within six months of appointment.

Constitutional Provision of the Chief Minister In India

Important article related to CM is given Below

• Article 163 –  The governor is advised by the Chief Mister, head of the council of ministers
• Article 164 –  of the Constitution appoints the Chief Minister by the governor.
• Article 167 –  the Chief Minister acts as a link between the Governor and the state council of ministers.

Facts About the Current Chief Minister in India

• First women Chief Minister of India – Sucheta Kripalani
• Longest-serving Chief Minister of India – Pawan Kumar Chamling
• Shortest-term as a Chief Minister of India – Jagdambika Pal
• Youngest Chief Minister of India – Pema Khandu

Powers and responsibilities of the Chief Minister of India

• Chief Minister is the head of the Council of Ministers
• Chief Minister advised the Governor to appoint a Council of Ministers.
• He presides over the meetings of the Council of Ministers and the Cabinet.
• He Plays an essential role in making policies of the State Government. His decision is final in the policy decisions of the State Government.
• Chief Minister is the chief administrator of the State.
• He is responsible to maintain a good and harmonious relationship with the Central Government.
• He is responsible for all the undertakings of the state departments.

How is the Chief Minister Elected in India?

Once the results of legislative assembly elections are out and a political party or alliance gets a majority vote, the MLAs of the winning party/coalition sit and elect a head for them, then the Governor invites that leader to form the government.

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