The First K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry was the highest decision-making body of executive branch of the Government of Telangana, headed by the Chief Minister of Telangana. The 18-member cabinet is also its first, being sworn in by the Governor of Telangana on 2 June 2014, the day of the state's birth. It is headed by K. Chandrasekhar Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the first Chief Minister of Telangana.
Background The first cabinet of the newly formed Indian state Telangana after bifurcating from the United Andhra Pradesh was formed on 2 June 2014. A 11 member cabinet was constituted initially by K. Chandrashekar Rao the elected chief minister in the 2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election. On 16 December 2014 the cabinet was further expanded with inducting 6 members. On 25 June 2015 the then incumbent deputy chief minister and health minister T. Rajaiah was sacked from the council citing his charges of corruption in the medial and health department and indicating his involvement or ‘tacit ignorance’ of illegal actions in the department along with his incapability in handling the swine flu in the state. Kadiyam Srihari the member of parliament was then inducted into the council appointing him as the deputy chief minister and handing him over the duties of the education ministry. Along with this there was a minor cabinet reshuffling involving the transfer of ministries between C. Laxma Reddy and Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy.
Council of Ministers
Key Resigned from office
Portfolio MinisterConstituency Tenure PartyTook officeLeft officeChief Minister Scheduled Tribes Welfare Backward Classes Welfare EnergyKalvakuntla Chandrashekar RaoGajwel2 June 201416 December 2014Municipal Administration & Urban Development 7 February 2016Scheduled Castes Welfare 9 February 2016Minorities Welfare Coal General Administration All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister12 December 2018Deputy Chief MinistersRevenue Relief & Rehabilitation Urban Land Ceiling Stamps & Registration Mohammed Mahmood Ali MLC2 June 201412 December 2018Medical & HealthThatikonda RajaiahGhanpur (Station) (SC)2 June 201425 January 2015Education Kadiyam Srihari MLC25 January 201512 December 2018Cabinet MinistersHome Prisons Fire Services Sainik Welfare Labour & EmploymentNayani Narasimha Reddy MLC2 June 201412 December 2018Finance & Planning Small Savings State Lotteries Consumer Affairs Legal Metrology Civil Supplies Etela Rajender Huzurabad2 June 201412 December 2018EducationGuntakandla Jagadish Reddy Suryapet2 June 201425 January 2015 Energy25 January 201512 December 2018Scheduled Castes Development & Co-operation9 February 201612 December 2018Forest & EnvironmentJogu RamannaAdilabad2 June 201412 December 2018Backward Classes Welfare16 December 2014Irrigation Marketing Legislative AffairsThanneeru Harish RaoSiddipet2 June 201412 December 2018Mines & Geology3 July 2014Panchayat Raj Information TechnologyKalvakuntla Taraka Rama RaoSircilla2 June 201412 December 2018Municipal Administration and Urban Development7 February 2016TransportPatnam Mahender Reddy Tandur2 June 201412 December 2018Agriculture Horticulture Sericulture Animal Husbandry Fisheries Dairy Development Corporation Seeds CorporationPocharam Srinivas Reddy Banswada2 June 201412 December 2018Excise & ProhibitionThigulla Padma Rao GoudSecunderabad2 June 201412 December 2018Sports and Youth Services16 December 2014EnergyCharlakola Laxma ReddyJadcherla16 December 201425 June 2015Medical & Health25 January 201512 December 2018 Scheduled Tribes Development Tourism & Culture Azmeera Chandulal Mulug (ST)16 December 201412 December 2018Industries Handlooms & Textiles Sugar Jupally Krishna Rao Kollapur16 December 201412 December 2018Roads & Buildings Women & Child DevelopmentThummala Nageswara Rao Palair16 December 201412 December 2018Housing Law Endowments Allola Indrakaran Reddy Nirmal16 December 201412 December 2018Commercial Taxes Cinematography Talasani Srinivas Yadav Sanathnagar16 December 201412 December 2018
See also N. Kiran Kumar Reddy ministry Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry
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