The Uttarakhand Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of Uttarakhand and headed by Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The term of every executive wing is for five years. The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS Uttarakhand Cadre. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of government is Chief Secretary to the state government. The current Chief Secretary is Anand Bardhan who took charge on 1 April 2025.

Constitutional requirement

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor According to Article 163 of the Constitution of India,

This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.

For other provisions as to Ministers According to Article 164 of the Constitution of India,

Chief Minister

Like any Indian state, Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand is the real head of the government and responsible for state administration. He is the leader of the parliamentary party in the legislature and heads the state cabinet. The current Chief Minister is Pushkar Singh Dhami.

State Cabinet

As per the Constitution of India, all portfolios of state government is vested in Chief Minister, who distribute various portfolio to individual ministers whom he nominates to the State Governor. The state governor appoints individual ministers for various portfolios and departments as per advice of Chief Minister and together form the State Cabinet. As the original portfolios are vested with CM, who delegates to others upon his/her wish, actions of individual ministers are part of collective responsibility of the state cabinet and Chief Minister is responsible for actions of each minister. The state cabinet along with Chief Minister, prepares General policy and individual department policy, which will be guiding policy for day-to-day administration of each minister.

Current Cabinet

This is the current Cabinet of Uttarakhand headed by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami:Cabinet of Uttarakhand. Retrieved on 5 July 2021.http://www.uttara.gov.in/upload/announcements/Announcement-256.pdf (PDF)

Colour key for parties

№NameConstituencyDepartments Party Chief Minister 1Pushkar Singh Dhami Champawat Confidential (Council of Ministers) Establishment of Personnel and All India Services Alertness, Swaraj, Corruption Elimination and Public Service Secretariat Administration General Administration Planning State Property Information Homes, Prisons, Citizen Protection and Home Guard, Military Welfare Revenue Industrial Development (Mining) Industrial Development Labor Drinking Water Energy and Alternative Energy Excise Justice Civil Aviation Finance Commercial, Stamp and Registration Housing BJP Cabinet Ministers 2 Satpal Maharaj Chaubattakhal Public Works Department Panchayati Raj Rural Construction Tourism Minor Irrigation Culture India-Nepal River Projects Irrigation Charity BJP 3Ganesh JoshiMussoorie Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Processing Agricultural Education Plantation and Horticulture Silk Development Bio Technology Sainik Welfare Rural Development BJP 4Dhan Singh RawatSrinagar Education Primary Education Secondary Education Sanskrit Education Cooperative Higher Education BJP 5Subodh UniyalNarendranagar Forest Elections Technical Education Parliamentary Affairs Medical Health Medical Education BJP 6Rekha AryaSomeshwar Women and Child Development Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Sports Youth Welfare BJP 7 Saurabh Bahuguna Sitarganj Animal Husbandry Milk Development Fisheries Sugarcane Development Sugar industry Protocol Employment BJP 8 Madan Kaushik Haridwar Panchayati Raj Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Ayush and Ayush Education Reorganization Census BJP 9 Bharat Singh Chaudhary Rudraprayag Rural Development Small and Micro-Medium Enterprises Khadi and Village Industries BJP 10 Khajan Dass Rajpur Road Social Welfare Minority Welfare Student Welfare Language BJP 11 Pradip Batra Roorkee Transportation Information Technology and Good Governance Science and Technology Biotechnology BJP 12 Ram Singh Kaira Bhimtal Urban Development Environmental Protection and Climate Change Watershed Management BJP

Oath as the state chief minister/minister

See also

Governor of Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Chief Justice of Uttarakhand Union Council of Ministers List of agencies of the government of Uttarakhand List of departments of the government of Uttarakhand

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