The Telangana Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of Telangana and headed by Chief Minister of Telangana, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The term of every executive wing is for 5 years. The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS Telangana Cadre. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of government is Chief Secretary to the state government.
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 Telangana 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 Revanth Reddy.
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 Telangana headed by the Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy:
Portfolio MinisterConstituency Tenure PartyTook officeLeft officeChief MinisterMunicipal Administration and Urban Development General Administration Law & Order Other departments not allocated to any MinisterAnumula Revanth Reddy Kodangal07 December 2023Incumbent Deputy Chief MinisterFinance & Planning EnergyMallu Bhatti VikramarkaMadhira (SC)07 December 2023Incumbent Cabinet MinistersIrrigation & Command Area Development Food & Civil SuppliesNalamada Uttam Kumar ReddyHuzurnagar 07 December 2023IncumbentTransport Backward Classes WelfarePonnam PrabhakarHusnabad 07 December 2023IncumbentRoads & Buildings CinematographyKomatireddy Venkat ReddyNalgonda07 December 2023Incumbent Environment & Forests EndowmentsKonda SurekhaWarangal East 07 December 202303 September 2026Panchayat Raj & Rural Development (including Rural Water Supply) Women & Child DevelopmentDansari Anasuya SeethakkaMulug (ST)07 December 2023IncumbentInformation Technology Electronics & Communications Industries & Commerce Legislative AffairsDuddilla Sridhar BabuManthani 07 December 2023IncumbentRevenue and Housing Information & Public RelationsPonguleti Srinivasa ReddyPalair07 December 2023IncumbentAgriculture Marketing Co-operation Handlooms & TextilesThummala Nageswara RaoKhammam07 December 2023IncumbentHealth. Medical & Family Welfare Science and TechnologyCilarapu Damodar Raja NarasimhaAndole (SC)07 December 2023IncumbentProhibition & Excise Tourism & Culture ArchaeologyJupally Krishna RaoKollapur07 December 2023IncumbentLabour, Employment, Training & Factories Mines & GeologyGaddam VivekanandChennur (SC)08 June 2025IncumbentScheduled Castes Development Tribal Welfare Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens, and Transgender PersonsAdluri Laxman KumarDharmapuri (SC)08 June 2025IncumbentAnimal Husbandry, Dairy Development & Fisheries Sports & Youth ServicesVakiti SrihariMakthal08 June 2025IncumbentPublic Enterprises Minorities WelfareMohammad AzharuddinProvisional31 October 2025Incumbent
Cabinet Meetings On 25th November 2025 the state cabinet has resolved to merge municipalities and corporations within the Telangana core urban area limits into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/merger-of-27-municipalities-into-ghmc-approved-by-telangana-cabinet/article70321701.ece Notes
Oath as the state chief minister/minister
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