Government of Himachal Pradesh - Wikipedia Government of Himachal Pradesh Government of Himachal Pradesh Seat of Government Shimla Executive Governor Acharya Dev Vrat Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Legislature Assembly Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Rajeev Bindal Members in Assembly 68 Judiciary High Court Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol ( Acting Chief Justice ) The Government of Himachal Pradesh also known as the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It consists of an executive branch, led by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, a judiciary and a legislative branch. Like other states in India, the head of state of Himachal Pradesh is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, and houses the Vidhan Sabha ( Legislative Assembly ) and the secretariat ( Ellersile ). The Himachal Pradesh high court is located in Shimla, which has jurisdiction over the whole of Himachal Pradesh. The present Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh is unicameral. Contents 1 Council of Ministers ( 2017 - 22 ) 2 State administrative structure 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References Council of Ministers ( 2017 - 22 ) Ministry of the State Designation Department Name Chief Minister Finance, General Administrations, Home, Planning, Personnel and All other Departments not allotted to any other Minister Jai Ram Thakur Irrigation & Public Health Minister Irrigation & Public Health, Horticulture, Sainik Welfare Mahender Singh Thakur Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affair Minister Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affair, Election Kishan Kapoor Education Minister Higher Education, Elementary Education, Parliamentary Affairs, Law and Legal Remembrancer Suresh Bhardwaj MPP and Power Minister Multi Purpose Projects and Power Minister, Non Conventional Energy Sources Anil Sharma Urban Development Minister Urban Development, Town & Country Planning, Housing Sarveen Chaudhary Agriculture Minister Agriculture, Tribal Development, Information and Technology Ram Lal Markanda Health and Family Welfare Minister Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Ayurveda, Science and Technology Vipin Singh Parmar Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Animal Husbandary, Fisheries Virender Kanwar Industries Minister Industries, Labour & Employment, Technical Education, Vocational & Industrial Training Bikram Singh Forest Minister Forest, Transport, Youth Services and Sports Govind Singh Social Justice & Empowerment Minister Social Justice & Empowerment, Cooperation Rajiv Saizal State administrative structure State administrative structure Administrative structure ( 2002 ) Numbers Districts 12 Tehsils 158 Subdivisions 69 Blocks 75 Villages 20118 Towns 57 Constituencies Numbers Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Assembly constituencies 68 The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly has no pre-Constitution history. The state itself is a post-independence creation. It first came into being as a centrally administered territory on 15 April 1948 by the integration of 30 erstwhile princely states. Himachal Pradesh is governed through a parliamentary system of representative democracy, a feature the state shares with other Indian states. Universal suffrage is granted to residents. The legislature of Himachal Pradesh is unicameral and at present, the Assembly has a strength of 68. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless it is sooner dissolved. There are 14 House Committees in the Assembly. In the assembly elections held in November 2012, the Congress secured an absolute majority. The Congress won 36 of the 68 seats while the BJP won 26 of the 68 seats. Virbhadra Singh was sworn in as Himachal Pradesh 's Chief Minister for a record sixth term in Shimla on 25 December 2012. Virbhadra Singh, who has held the top office in Himachal five times in the past, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Urmila Singh at an open ceremony at the historic Ridge Maidan in Shimla. See also Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Kranti Party Notes Himachal Government - Council of Ministers References Jump up ^ http://hphighcourt.nic.in/gifs/jprofile.htm High Court oF Himachal Pradesh Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012. Jump up ^ `` Congress gets absolute majority in Himachal ''. The Statesman. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012. Jump up ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/virbhadra-singh-to-take-oath-as-himachal-pradesh-cm/1049981/. 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Question: who is the forest minister in himachal pradesh
Answer: Govind Singh