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( June 2014 ) India This article is part of a series on the politics and government of India Constitution and law Constitutional amendment Basic structure doctrine Fundamental rights Human rights -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Uniform civil code Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Indian Penal Code Law enforcement Government of India President ( Head of state ) ( List ) Vice president ( List ) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Executive : Prime minister ( Head of government ) ( List ) Union Council of Ministers Cabinet secretary Secretaries : ( Defence Finance Foreign Home ) Civil services All India Services ( IAS IFS / IFoS IPS ) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Legislature : Parliament Rajya Sabha ( Chairman ) Lok Sabha ( Speaker ) Judiciary : Supreme court ( Chief justice ) High courts ( Chief justices ) District courts Elections Election commission : Chief Election Commissioner ( Election commissioners ) Recent general elections : 2009 2014 2019 Recent state elections : 2017 2018 2019 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Political parties National parties State parties National coalitions : National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) United Progressive Alliance ( UPA ) Federalism Administrative divisions -- -- -- -- -- -- -- State governments Governors ( List ) Chief ministers ( List ) Chief secretary ( Principal secretaries ) Field - level officers Divisional commissioners District magistrates Sub-divisional magistrates Legislatures : Vidhan Sabha Vidhan Parishad -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Local governments : Rural bodies : District councils Block panchayats Gram Panchayats Urban bodies : Municipal corporations Municipal councils Nagar panchayats Other countries Atlas In the Republic of India, a Chief Minister is the elected head of government of each of Twenty nine states and seven union territories ( Delhi and Pondicherry ). According to the Constitution of India, the Governor is a state 's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the Chief Minister. Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the Governor usually invites the party ( or coalition ) with a majority of seats to form the government. The Governor appoints and swears in the Chief Minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Based on the Westminster system, given that he retains the confidence of the assembly, the Chief Minister 's term can last for the length of the assembly 's life -- a maximum of five years ( except in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly where it is maximum of six years ). There are no limits to the number of terms that the Chief Minister can serve. A Chief Minister is assisted / deputed by a Deputy Chief Minister. Contents 1 Selection process 1.1 Eligibility 1.2 Election 1.3 Oath 1.4 Resignation 2 Remuneration 3 Deputy Chief Minister 4 See also 5 References Selection process Eligibility The Constitution of India sets the principle qualifications one must meet to be eligible to the office of the Chief Minister. A Chief Minister must be : a citizen of India. should be a member of the state legislature. If a person is elected chief minister who is not a member of the legislature, then he / she must take sign from governor. of 25 years of age or more An individual who is not a member of the legislature can be considered as the Chief Minister provided he / she gets himself / herself elected to the State Legislature within six months from the date of their appointment. Failing which, he / she would cease to be the Chief Minister. Election The chief minister is elected through a majority in the state legislative assembly. This is procedurally established by the vote of confidence in the legislative assembly, as suggested by the governor of the state who is the appointing authority. Oath Since, according to the constitution, the chief minister is appointed by the governor, the swearing in is done before the governor of the state. The oath of office. I, < Name of Minister >, do swear in the name of God / solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of < Name of the State > and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill - will. -- Constitution of India, Schedule 3, Para 5 The oath of secrecy I, < Name of Minister >, do swear in the name of God / solemnly affirm that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as a Minister for the State of < Name of the State > except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as such Minister. -- Constitution of India, Schedule 3, Para 6 Resignation In the event of a Chief Minister 's resignation, which conventionally occurs after an election or during a phase of assembly transition, the outgoing minister holds the informal title of `` caretaker '' Chief Minister until the Governor either appoints a new Chief Minister or dissolves the assembly. Since the post is not constitutionally defined, the caretaker Chief Minister enjoys all the powers a regular Chief Minister possesses, but is expected not to make any major policy decisions during his / her short tenure as caretaker. Remuneration This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( September 2015 ) By Article 164 of the constitution of India, remuneration of the chief minister as well as other ministers are to be decided by the respective state legislatures. Hence this varies from state to state. Deputy Chief Minister He is the deputy head of the state government of Indian states. He is also the deputy head of the council of ministers of that state. He becomes the `` acting chief minister '' when the chief minister is : ill, on leave, etc... All things mentioned on this page for a chief minister equally apply for a deputy chief minister. See also Female Chief Ministers of India List of current Indian deputy chief ministers References Jump up ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978 - 81 - 8038 - 559 - 9. Jump up ^ Constitution of India, Article 173 Jump up ^ `` Caretaker chief minister is just a placeholder, say experts ''. The Times of India. 12 February 2017. Jump up ^ The Constitution of India, Article 164, Clause 5 hide Lists of chief ministers of Indian states ( and current incumbents ) Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu Assam Sarbananda Sonowal Bihar Nitish Kumar Chhattisgarh Raman Singh Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Goa Manohar Parrikar Gujarat Vijay Rupani Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti Jharkhand Raghubar Das Karnataka H.D. Kumaraswamy Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis Manipur N. Biren Singh Meghalaya Conrad Sangma Mizoram Lal Thanhawla Nagaland Neiphiu Rio Odisha Naveen Patnaik Puducherry V. Narayanasamy Punjab Amarinder Singh Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami Telangana K. Chandrashekhar Rao Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Women chief ministers From the Bharatiya Janata Party From the Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chief_Minister_-_India&oldid=846390774 '' Categories : Heads of government Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from June 2014 All articles needing additional references Articles to be expanded from September 2015 All articles to be expanded Articles using small message boxes Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia മലയാളം தமிழ் ไทย Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 18 June 2018, at 13 : 25 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: who appoints the chief minister of a state
Answer: The Governor