Question
Download Solution PDFThe total number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a state:
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is cannot be more than 15% of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that state.
- The total number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a state cannot be more than 15% of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that state.
Key Points
- Article 164 (1A) provides that the strength of a council of ministers headed by the CM cannot exceed 15% of the strength of the assembly (the total number of MLAs) but it can't be less than 12 members either.
- As a real executive authority, the Chief Minister is called the head of the government.
- He is assisted by his council of ministers who are a part of the state executive along with Governor and Advocate-General of State.
- Similar to the Prime Minister who is the head of the government at the centre, the Chief Minister is the head of the government at the state level.
- The Chief Minister is the head of the state council of ministers. He performs the following functions
- He recommends to the governor on who to appoint as ministers
- He designates or reshuffles the portfolios of the ministers
- He can ask a minister to resign
- Meeting of the council of ministers is headed by him
- All activities of the ministers are guided and controlled by the Chief Minister
- If he resigns, the entire council of ministers collapses.
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