List of Chief Ministers of India 2022 | Current CM of States of India

Chief Minister of India: India has a total of 28 states and 8 Union Territories as of 2022. Among these 28 states and 2 union territories have chief ministers as the executive authority in case of administration and governance. It is a very important and scoring topic that is part of the general awareness section of most competitive exams like SSC CHSL, SSC CGL, Railways, Banking exams, and other exams, etc. In this blog, we have listed down the most updated list of chief ministers of India updated till December 2022.

List of Current Indian Chief Ministers 2022

State	Chief Minister
Andhra Pradesh	Shri YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Arunachal Pradesh	Shri Pema Khandu
Assam	Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma
Bihar	Shri Nitish Kumar
Chhattisgarh	Shri Bhupesh Baghel
Delhi (NCT)	Shri Arvind Kejriwal
Goa	Shri Pramod Sawant
Gujarat	Shri Bhupendra Patel
Haryana	Shri Manohar Lal
Himachal Pradesh	Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Jharkhand	Shri Hemant Soren
Karnataka	Sri Basavaraj Bommai
Kerala	Shri Pinarayi Vijayan
Madhya Pradesh	Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Maharashtra	Shri Eknath Shinde
Manipur	Shri N. Biren Singh
Meghalaya	Shri Conrad Kongkal Sangma
Mizoram	Shri Pu Zoramthanga
Nagaland	Shri Neiphiu Rio
Odisha	Shri Naveen Patnaik
Puducherry (UT)	Shri N. Rangaswamy
Punjab	Shri Bhagwant Singh Mann
Rajasthan	Shri Ashok Gehlot
Sikkim	Shri PS Golay
Tamil Nadu	Shri M. K. Stalin
Telangana	Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao
Tripura	Dr. Manik Saha
Uttar Pradesh	Shri Yogi Aditya Nath
Uttarakhand	Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami
West Bengal	Km. Mamata Banerjee

Powers and Functions of Chief Minister

The chief minister or CM has the following powers and functions in the state government:

1. The CM recommends a list of names for his council of ministers to the governor.
2. The CM distributes portfolio to the selected ministers.
3. The CM serves as the chief of the council of ministers and therefore can dissolve the council by notice.
4. Acts as a bridge between the council of ministers and the governor.
5. The CM acts as the head of the state board of planning
6. CM is the primary spokesperson of the state.

Some Important Facts on Chief Ministers of India

• Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal is the only woman chief minister in India as of now.
• Sucheta Kripalini was the first women chief minister in India. She served as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1963-1967.
• Pawan Kumar Chamling has served the longest time as chief minister, he was Chief Minister of Sikkim for 24 years.
• Of the current chief ministers, Naveen Patnaik has the longest incumbency, he is serving as the chief minister of Odhisa since the year 2000.
• Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga is the oldest serving chief minister.
• Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu is the youngest serving chief minister.
• Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has served a most number of times as chief minister of state. He was elected a total 7 times.

Conclusion

This was all about the list of chief ministers of India, it will prove to be very beneficial to the students appearing for the upcoming competitive exams like SSC CHSL, SSC CGL, banking and railway exams etc. For more updates, stay connected to Oliveboard.

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