Government of Gujarat
ગુજરાત સરકાર

Seat of Government	Gandhinagar
Legislative branch
Assembly	Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Speaker	Shankar Chaudhary
Members in Assembly	182
Executive branch
Governor	Acharya Devvrat
Chief Minister	Bhupendrabhai Patel
Deputy Chief Minister	Harsh Sanghavi
Chief Secretary	Pankaj Joshi,IAS
Judiciary branch
High Court	Gujarat High Court
Chief Justice	Sunita Agarwal

TheGovernment of Gujarat, also known asGujaratGovernment, is the supreme governing authority of theIndian state ofGujarat and its33 districts. It consists of anexecutive of the legislators appointed by theGovernor of Gujarat, ajudiciary and of a publicly electedlegislative body.

Like other states in India, the head of state of Gujarat is theGovernor, appointed by thePresident of India on the advice of the Central (Union) government. The governor's role is largely ceremonial, but the governor considers the legislative composition and appoints theChief Minister, who is the main head of government, as chair of theCouncil of Ministers of Gujarat and is vested, in some instances alone but as to most executive powers by Council consensus with virtually all of the executive powers.

Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, houses the relevantVidhan Sabha (also known as theGujarat Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. TheGujarat High Court inAhmedabad, has jurisdiction over the state as to state laws.^[1]

The present legislative assembly isunicameral, consisting of 182Members of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.As). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.^[2][3]

Local governments function at the basic level. It is the third level of government apart from union and state governments. It consists ofpanchayats in rural areas andmunicipalities in urban areas. They are elected directly or indirectly by the people. For administrative purposes, Gujarat is structurally divided intodistricts (Zilas),prants (subdivisions),talukas, andvillages, primarily to facilitate land revenue administration.The state is divided into 34 districts, 122 prants, 265 talukas and 18,584 revenue villages.^[4][5][6] There are 17municipal corporations, 152municipalities, 33district panchayats, 247taluka panchayats, and 16,778gram panchayats, for local governance.^[7][8][9]

• Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management, Ahmedabad is an autonomous university established by Government of Gujarat.

For an exhaustive list, seeList of agencies of the government of Gujarat.

• Politics of Gujarat

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• Chief Minister of Gujarat
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