Government of Uttar Pradesh
Uttara Pradēśa Sarakāra
State government
Emblem version used by the Government of Uttar Pradesh as of July 2024
Overview
Established	1 April 1937; 88 years ago (1937-04-01) (asGovernment of the United Provinces)
State	Republic of India
Leader	Chief Minister(Yogi Adityanath)
Appointed by	Governor(Anandiben Patel) on theadvice of the chief minister
Main organ	Council of Ministers
Ministries	53 ministries
Responsible to	Uttar Pradesh Legislature
Annual budget	₹6.9 trillion
Headquarters	State Secretariat, Lucknow

TheGovernment of Uttar Pradesh (ISO:Uttara Pradēśa Sarakāra; often abbreviated asGoUP) is the subnational government of theIndian state ofUttar Pradesh with thegovernor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by thePresident of India.^[1] TheGovernor of Uttar Pradesh is appointed for a period of five years and appoints theChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and their council of ministers, who are vested with the executive powers of the state. The governor remains a ceremonial head of the state, while the chief minister and their council are responsible for day-to-day government functions.

The state of Uttar Pradesh's influence on Indian politics is important, and often paramount and/or abellwether, as it sends the mostmembers of parliament to both theLok Sabha and theRajya Sabha, the state's population being more than 200 million; approximately double that of the next-most populous state.

The state is governed by aparliamentary system ofrepresentative democracy. Uttar Pradesh is one of the seven states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses: theVidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) and theVidhan Parishad (legislative council).^[2][3] TheUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly consists of 404 members who are elected for five-year terms. TheUttar Pradesh Legislative Council is a permanent body of 100 members with one-third (33 members) retiring every two years. Since Uttar Pradesh sends the most legislators to the national Parliament, it is often considered to be one of the most important states with respect to Indian politics.^[4] The state contributes 80 seats to the lower house of theParliament of India, theLok Sabha and 31 seats to the upper house, theRajya Sabha.^[5][6][7][8]

The government is headed by the governor who appoints the chief minister and their council of ministers. The governor is appointed for a period of five years and acts as the constitutional head of the state. The governor remains the ceremonial head of the state with the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and their council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested.

Uttar Pradesh Council of ministers consists of cabinet ministers and ministers of state. The Secretariat headed by thechief secretary assists the council of ministers.^[9][10] The chief secretary is also the administrative head of the government.^[9][10]

Each government department is headed by a Minister, who is assisted by anadditional chief secretary or aprincipal secretary or rarely by a secretary, who usually is an officer ofIndian Administrative Service, the additional chief secretary or principal secretary serves as the administrative head of the department they are assigned to.^[9][10] Each department also has officers of the rank of special secretary, joint secretary, deputy secretary, under secretary, section officer etc. assisting the minister and theadditional chief secretary orprincipal secretary or secretary.^[9][10]

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The judiciary in the state consists of theAllahabad High Court inAllahabad, theLucknow Bench ofAllahabad High Court, district courts and session courts in each district or Sessions Division, and lower courts at thetehsil level.^[9][17] ThePresident of India appoints the chief justice of the High Court of the Uttar Pradesh judiciary on the advice of the Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of India as well as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.^[9][18] Other judges are appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Chief Justice of the High Court.^[9][17]Subordinate Judicial Service, categorized into two divisions viz. Uttar Pradesh civil judicial services and Uttar Pradesh higher judicial service is another vital part of the judiciary of Uttar Pradesh.^[9][18] While the Uttar Pradesh civil judicial services comprise the Civil Judges (Junior Division)/Judicial Magistrates and civil judges (Senior Division)/Chief Judicial Magistrate, the Uttar Pradesh higher judicial service comprises civil and sessions judges.^[9] The Subordinate Judicial Service (viz. The district court ofEtawah and the district court of Kanpur Dehat) of the judiciary at Uttar Pradesh is controlled by the District Judge.^[9][18][19]

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is made up of 75 administrative districts, that are grouped into 18divisions. Each division consists of 3-7 districts. Adivisional commissioner, an officer of theIndian Administrative Service (IAS) is responsible for heading the administration of a division, the Divisional minister is also responsible for the collection of revenue and maintenance of law and order in their division.^{[20][21][22][23]}

There are also eight police zones and eighteen police ranges in the state. Each zone consists of 2-3 ranges and is headed by anadditional director general-ranked officer of theIndian Police Service (IPS). Whereas a range consists of three to four districts and is headed by aninspector general-ranked or adeputy inspector general-ranked IPS officer.

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by adistrict magistrate and collector (DM), an IAS officer. The district magistrate is responsible for coordinating the work between various departments in the district, is responsible for law and order in the district and is also given the power of an executive magistrate. The DM is assisted by a number of officers belonging to theProvincial Civil Service and other state services.^{[20][24][25][26]}

Asenior superintendent of police or superintendent of police, a gazetted officer (PPS or IPS in case of SP and IPS in case of SSP) of Uttar Pradesh Cadre, is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. The superintendent is assisted by other junior to SSP/SP rank IPS and PPS gazetted officers in addition toUttar Pradesh Police non-gazetted officials.^{[citation needed]}

A divisional forest officer, an officer belonging to theIndian Forest Service, in the rank of deputy conservator of forests, is responsible for managing the forests, the environment, and wildlife-related issues of the district with the assistance of the Uttar Pradesh Forest Service.^{[citation needed]}

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as public works, health, education, agriculture,animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various state services. These officers have to report to the DM of the district.^{[citation needed]}

The politics of Uttar Pradesh is dominated by theBharatiya Janata Party,Samajwadi Party,Indian National Congress and theBahujan Samaj Party. The Bharatiya Janata Party occupies the current government headed by Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath.

The Uttar Pradesh Government's civil aviation department operates a combined fleet of sixfixed wing andhelicopters. The fleet is used for VIP movements andemergency response and is authorised to operate fromIndian Air Force, civilian and UP government-specific airstrips. The fleet, employing 17 pilots, comprises aHawker 900XP (VT-UPM), aKing Air B200 (VT-UPR), a King Air B200GT (VT-UPJ), twoBell 412 EP (VT-UPK & VT-UPO) and anAW109S Grand (VT-UPL). The fleet also assisted the hospitals during theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[27][28]

In June 2009, the Hawk 900XP aircraft, at a cost of₹76crore (US$15.7 million), was prepared in a hangar ofNew Delhi'sIndira Gandhi International Airport and was delivered to the Uttar Pradesh Government, which was then headed by the then Chief MinisterMayawati.^[29]

In March 2010, it was reported that the Government received the delivery of theAgustaWestland AW109S Grand helicopter.^[30]

In August 2015, the government launched a global tender for the purchase of an aircraft and a helicopter at a cost of₹45 crore (US$7.37 million) each tp transport of the chief minister, cabinet and state ministers and bureaucrats. As of then, the fleet included two aircraft and three helicopters after a turboprop aircraft was sold off at₹7 crore (US$1.15 million). Meanwhile, another aged helicopter, added to the fleet in 1995, was also proposed to be sold off.^[31]

In July 2015, the Government completed the procurement of an aircraft and a helicopter, simultaneously during a 12-day tour to the US by the civil aviation department's principal secretary, director and other officials. The aircraft, Super King Air B-250 (now designated B-200GT), was worth₹40 crore (US$6.24 million) and landed in Delhi on 11 August. On 13 August, the aircraft was delivered to Lucknow. While, the Bell 412 EPI helicopter, worth₹84 crore (US$13.09 million), was expected to be delivered in October. The helicopter would be used for the chief minister's transit within the state. By 7 September, the UP Government had approached theDGCA to register the aircraft. The aircraft was allotted the registration BT-UP-T. Meanwhile, the it was confirmed that the aircraft that was earlier sold was a Super King Air B-300 aircraft inducted in 1994. Additionally, aBell 230 helicopter which is in service since 1995 has also completed its technical lifespan and has been approved to be sold.^[32][33] The Bell 412EPI chopper was ultimately delivered to Lucknow in early December 2015.^[34][35][36]

As reported in August 2025, the civil aviation department has cleared the procurement anAgustaWestland AW139 — the first procurement since 2016. The current fleet is equipped with aircraft dating between 2003 and 2016. The first batch of pilots are expected to be trained by theoriginal equipment manufacturer,Leonardo, between 13 August and 10 October while the second batch of pilots are to be trained between 9 October and 27 November. The helicopter will be inducted soon following training and regulatory approvals. The helicopter will also have the highest sitting capacity of 15 as against the current fleet's capacity of seven to nine passengers.^[28]

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  Hawker 900XP (VT-UPM) of the Uttar Pradesh Government atSaifai Airstrip in 2016
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  Super King Air B200 of the Uttar Pradesh Government atMarhamtabad Airstrip

• List of governors of Uttar Pradesh
• List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh

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