Government of Nagaland

The Government of Nagaland also known as the State Government of Nagaland, or locally as State Government, is the governing authority of the Indian state of Nagaland and its 17 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Nagaland, a judiciary and a legislative branch. Kohima is the capital of Nagaland, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat.

Government of Nagaland

Emblem of Nagaland
Seat of Government	Kohima
Legislative branch
Assembly	Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Speaker	Sharingain Longkümer
Deputy Speaker	S. Tohio Yepto
Members in Assembly	60
Executive branch
Governor	Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Chief Minister	Neiphiu Rio
Deputy Chief Minister	T. R. Zeliang Yanthungo Patton
Judiciary
High Court	Kohima Bench, Gauhati High Court
Chief Justice	Vijay Bishnoi

Executive

Like other states in India, the head of state of Nagaland is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. The Nagaland State Government declared the year, 2016 as the 'Year of the Construction Workers'.^[1]

Council of Ministers

Main article: Fifth Rio ministry

S.No	Name	Constituency	Department	Party
1.	Neiphiu Rio Chief Minister	Northern Anagami II	Finance Personnel and Administrative Reforms All important policy issues Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	NDPP
Deputy Chief Minister
2.	T. R. Zeliang	Peren	Planning and Transformation National Highway	NDPP
3.	Yanthungo Patton	Tyüi	Home Border Affairs	BJP
Cabinet Ministers
4.	C. L. John	Tehok	Forest, Environment and Climate Change Village Guard	NDPP
5.	G. Kaito Aye	Satakha	Roads and Bridges
6.	Jacob Zhimomi	Ghaspani I	Public Health Engineering Cooperation	BJP
7.	K. G. Kenye	Chizami	Power Parliamentary Affairs	NDPP
8.	Metsübo Jamir	Mokokchung Town	Rural Development State Institute of Rural Development (SIDR)
9.	P. Bashangmongba Chang	Tuensang Sadar I	Housing and Mechanical Engineering	BJP
10.	P. Paiwang Konyak	Tizit	Health and Family Welfare
11.	Salhoutuonuo Kruse	Western Angami	Women Resource Development Horticulture	NDPP
12.	Temjen Imna Along	Alongtaki	Tourism Higher Education	BJP

Sources^[2][3]

Legislative

Nagaland Legislative Assembly building in Kohima

The present Nagaland Legislative Assembly is unicameral, consisting of 60 Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.^[4]

Judicial

The Gauhati High Court, located in Guwahati, Assam has a Kohima Bench that exercises the jurisdiction and powers in respect of cases arising in the State of Nagaland.

District administration

Each of the sixteen districts of Nagaland has a Deputy Commissioner (DC). Districts may be further divided into "sub-divisions", each of which has an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) in charge of administration. Larger sub-division may also require a number of Sub-Divisional Officers (SDOs) or Extra Assistant Commissioners (EACs) responsible for administrative circles within the sub-division.^[5]

See also

• Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency
• Local government in Nagaland