Madhya Pradesh - Government
India is a democratic country, voters elect representatives at regular intervals to each of the three levels of government; Central Government, State Government and local bodies. Each level has different responsibilities. The state of MP has vibrant three-tier Panchayati Raj system and Urban Local bodies as the institutions of local self-governance. The state has 10 Commissioner Divisions, 51 Districts, 272 Tehsils and 313 Community Development Blocks, including 89 Tribal Development Blocks.
Madhya Pradesh was formed on 01 November 1956 by combining the entire division of the then Mahakaushal, Chhattisgarh, Central India, Bhopal, Vindhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to Sarvajan. Different law / arrangements related to Panchayat Raj system were prevailing in various components. In the year 1962, with the view to bring a pattern in Panchayat Raj system in the state, new panchayat act was made in the year 1981 and 1990 by making necessary amendments from time to time in view of making Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj system more efficient and effective. According to the 73rd Amendment Act 1992 of the Constitution of India, the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994) has been implemented in the state from January 25, 1994.
Under three-tier Panchayati Raj, the state has at present 51 Zila Panchayats, 313 Janpad Panchayats and 23,051 Village Panchayats, 14 Municipal Corporations, 96 Municipalities and 250 Nagar Panchayats. This has effectively improved delivery of key services integrating the administrative, academic units and local bodies. Also a provision has been made to encourage innovations in the state, for creative ideas generated at the field level or by a department so that it could be supported under the plan on a pilot basis.
The Home Department discharges the responsibilities of law and order and internal security and peace in the state, implementation of the Arms Act relating to foreigners, implementation of State Security Act, 1990 etc. and protection of VIPs. Under this department, all matters relating to Indian Police Service, State Police Service, Municipal Force, Public Prosecution and Sainik Welfare, allotment of Government servants, arrangements related to passport / visa, urgent services, and allocation of government housing to the ministers and officers, their For the purpose of the work, the administration of the vehicle system, government telephone system etc. is done.
The Constitution of India has been arranged jointly by the Council of Ministers to be responsible for the Legislature. In fact, the concept of parliamentary form of government was made by such a system. Legislature is a very busy body. Not only this, the bill of government and non-official members is presented, but the members attract the attention of the people towards various problems of the people and make various activities of the government. It is necessary for the governance to give the proper answer in all these stipulated time periods. The need for co-ordination between the Legislature and Government was realized for this large and multi-purpose parliamentary work to be done efficiently. Accordingly according to the Center and other states, this state also got a parliamentary work department in the year 1986.
The Chief Minister is the chief executive of the state. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.
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