Government of Punjab, India

• As in March 2022

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Chief Minister Administrative Reforms Civil Aviation General Administration Home Affairs & Justice Personnel Vigilance Housing and Urban Development Local Government Industries & Commerce Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Horticulture Conservation of Land & Water Food Processing Investment Promotion Science Technology & Environment Parliamentary Affairs Elections Removal of Grievances Freedom Fighters Technical Education & Industrial Training Employment Generation & Training Labour Printing & Stationery Defence Services Welfare Governance Reforms New and Renewable Energy Sources Information & Public Relations Other departments not allocated to any Minister	Bhagwant Mann	16 March 2022 (2022-03-16)	Incumbent		AAP	[4][5]
Finance Planning Programme Implementation Excise & Taxation Cooperation	Harpal Singh Cheema	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Health and Family Welfare Medical Education and Research	Vijay Singla	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
School Education Sports and Youth Services Higher Education and Languages	Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Power Public Works	Harbhajan Singh ETO	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Forest and Wild Life Preservation	Lal Chand Kataruchakk	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayats Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Dairy Development NRI Affairs	Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Transport Hospitality	Laljit Singh Bhullar	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister of Water Resources Water Supply & Sanitation	Brahm Shankar Jimpa	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Social Justice, Empowerment & Minorities Social Security and Development of Women and Children	Baljit Kaur	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Legal & Legislative Affairs Mines & Geology Jails Tourism & Cultural Affairs	Harjot Singh Bains	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP

The legislature comprises the governor and the Punjab Legislative Assembly, which is the highest political organ in the state. The governor has the power to summon the assembly or to close the same. All members of the legislative assembly are directly elected, normally once in every five years by the eligible voters who are above 18 years of age. The current assembly consists of 117 elected members. The elected members select one of its own members as its chairman who is called the speaker of the assembly. The speaker is assisted by the deputy speaker who is also elected by the members. The conduct of a meeting in the house is the responsibility of the speaker.

The main function of the assembly is to pass laws and rules. Every bill passed by the house has to be finally approved by the governor before it becomes applicable.

The normal term of the legislative assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting.[7] In the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly, 92 members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party form the treasury benches. The main opposition party in the assembly is Indian National Congress with 18 seats. The other parties which are in opposition are Shiromani Akali Dal Bharatiya Janata Party Bahujan Samaj Party and Independent. AAP MLA, Kultar Singh Sandhwan was announced as the speaker of the assembly.[8]

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took the oath of office on March 16 at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of Bhagat Singh. Inderbir Singh Nijjar took the oath as Protem Speaker. On 17 March Nijjar administered the oath of office to all the 117 legislators of the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative assembly.[9]

Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Permanent Judges and 21 Additional Judges including Chief Justice. As of 27th April 2022, there are 47 Judges working in the High Court, comprising 41 Permanent and 6 Additional Judges.

The court building is known as the Palace of Justice. Designed by Le Corbusier, it and several of his other works were inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in July 2016.[11][12]

• Departments of Government of Punjab, India
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• List of ministers in the Government of Punjab, India
• Punjab Remote Sensing Centre
• Punjab State Human Rights Commission

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