Government of Odisha

Seat of Government	Bhubaneswar
Website	www.odisha.gov.in
Legislative branch
Assembly	Odisha Legislative Assembly
Speaker	Pramila Mallik (BJD)
Deputy Speaker	Saluga Pradhan (BJD)
Members in Assembly	147
Executive branch
Governor	Raghubar Das
Chief Minister	Naveen Patnaik (BJD)
Chief Secretary	Shri Pradeep Kumar Jena, IAS
Judiciary
High Court	Orissa High Court
Chief Justice	Chakradhari Sharan Singh

The government of the Indian state of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Odisha, a judiciary, and a legislative branch.

Like other states in India, the head of state of Odisha is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government, and their post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. The Orissa High Court, located in Cuttack, has jurisdiction over the whole state.^[1]

The present Legislative Assembly of Odisha is unicameral, consisting of 147 Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.^[2]

The state of Odisha is represented at the centre by its 21 Member of Parliaments in the Lok Sabha and 10 Member of Parliaments in Rajya Sabha. There are 21 Lok Sabha constituencies from which candidates gets elected in the General Election to the Lok Sabha. The Members of Rajya Sabha were elected and / or nominated by the Member of Legislative Assembly through their parent political parties..

Council of Ministers

The Total Strength of Minister^{[clarification needed]} is 21 out of Sanctioned Strength of 22. The total number of cabinet ministers is 16 out of which 3 are women. The total number of ministers of state is 5 out of which 2 are women. All Minister of State are having Independent Charges.^{[clarification needed]}

S.No	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Department	Party
1.	Naveen Patnaik Chief Minister		Hinjili	Home. General Administration & Public Grievance. Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	BJD
Cabinet Ministers
2.	Jagannath Saraka		Bissam Cuttack	S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Law	BJD
3.	Niranjan Pujari		Sonepur	Parliamentary Affairs. Health & Family Welfare	BJD
4.	Ranendra Pratap Swain		Athagarh	Agriculture & Farmers Empowerment. Fisheries & Animal Resources Development.	BJD
5.	Pradip Kumar Amat		Boudh	Forest & Environment and Climate Change Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Information & Public Relations.	BJD
6.					BJD
7.	Usha Devi		Chikiti	Housing & Urban Development.	BJD
8.	Prafulla Kumar Mallik		Kamakshyanagar	Steel & Mines. Works.	BJD
9.	Pratap Keshari Deb		Aul	Industries Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Energy.	BJD
10.	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak		Mahakalapada	Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Co-operation. Higher Education.	BJD
11.	Tukuni Sahu		Titlagarh	Water Resource. Commerce Transport.	BJD
12.	Ashok Chandra Panda		Ekamra Bhubaneswar	Science & Technology. Public Enterprises. Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability. Revenue & Disaster Management.	BJD
13.	Rajendra Dholakia		Nuapada	Planning & Convergence	BJD
14	Bikram Keshari Arukha		Bhanjanagar	Finance.	BJD
15	Sudam Marndi		Bangriposi	School & Mass Education.	BJD
16	Sarada Prashad Nayak		Rourkela	Labour Employees' State Insurance.	BJD
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
17	Aswini Kumar Patra		Jaleswar	Excise. Tourism. Odia Language & Literature & Culture.	BJD
18	Pritiranjan Gharai		Sukinda	Skill Development & Technical Education. Rural Development.	BJD
19	Rita Sahu		Bijepur	Textiles, Handlooms & Handicrafts.	BJD
20	Basanti Hembram		Karanjia	Women and Child Development. Mission Shakti.	BJD
21	Tusharkanti Behera		Kakatpur	Electronics & Information Technology Sports & Youth Services	BJD
Ministers of State
(21)	Tusharkanti Behera		Kakatpur	Home.	BJD