Government of Goa

Symbols of Goa
Language	Konkani
Bird	Ruby Throated Yellow Bulbul
Fish	Grey mullet
Flower	Frangipani
Fruit	Cashew
Mammal	Gaur
Tree	Matti

Government of Goa
*Gōyānchen sarakāra*
Seat of Government	Goa Legislative Assembly Building, Panaji
Website	www.goa.gov.in
Legislative branch
Assembly	Goa Legislative Assembly;
Speaker	Ramesh Tawadkar, BJP
Deputy Speaker	Joshua D'Souza, BJP
Members in Assembly	40
Executive branch
Governor	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
Chief Minister	Pramod Sawant, BJP
Chief Secretary	Dr. V. Candavelou IAS
Judiciary branch
High Court	Bombay High Court
Chief Justice	Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya

The Government of Goa is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa. It is headquartered in Panaji, the capital city of Goa.^[1]

History

The governor's is largely a ceremonial post but has a crucial role when it comes to deciding who should form the next government or suspending the legislature as has happened in the recent past. After having stable governance for nearly thirty years up to 1990, Goa is now notorious for its political instability having seen fourteen governments in the span of the fifteen years between 1990 and 2005.^[2] In March 2005, the assembly was dissolved by the governor and President's rule was declared, which suspended the legislature. A by-election in June 2005 saw the Congress coming back to power after winning three of the five seats that went to the polls. The Indian National Congress (INC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the two largest parties in the state. In the assembly pole of 2007, a Congress-led coalition won and started ruling the state.^[3] Other parties include the United Goans Democratic Party, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.^[4]

In the 2012 election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated the Indian National Congress government in Goa, led by CM Digambar Kamat. The election was won by the BJP-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance which won 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats. Manohar Parrikar, leader of the BJP, was sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa on 9 March 2012. After Parrikar died from cancer in March 2019, he was succeeded by Pramod Sawant as the CM.

Head Leaders

House	Leader	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor of Goa	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai	7 July 2021
Chief Minister of Goa	Pramod Sawant	19 March 2019
Speaker of Vidhan Sabha, Goa	Ramesh Tawadkar	29 March 2022
Deputy Speaker of Vidhan Sabha, Goa	Joshua D'Souza	22 July 2022
Leader of the House Goa Legislative Assembly	Pramod Sawant	19 March 2019
Leader of the Opposition Goa Legislative Assembly	Yuri Alemao	30 September 2022
Chief Justice Bombay High Court	Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya	29 July 2023
Chief Secretary of Goa	Puneet Kumar Goel	NA

Executive branches

Governor

Goa Council of Ministers

As in March 2022


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office		Ref
Chief Minister Home Finance Vigilance Official Languages Other departments not allocated to any Minister	Pramod Sawant	28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)	Incumbent	BJP	^[5]
Finance Health Urban Development TCP Women & Child Forest	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane	28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)	Incumbent	BJP
Agriculture Handicrafts Civil Supplies	Ravi Naik	28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)	Incumbent	BJP
WRD Co-operation Provedoria	Subhash Shirodkar	28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)	Incumbent	BJP
Transport Industries Panchayat Protocol	Mauvin Godinho	28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)	Incumbent	BJP
Tourism IT Printing & Stationery	Rohan Khaunte	28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)	Incumbent	BJP
Sports Art & Culture RDA	Govind Gaude	28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)	Incumbent	BJP
Legislative Affairs Environment Law & Judiciary PWD	Aleixo Sequeira	19 November 2023 (2023-11-19)	Incumbent	BJP
Revenue Labour Waste Management	Atanasio Monserrate	28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)	Incumbent	BJP
Social Welfare River Navigation Archives and Archaeology	Subhash Phal Desai	9 April 2022 (2022-04-09)	Incumbent	BJP
Power New and Renewable Energy Housing	Sudin Dhavalikar	9 April 2022 (2022-04-09)	Incumbent	MGP
Fisheries Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services Factories and Boilers	Nilkanth Halarnkar	9 April 2022 (2022-04-09)	Incumbent	BJP