First K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry

The First K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry was the highest decision-making body of executive branch of the Government of Telangana, headed by the Chief Minister of Telangana. The 18-member cabinet is also its first, being sworn in by the Governor of Telangana on 2 June 2014, the day of the state's birth. It is headed by K. Chandrasekhar Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the first Chief Minister of Telangana.^[1]

First K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry
1st Ministry of Telangana
K. Chandrashekar Rao
Date formed	2 June 2014
Date dissolved	6 September 2018
People and organisations
Head of state	E.S.L. Narasimhan Governor
Head of government	K. Chandrashekhar Rao Chief Minister
No. of ministers	18
Ministers removed	1
Member parties	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Status in legislature	Majority 63 / 119 (53%)
Opposition party	Indian National Congress
Opposition leader	K. Jana Reddy
History
Election(s)	2014
Outgoing election	2009 United Andhra Pradesh
Legislature term(s)	4 years
Predecessor	Kiran Kumar Reddy ministry United Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers
Successor	Second K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry

Background

The first cabinet of the newly formed Indian state Telangana after bifurcating from the United Andhra Pradesh was formed on 2 June 2014. A 11 member cabinet was constituted initially by K. Chandrashekar Rao the elected chief minister in the 2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election.^[2] On 16 December 2014 the cabinet was further expanded with inducting 6 members.^[3] On 25 June 2015 the then incumbent deputy chief minister and health minister T. Rajaiah was sacked from the council citing his charges of corruption in the medial and health department and indicating his involvement or ‘tacit ignorance’ of illegal actions in the department along with his incapability in handling the swine flu in the state. Kadiyam Srihari the member of parliament was then inducted into the council appointing him as the deputy chief minister and handing him over the duties of the education ministry.^[4] Along with this there was a minor cabinet reshuffling involving the transfer of ministries between C. Laxma Reddy and Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy.^[5][6]

Council of Ministers

Key ^RES Resigned from office

Portfolio	Minister	Constituency	Tenure		Party
			Took office	Left office
Chief Minister
Other departments not allocated to a Minister	Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao	Gajwel	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Deputy Chief Ministers
Revenue	Mohammed Mahmood Ali	MLC	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Health, Medical and Family Welfare	Thatikonda Rajaiah	Ghanpur (Station) (SC)	2 June 2014	25 January 2015 ^RES		TRS
Education	Kadiyam Srihari	MLC	25 June 2015	6 September 2018		TRS
Cabinet Ministers
Home Affairs Labour and Employment	Naini Narshimha Reddy	MLC	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Finance Planning Consumer Affairs Food and Civil Supplies	Etela Rajender	Huzurabad	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Scheduled Castes Welfare	Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy	Suryapet	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Education			2 June 2014	25 June 2015
Energy			25 June 2015	6 September 2018
Forest and Environment Backward Classes Welfare	Jogu Ramanna	Adilabad	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Irrigation Legislative Affairs	Thaneeru Harish Rao	Siddipet	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Information Technology, Electronics and Communications Municipal Administration and Urban Development Industries and Commerce Mines and Geology	Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao	Sircilla	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Transport	Patnam Mahender Reddy	Tandur	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Agriculture and Co-operation	Pocharam Srinivas Reddy	Banswada	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Excise and Prohibition Sports and Youth Services	Thigulla Padma Rao Goud	Secunderabad	2 June 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Energy	Charlakola Laxma Reddy	Jadcherla	16 December 2014	25 June 2015		TRS
Health, Medical and Family Welfare			25 June 2015	6 September 2018
Tribal Welfare Tourism and Culture	Azmeera Chandulal	Mulug (ST)	16 December 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Panchayat Raj and Rural Development	Jupally Krishna Rao	Kollapur	16 December 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Roads and Buildings Women and Child Development	Thummala Nageswara Rao	Palair	16 December 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Housing Law Endowments	Allola Indrakaran Reddy	Nirmal	16 December 2014	6 September 2018		TRS
Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Cinematography	Talasani Srinivas Yadav	Sanathnagar	16 December 2014	6 September 2018		TRS

See also

• N. Kiran Kumar Reddy ministry
• Second K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry

References

1. "Council of Ministers". Govt of Telangana. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
2. "KCR sworn in; heads cabinet of 11 ministers". The Hindu. 2 June 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
3. "Six ministers inducted into Telangana Cabinet". The Hindu. 16 December 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
4. "Rajaiah gets marching orders; Kadiam made Telangana deputy CM". The Times of India. 26 January 2015. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
5. "Telangana CM sacks Health Minister, Deputy Chief Minister". The Indian Express. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
6. "KCR Sworn In As First Telangana Chief Minister, Son and Nephew Are Ministers". NDTV.com. Retrieved 28 February 2023.