CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR THE STATES AND THE RULES OF BUSINESS

The Constitution of India provides for three wings of the state , namely The Executive headed by the Governor, The State Legislature consisting of the Governor and the legislative assembly,and the High court of the state .The business of the government is transacted in accordance with the rules made by the Governor under article 166 (2)and (3) of the constitution Accordingly the following rules have been framed under article 166(2) and (3) of the constitution for the conduct of the business of the state government. The rules of business provide for a permanent Secretariate divided into departments each with the designated set of duties and clearly defined procedure.The same will provide support to the council of ministers in discharging it's constitutional  obligations and also in taking various decisions concerning the welfare of the state and the people of the state.The actual implementation of the programmes is done by the field staff of the various departments and the Activities of the field staff are controlled from the day to day functioning point of view by directorates so that the Secretariate Departments are left free to concentrate on issues relating to the policy , planning and overall implementation.The directorates in addition to executing the programmes also act as agencies to collect and interprete data and provide appropriate information to the Secretariat Departments in framing, reviewing and analysing the policy.