Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday reshuffled portfolios of ministers in his three-and-a-half-year-old authorities and assigned departments to 4 new ministers who had been inducted into the state’s cupboard two days in the past.
In response to an official notification, Sarma will probably be answerable for dwelling, personnel, public works buildings and nationwide highways, public works roads, medical training and analysis and another division not allotted to different ministers. He, nonetheless, will not head the departments of well being and household welfare, indigenous and tribal religion and tradition
Ranjeet Kumar Dass will oversee panchayat and rural growth, judicial, tourism and basic administration departments whereas Atul Bora will head agriculture, excise, border safety and growth, horticulture and implementation of Assam Accord departments.
Keshav Mahanta has been allotted income and catastrophe administration, info know-how, science, know-how and local weather change division whereas Urkhai Gwra Brahma will helm textile, handloom, sericulture, soil conservation and welfare of Bodoland departments.
Each Bora and Mahanta are from the Asom Gana Parishad whereas Brahma is from United Peoples Celebration Liberal — each events are allies of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP).
Chandra Mohan Patowary will head the Act East Coverage, surroundings and forest, and parliamentary affairs departments. Ranoj Pegu will take care of college training, larger training and tribal affairs (plain) departments. Ashok Singhal will head well being and household welfare and irrigation departments.
Jogen Mohan was assigned hill areas, transport, cooperation, indigenous and tribal religion and tradition departments whereas Ajanta Neog would be the new minister for finance and girls and little one growth. Pijush Hazarika will head info and public relations, social justice and empowerment and water assets departments.
Bimal Borah will head the cultural affairs, industries, commerce and public enterprises departments. Jayanta Malla Baruah will probably be answerable for public well being engineering, housing and concrete affairs departments. Nandita Garlosa will take care of sports activities and youth welfare, welfare of minorities, public works buildings and nationwide highways departments.
Of the 4 new ministers inducted within the cupboard enlargement on Saturday, Prasanta Phukan will helm energy, ability, employment and entrepreneurship departments and help the CM in medical training and analysis departments. Krishnendu Paul has been allotted animal husbandry and veterinary, and fisheries and help the CM in public works roads departments.
Kaushik Rai will head meals, public distribution and shopper affairs, mines and minerals and Barak Valley growth departments whereas Rupesh Gowala has been allotted labour welfare, tea tribes and adivasi welfare departments, and he’ll help the CM in dwelling division.
