About a week after the swearing-in, ministers have been given the charge of various departments in the Uttarakhand government. The announcement was made to hand over the departments on Tuesday night.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has kept the charge of more than two dozen departments with him. These include Home, Industrial Development (Mining), Justice, Labour, Excise, Environment Protection and Climate Change, Disaster Management and Rehabilitation and Civil Aviation. Satpal Maharaj has been given 10 departments including Public Works Department, Panchayati Raj, Rural Works, Culture, Tourism, Water Resource Management, Irrigation and Minor Irrigation.
Finance, urban development, legislative and parliamentary affairs, reorganization and census have gone to Premchand Agarwal. Chandan Ram Das, who became a minister for the first time, has got the charge of Social Welfare, Minority Welfare, Road Transport and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises departments.
Another new face in Dhami’s cabinet is Saurabh Bahuguna. He has been made Minister of Animal Husbandry, Milk Development and Fisheries, Sugarcane Development and Sugar Industry, Protocol, Skill Development and Employment.
Ganesh Joshi has been made Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Sainik Welfare and Rural Development. Dhan Singh Rawat is in charge of school education – basic and secondary – Sanskrit education, cooperative, higher education, medical health and medical education. Subodh Uniyal has been made the Minister of Forest, Language, Election and Technical Education.
Rekha Arya has been given the Department of Women’s Empowerment and Child Development, Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Sports and Youth Welfare. Dhami’s cabinet was sworn in on 23 March.
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