GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 21st Oct. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has retained key departments, including home and finance, while allocating portfolios to his cabinet ministers following the swearing-in of the new government on Sunday.
Saini will oversee 12 portfolios, which include planning, excise and taxation, town and country planning, urban estates, information, public relations, language and culture, criminal investigation, law and legislative affairs, and housing for all.
Anil Vij, previously holding the home portfolio under former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, has been assigned the energy and transport departments, along with the labor department. The health department, which Vij managed during the Khattar administration, has now been given to Arti Singh Rao, who will also oversee medical education, research, and Ayush.
Other key allocations include:
- Rao Narbir Singh: Industries and commerce, environment, forests, and wildlife.
- Mahipal Dhanda: School education.
- Vipul Goel: Revenue and disaster management, urban local bodies, and civil aviation.
- Arvind Sharma: Jails and cooperation.
- Shyam Singh Rana: Agriculture and farmers’ welfare.
- Ranbir Gangwa: Public health engineering.
- Krishan Kumar Bedi: Social justice, empowerment, and welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes.
- Shruti Choudhry: Women and child development.
Additional ministers include Krishan Lal Panwar, assigned to development and panchayati raj, and mines and geology. Minister of State (Independent Charge) Rajesh Nagar will handle food, civil supplies, and consumer affairs, while Gaurav Gautam will oversee youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, and sports.
The portfolio allocations were made by the Governor of Haryana on the advice of the Chief Minister, following the BJP’s victory in the October 5 Haryana Assembly polls, where the party won 48 out of 90 seats.
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