Uttarakhand : CM Dhami distributed ministers’ portfolios, kept 15 departments with himself
Continuing the process of taking fast decisions, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday distributed the portfolios of the ministers. CM has only 15 departments with him. Most of the other important departments have been distributed among the ministers. In the fifth year of the BJP government, the state has also got a separate health minister in the form of Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat. Till now this department used to stay with the CM only. Chief Secretary Dr. SS Sandhu issued the order of departmental work on Tuesday afternoon. The CM had 20 departments in Tirath Sarkar, whereas the present CM has kept only fifteen departments with him. All the important departments are distributed among the senior cabinet ministers. After the CM in the cabinet, now cabinet minister Satpal Maharaj is the minister with the most departments. Maharaj has eight departments including irrigation, loan, tourism. Whereas in terms of departmental numbers, Harak Singh Rawat and Subodh Uniyal will look after seven departments. Yashpal Arya and Arvind Pandey have been given six departments each and Banshidhar Bhagat and Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat five departments each. Bishan Singh Chufal, Rekha Arya, Ganesh Joshi and Swami Yatishwaranand have got four departments each.
Division of Departments:
CM Pushkar Singh Dham-15 Department
Council of Ministers, Personnel, Vigilance-Secretary-Corruption Eradication and Public Service, Home, Rajasset, Revenue, Justice, Information, Technical Education, Civil Aviation, Finance, Planning, Secretariat Administration, General Administration, Industrial Development (Mining)
Satpal Maharaj -08 Dept.
Irrigation, Flood Control, Minor Irrigation, Watershed Management, Indo-Nepal Uttarakhand River Projects, Tourism, Culture and Endowment, PWD
Harak Singh Rawat-07 Dept.
Forest, Environment Protection, Labour, Skill Development-Employment, AYUSH, AYUSH Education, Energy and Alternative Energy
Banshidhar Bhagat-05 Dept.
Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs, Food Civil Supplies, Urban Development, Housing, Information Technology
Yashpal Arya-06 Dept.
Transport, Social Welfare, Minority Welfare, Student Welfare, Election, Excise,
Bishan Singh Chufal-04 Dept.
Drinking Water, Rain Water Harvesting, Rural Construction, Census
Subodh Uniyal-07Department
Agriculture, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Marketing, Horticulture and Agro Processing, Horticulture and Fruit Industry, Sericulture, Biotechnology
Arvind Pandey-06Department
School Education – Basic and Secondary, Sports, Youth Welfare, Panchayati Raj, Sanskrit Education
Ganesh Joshi-04Department
Sainik Welfare, Industrial Development, Small-Micro and Medium Enterprises, Khadi and Village Industries
Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat-05Department
Cooperation, Protocol, Disaster Management and Rehabilitation, Higher Education, Medical Health and Medical Education
