Mehbooba assigns port folios, Dy CM gets Industries | KNO

Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday assigned portfolios to the cabinet ministers and minister for state.

“In pursuance of Rule 5 of the Jammu and Kashmir Government Business Rules, I, Mehbooba Mufti, Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir do hereby assign the charge of the Ministers, the Government Business as shown in Annexure,” an order issued here by GAD said.

The order said: “This is in partial modification of Order No. 309-GAD of 2016 dated 04-04-2016, read with Order No. 631-GAD of 2017 dated 20-05-2017, Order No. 1346-GAD of 2017 dated 24-10-2017, Order No. 1677-GAD of 2017 dated 28-12-2017, Order No. 427-GAD of 2018 dated 12-03-2018 , Order No. 433-GAD of 2018 dated 13-03-2018 and Order No. 636-GAD of 2018 dated 17-04-2018.”

The list is as under:

Cabinet Minister and Department Assigned

1. Mr. Kavinder Gupta (Deputy Chief Minister)     Industries & Commerce and Transport
2. Mr. Abdul Rehman Veeri    Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
3. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Lone       Revenue
4. Syed Basharat Ahmad Bukhari      Horticulture, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.
5. Mr. Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali            School Education, Haj and Auqaf and Tribal Affairs.
6. Mr. Naeem Akhtar   Public Works and Culture
7. Mr. Imran Raza Ansari        Information      Technology,      Technical Education and Higher Education
8. Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari    Finance,   Labour   and   Employment   and Floriculture
9. Mr. Javaid Mustafa Mir      Disaster          Management,           Relief, Rehabilitation & Reconstruction
10. Mr. Mohammad Khalil Band          Agriculture Production
11. Mr. Sat Paul Sharma            Housing and Urban Development
12. Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Mir           Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
13. Mr. Sunil Kumar Sharma    Power Development
14. Mr. Rajiv Jasrotia     Forest, Ecology & Environment
15. Mr. Devinder Kumar Manyal         Health & Medical Education

            Minister of State    

16. Mr. Zahoor Ahmad Mir       Forest,     Ecology     and     Environment, Animal/Sheep   Husbandry,   Cooperative, Fisheries, PHE/I&FC and Transport.
17. Mr. Ajay Nanda        Food,  Civil  Supplies  &  Consumer  Affairs, Finance, Planning, Law & Justice, Relief & Rehabilitation,     Labour    &   Employment, Agriculture, Floriculture and Horticulture.
18. Mr. Shakti Raj           Education, Tourism, Tribal Affairs, Technical Education,      R&B,      Rural     Development, Information,    Youth   Services    &   Sports, Revenue and   Culture.

All other Departments/subjects not assigned to any of the above Minister shall remain with the Chief Minister, the order added.