Punjab Cabinet: Portfolios Allocated to New Mins, Channi Keeps Justice, Tourism

Two days after 15 ministers were inducted into the state Cabinet, the Punjab government on Tuesday, 28 September, allocated portfolios to the state's ministers.Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has retained 14 portfolios, including vigilance, while Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has been given the charge of home affairs, among other departments. Here is a full list of the portfolios allocated to the various state ministers:Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi: Personnel, vigilance, general administrations and justice, legal and legislative affairs, information and public relations, environment, mining and geology, civil aviation, excise, investment promotion, power, hospitality, and tourism and cultural affairsDeputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa: Home affairs, cooperation, and jailsDeputy Chief Minister Om Parkash Soni: Health and family welfare, defence services welfare, and freedom fightersCABINET MINISTERSBrahm Mohindra: Local government, parliamentary affairs, elections, and removal of grievancesManpreet Singh Badal: Finance, taxation, government reforms, planning, and programme implementationTript Rajinder Singh Bajwa: Rural development and panchayats, and animal husbandry, fisheries and dairy developmentAruna Chaudhary: Revenue, rehabilitation, and disaster managementSukhbinder Singh Sarkaria: Water resources, and housing and urban developmentRana Gurjeet Singh: Technical education and industrial training, employment generation and training, horticulture, and soil and water conservationRazia Sultana: Water supply and sanitation, social security, women and child development, and printing and stationaryVijay Inder Singla: Public works and administrative reformsBharat Bushan Ashu: Food, civil supplies, and consumer affairsRandeep Singh Nabha: Agriculture and farmers' welfare, and food processingRaj Kumar Verka: Social justice, empowerment and minorities, new and renewable energy resources, and medical education and researchSangat Singh Gilzian: Forests, wild life, and labourPargat Singh: School education, higher education, sports and youth services, and NRI affairsAmarinder Singh Raja Warring: TransportGurkirat Singh Kotli: Industries and commerce, information technology, and science and technology 15 Ministers Take Oath in Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi's New CabinetThe New Punjab CabinetChief Minister Channi had inducted his new Cabinet on Sunday, 26 September, at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh, a week after Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the chief ministerial post.After the ceremony, Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat had stated that the new Cabinet strikes a social and regional balance."Those who could not be made ministers today will be accommodated in the government setup and the organisation. This exercise has been done to bring in young faces and strike a social and regional balance," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.Former Minister Balbir Sidhu, Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Sunder Sham Arora, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, and Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi were dropped from the Cabinet.4 Events Ended Badal-Captain Era in Punjab. Will the State's Status Quo Change?

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Punjab Cabinet: Portfolios Allocated to New Mins, Channi Keeps Justice, Tourism

Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has retained 14 portfolios.

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