CHANDIGARH: Harjot Singh Bains cabinet minister has been given the new portfolio of Information and Public Relations along with his existing departments of Higher Education, School Education and Technical education.
Chetan Singh Jauramajra who was information and Public Relations minister has been dropped from the cabinet. The Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has also distributed the portfolios to five new ministers today inducted in the cabinet. Those dropped included Anmol Gagan Mann, Chetan Singh Jauramajra, Bram Shankar Jimpa and Balkar Singh.
Five new ministers who were adminsitered the oath today included Hardeep Singh Mundian, Barinder Kumar Goyal, Ravjot Singh, Mohinder Bhagat, Tarunjit Singh Sond.
Following is list of departments allocated to different ministers.
Bhagwant Mann
- GAD
- Home Affairs & Justice
- Personnel
- Co- Operation
- Legal & Legislative Affairs
- Civil Aviation
- Science Technology & Environment
- Sports & Youth Services
Harpal Cheema
Finance
Planning
Program implementation
Excise & Taxation
*Aman Arora*
New & Renewable Energy sources
Printing & Stationary
Governor reforms and removal of grievances
Employment generation & Training
*Dr Baljit Kaur*
Social Justice Empowerment & Minorities
Social security women & child development
*Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal*
NRI affairs
Administrative reforms
*Dr Balbir Singh*
Health & Family welfare
Medical education & research
Elections
*Hardeep Singh Munidan*
- Revenue, Rehabilitation & disaster management
- water supply & sanitation
- Housing & Urban development
*Lal singh Kataruchak*
- Food civil supplies & consumer affairs
- forests
- wild life
*Lal jit Singh Bhullar*
- Transport & Jails
*Harjot Singh Bains*
- Technical education and industrial Training
- Higher education
- school education
- Information & Public Relations
*Harbhajan Singh ETo*
- Power
- Public works (B&R)
*Barinder Kumar Goyal*
- Mines & Geology
- water resources
- Conservation of Land and water
*Tarunpreet Singh Sond*
- Tourism & Culture affairs
- investment promotion
- labour
- hospitality
- Industry and commerce
- rural development & Panchayats
*Dr Ravjot singh*
- Local Govt
- Parliamentary affairs
*Gurmeet Singh Khudian*
- Agriculture & Farmers welfare
- Animal Husbandry & Fisheries and dairy development
- food processing
*Mohinder Bhagat*
- Defence services welfare
- Freedom fighters
- Horticulture