Srinagar 28 Oct(KNB): The Jammu and Kashmir government has allocated portfolios among its Council of Ministers following the induction of four new ministers into Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led government.
According to the portfolio allocation order issued by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary has been assigned the Public Works (Roads and Buildings) Department, Industries and Commerce, Labour and Employment, and Skill Development.
Ali Mohammad Sagar has been given charge of the Revenue Department, Power Development Department, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRR), and the Election Department.
Sakeena Masood (Itoo) will continue to handle the Health and Medical Education Department and the Social Welfare Department, while Javed Ahmad Rana has been assigned Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Tribal Affairs, and Transport.
Javid Ahmed Dar has been allocated Agriculture Production, Finance, Mining and Cooperatives departments.
Mir Saifullah has been assigned Planning, Development and Monitoring, Culture, Youth Services and Sports, and ARI and Trainings departments.
Shamim Firdous will handle School Education, Higher Education and Jal Shakti, while Altaf Ahmad Wani has been given charge of Forest, Ecology and Environment, and Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
The order further states that any department or subject not allocated to a minister will remain with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Satish Sharma has been left out of the ministerial portfolio allocation following the latest reshuffle. The development comes amid the reorganisation of responsibilities in the Omar Abdullah-led government after the induction of four new ministers.(KNB)