The State Government under Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat reportedly allocated portfolios to its Ministers on Sunday. Talk of such a decision was making the rounds in the media circles. Although officially it has not been confirmed, sources said that the list has been sent to the Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State.
As per sources, CM Trivendra Singh Rawat has kept departments like Good Governance, Corruption Eradication and Civil Services; Intelligence; Personnel and Establishment of All India Services Thematic Working; State Government Judicial/legal\ Field Nominations/Appointments; Vigilance; General Administration; State Assets; Information; Industrial Development; Disaster Management and Rehabilitation; Agriculture; Agricultural Marketing & Education; Parks; Horticulture; Transportation; Information Technology; Environmental and Solid Waste Management; Minority Welfare ; Remote Areas Development; Sub-Divisional Development and Management; Sheep and Goat Husbandry; Social Welfare; Rural Water Reservoirs Development ; Food Processing; Silk Development; Veterans Welfare; Rain Water Conservation ; Consolidation in Hills Villages and Bio Technology.
Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat has been allocated Finance, Commercial Tax, Stamps and Registration, Entertainment Tax, Parliamantary Affairs, Elections, Census, languages, Protocol, Higher Education and Planning. Prakash Pant has been allocated Revenue and land Management, Irrigation, Flood Control, Co-operatives, Technical Education, Rural Engineering Services, Rural Roads and Drainage and Indo-Nepal-Uttarakhand River Projects. Cabinet Minister Madan Kaushik has been allocated Medical Services, Family Welfare, AYUSH, Ayurvedic and Unani Education, Science and Technology, Sugar Industries and Sugarcane Development and Paramilitary Welfare. Arvind Pandey was allocated Sports, Forests and Wild life and law and Justice. Subodh Uniyal was allocated School Education, Adult Education, Sanskrit Education, Drinking Water and Sanitation and Students Welfare. Satpal Maharaj was allocated Food and Civil Supplies, Minor Irrigation, Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, Home and Backward Areas Development
Yashpal Arya was allocated Tourism; Culture; Management of Pilgrimage and Religious Fairs; Women Empowerment and Child Development; Renewable Energy; Youth Welfare and External Aided Programmes.
Minister of State Rekha Arya was allocated Urban Development; Animal Husbandry; Fisheries; Fodder and Meadows Development; Civil Defence and Home guards and Prisons. State minister Dhan Singh Rawat was allocated labour; Employment; Micro and Small Enterprises; Khadi and Village Industries; Dairy Development and Industrial Training