The Chhattisgarh Government on Friday accorded ‘Cabinet Minister’ status to Chandrashekhar Sahu who was recently appointed as the Chairman of State Finance Commission and Khoobchand Parakh, Vice Chairman of 20 Point Implementation Committee of the State.
The 'Minister of State' status was accorded to Sanam Jangde, Vice Chairperson of Schedule Caste Authority besides Chunnila Sahu, Rajsharan Bhagat, Bhojraj Nag who were recently appointed as Vice-chairpersons of Scheduled Caste Authority and Other Backward Classes Authority, Surguja Development Authority and Bastar Development Authority respectively.
Others who were given ‘Minister of State’ status are- Surendra Singh Kaimbo, Chairman of State Minority Commission, Bharat Sai, Srinivas Rao, Harshita Pandey and Nirmal Sinha were made recently made chairpersons of State Minor Forest Produce (Trading & Development) Co-operative Federation, State Forest Development Corporation, State Women Commission and Rajya Antavyavasayi Nigam respectively besides Purander Mishra and Chandrashekher Pandey, chairpersons of Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) and Matikala Board, respectively.
Vinay Kumar Pathak, Chairman of Rajbhasha Commission and Kedar Gupta, Vice Chairman of Chhattisgarh Tourism Board were also accorded ‘Minister of State’ status.