Amarinder Rejigs Portfolios : Local Bodies given to Brahm Mohindra , Sidhu gets only Power

Capt Amarinder Rejigs Portfolios Of All But 4 Ministers, Hands Over Local Govt To Brahm Mohindra

Navjot Sidhu Gets Power & Energy Sources, Housing & Urban Development Goes To Sarkaria

Cm Says Reallocation Of Portfolios Will Bring In Freshness, More Efficacy Into Various Departments By SK.Vyas:
Chandigarh. June 6 ,2019: Hours after the first State Cabinet meeting following the Lok Sabha elections, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday evening rejigged the portfolios of most of the ministers, to make some vital changes in the key ministries.
Barring four ministers, there are some changes in the portfolios of all the ministers as a result of the reallocations, which the Chief Minister said would help further streamline the government systems and processes, and bring more transparency and efficacy into the various departments. With the Congress government in the state nearing the mid-term mark, Captain Amarinder hoped the exercise would also reenergize his team and bring a freshness into the working of the major de
The Chief Minister, who had hinted at changes in the portfolios of his Council of Ministers after the completion of the poll process, has allocated the crucial Local Government to his senior-most colleague, Brahm Mohindra, who was earlier
Local Government was earlier with Navjot Singh Sidhu, who now gets Power and New & Renewable Energy Sources. His other previous portfolios of Tourism and Cultural Affairs goes to Charanjit Singh Channi will retain Technical Education, Industrial Training & Employment General but his Science and Technology portfolio taken over by the Chief Minister.
Balbir Sidhu’s portfolio of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy has been entrusted, under the new scheme of things, to Tript Bajwa, along with Higher Education. Bajwa also retains Rural Development and Panchayats. That is correct. Bajwa has been given Higher Education and Animal Husbandry because the government intends to give greater priority to these sectors.
However, Bajwa has been divested of Housing and Urban Development, which the Chief Minister has handed over to Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, in place of Revenue, which goes to Gurpreet Singh Kangar, who is also handling Rehabilitation & Disaster Management.
Manpreet Singh Badal continues to take care of Finance, Planning and Programme Implementation but the Chief Minister has decided to take Governance Reforms into his own fold. School Education has been shifted from Om Prakash Soni to Vijay Inder Singla, who retains Public Works but hands over Information Technology to Captain Amarinder.
Soni will now take care of Medical Education & Research, Freedom Fighters and Food Processing departments.
In addition to Sports & Youth Affairs, Rana Gurmeet Sodhi will now also be in charge of NRI Affairs, which was under the Chief Minister’s purview earlier. Transport has been moved from Aruna Chowdhary’s basket and handed over to Razia Sultan, who retains Water Supply but has been divested of Higher Education. Aruna Chowdhary takes over the Social Security, Women & Child Development departments.
The four ministers in whose portfolios no changes have been made are Sadhu Singh Dharamsot (Forests, Printing & Stationery, SC/BC Welfare), Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa (Cooperation, Jails), Sunder Sham Arora (Industries & Commerce), and Bharat Bhushan Ashu (Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs).

Annexure

Allocation of Portfolios amongst Cabinet Ministers

Sr. No.	Name	Portfolios
1	Capt. Amarinder Singh	Administrative Reforms Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Horticulture Conservation of Land and Water Civil Aviation Defence Services Welfare Excise & Taxation General Administration Home Affairs and Justice Hospitality Investment Promotion Information & Public Relations Legal & Legislative Affairs Personnel Environment Vigilance Wildlife Science & Technology Governance Reforms Information Technology
2	Sh. Brahm Mohindra	Local Government Parliamentary Affairs Elections Removal of Grievances
3	Sh. Navjot Singh Sidhu	Power New and Renewable Energy Sources
4	Sh. Manpreet Singh Badal	Finance Planning Programme Implementation
5	Sh. Om Parkash Soni	Medical Education & Research Freedom Fighters Food Processing
6	Sh. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot	Forest Printing and Stationary Welfare of SC and BCs
7	Sh. Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa	Rural Development & Panchayats Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development Higher Education
8	Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi	Sports and Youth Affairs NRI Affairs
9	Sh. Charanjit Singh Channi	Technical Education & Industrial Training Employment Generation Tourism and Cultural Affairs
10	Smt. Aruna Chaudhary	Social Security Women & Child Development
11	Smt. Razia Sultana	Water Supply and Sanitation Transport
12	Sh. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa	Cooperation Jails
13	Sh. Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria	Water Resources Mining & Geology Housing and Urban Development
14	Sh. Gurpreet Singh Kangar	Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management
15	Sh. Balbir Singh Sidhu	Health and Family Welfare Labour
16	Sh. Vijay Inder Singla	School Education Public works
17	Sh. Sunder Sham Arora	Industries and Commerce
18	Sh. Bharat Bhushan Ashu	Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs

The portfolio, if any, not allotted to any of the Ministers shall vest with the Chief Minister.