JAMMU: Following today’s cabinet reshuffle, the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah allocated portfolios to the members of his council of Ministers.
An official spokesperson gave details of the portfolio as follows:
Cabinet Ministers
Tara Chand, Deputy Chief Minister, School Education
Abdul Rahim Rather, Finance & Ladakh Affairs
Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, Public Enterprises, Haj, Auqaf and Floriculture
Ali Mohammad Sagar, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
Mian Altaf Ahmad, Forest, Environment & Ecology
Taj Mohi-ud-Din, Medical Education, Sports and Youth Services
Nawang Rigzin Jora, Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies
Sham Lal Sharma, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control
Ghulam Hassan Mir, Agriculture Production
Sakina Itoo, Social Welfare, ARI & Trainings and Public Grievances
Raman Bhalla, Housing, Horticulture and Culture
Akbar Lone, Higher Education
Choudhary Ramzan, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution and Transport
Ajay Sadhotra, Planning & Development and Labour & Employment
Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Tourism
Abdul Majid Wani, R&B and Mechanical Engineering
Mir Saifullah, Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs
Ministers of State
Ajaz Ahmad Khan, MOS (Independent Charge) of Revenue, Relief & Rehabilitation
Manohar Lal Sharma
a) MOS (Independent Charge) of Fisheries, Cooperative, Printing & Stationery and Elections
b)Minister of State for Finance and Planning, Higher Education, Forests, Environment and Ecology, Labour and Transport
Shabir Ahmad Khan, MOS (Independent Charge) Health
Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo
a) MOS (Independent Charge) of Industries & Commerce
b) Minister of State for Home, R&B and Mechanical Engineering, Housing & Urban Development, Tourism & Culture
Feroz Khan
a) MOS (Independent Charge) of Science & Technology and Information Technology
b) Minister of State for Medical Education, School Education, Youth Services & Sports
Nazir Ahmad Khan (Gurezi)
a) MOS (Independent Charge) of Animal & Sheep Husbandry.
b) Minister of State for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Horticulture, Agriculture & Floriculture
Viqar Rasool
a) MOS (Independent Charge) of Technical Education
b) Minister of State for Law, Justice, Parliamentary Affairs, Rural Development and Panchayats, Social Welfare, Power, Hospitality & Protocol, Information and Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution
The charge of Home, General Administration, Power Development, Information, Civil Aviation, Hospitality & Protocol, Estates and all other departments not allocated to any other Minister shall be with the Chief Minister, the spokesperson added.
