SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has allocated departments to eight ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary, with all portfolios not assigned to any minister remaining with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
The portfolio allocation was notified by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, according to an official order listing the departments assigned to each minister.
Choudhary has been given charge of the Public Works (Roads and Buildings) Department, Industries and Commerce, Labour and Employment, and Skill Development.
Ali Mohammad Sagar has been allocated the Revenue Department, Power Development Department, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR), and the Election Department.
Sakeena Masood (Itoo) will head 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 given charge of Agriculture Production, Finance, Mining and Cooperatives. Mir Saifullah will oversee Planning, Development and Monitoring, Culture, Youth Services and Sports, and ARI and Trainings.
Shamim Firdous has been allocated School Education, Higher Education and Jal Shakti, while Altaf Ahmad Wani will head Forest, Ecology and Environment, along with Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
The order states that departments and subjects not allocated to any minister will remain with the Chief Minister.
