Ministers get & lose portfolios too while they gain colleagues
CM Vishnu Deo Sai took charge of water resources which was earlier with Kashyap. Kedar Kashyap will continue with forest, climate change, cooperative and Parliamentary affairs department and has been additionally allocated transport portfolio, which was earlier with chief minister Sai.
Deputy CM Arun Sao got additional portfolio of sports & youth welfare, earlier with Tank Ram Verma.
Ram Vichar Netam continues with Scheduled Tribe, agriculture development and farmers' welfare, animal husbandry, fisheries and biotechnology.
Tank Ram Verma, along with his revenue, disaster management and rehabilitation departments, got higher education, which was earlier with CM.
Lakhan Lal Dewangan, with his departments of commerce & industry, public sector undertaking, labour, was additionally given commercial tax (excise), which was with the CM.
Shyam Bihari Jaiswal holds health & family welfare, medical education, twenty point implementation portfolios and was additionally given OBC & minorities development, which was earlier with Netam.
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The portfolios of other ministers remain unchanged.
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Gajendra Yadav got school education, cottage industry, and law & legislative affairs, Guru Khushwant Saheb was assigned with skill development, technical education & employment, and scheduled caste development while Rajesh Agrawal was given tourism, culture, religious trust & endowment.
These departments were being handled by the CM and deputy CMs—school education, cottage industry, tourism, culture and endowment were with CM Sai; law & legislative affairs with deputy CM Arun Sao; technical education & employment with deputy CM Vijay Sharma; skill development with Kedar Kashyap; and Scheduled Caste development with Ram Vichar Netam, respectively.
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