Premium
This is an archive article published on March 22, 2017

UP portfolios allocation: CM Yogi Adityanath keeps Home; here’s the full list

Yogi Adityanath was sworn-in as UP Chief Minister in the recently-concluded assembly elections in the state.

uttar pradesh, yogi adityanath, uttar pradesh portfolios, UP portfolios list, UP minister list, up ministers full list, up portfolios full list, up cabinet full list Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced allocation of portfolios for his 47-member Council of Ministers. The CM kept Home Ministry for himself. Deputy CM KP Maurya got Public Works Department (PWD), Food Processing, Entertainment Tax and Public Enterprises departments. Also, Dinesh Sharma has been allocated Higher and Secondary Education, Science and Technology, Electronics and IT departments, reports news agency PTI.

Here is CM Yogi Adityanath’s list of cabinet ministers and their respective portfolios:

Yogi Adityanath (CM): Home Ministry, Information, Housing and Urban planning, Food and Civil Supplies, Mining, Personnel, Institutional Finance, Estate

Story continues below this ad

KP Maurya (Deputy CM):  Public Works Department (PWD), Food Processing, Entertainment Tax and Public Enterprises

Dinesh Sharma (Deputy CM): Higher and Secondary Education, Science and Technology, Electronics and IT

Rajesh Aggarwal: Finance Ministry

Rita Bahuguna Joshi: Child Development Ministry

Surya Pratap Shahi: Agriculture Ministry

Chetan Chauhan: Sports and Youth Development

Mohsin Raza: Minority Affairs, Science and Electronics

Shrikant Sharma: Power Ministry

Swati Singh: Women Development Ministry, NRI, Flood Control and Agriculture Export

Suresh Khanna: Parliamentary Affairs Ministry

Sidhharth Nath Singh: Health Ministry

Swami Prasad Maurya: Cooperative Development

Jai Prakash Singh: Excise

Suresh Rana: Sugarcane Development and Sugar Mills

Satish Mahana: Industrial development

Dara Singh Chauhan: Forest and Environment, Zoological Gardens

SP Singh Baghel: Fisheries, Minor Irrigation, Animal Husbandry

Satyadev Pachauri: Khadi Gramodyog, Silk, Export Promotion

Om Prakash Rajbhar: Backward Castes and Handicap Welfare

Brijesh Pathak: Law and Justice, Political Pension, Renewable Energy

Lakshmi Narain Chowdhury: Milk Development, Religious Endowment Culture, Minority Welfare

Story continues below this ad

Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi: Stamp and Court Fees, Registration and Civil Aviation

Yogi Adityanath was sworn-in as UP Chief Minister on Monday at a ceremony in Lucknow’s Smriti Upvan. The decision to appoint him as the leader of legislature party was taken unanimously by BJP MLAs at a close-door meeting on Saturday which was also attended by Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu.

On Wednesday, Adityanath also directed the government officials to abstain from chewing pan masala and gutkha during the office hours. Meanwhile, he has iterated that he will work towards taking forward PM Narendra Modi’s mission of ‘sabka sath, sabka vikas’ ensuring inclusive development for all.

Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram

Latest Comment
Post Comment
Read Comments
Advertisement

You May Like

Advertisement