Portfolios distributed among ministers, Tripura CM retains Home, Health PWD among others [Video]

Two days after the BJP government took oath for a second consecutive term in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and others, portfolios were distributed Friday among the newly-elected ministers of the Tripura cabinet led by Chief Minister Manik Saha.

While Saha will look after key departments, including Home, Health and Family Welfare, PWD and other departments such as Information and Cultural Affairs as per notification served by chief secretary, Finance, Planning and Coordination and Information Technology portfolios have been allocated to Pranajit Singha Roy.

Ratan Lal Nath has been given charges of Power, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Election departments.

Sudhangshu Das has been given responsibilities of Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Animal Resource Development and Fisheries departments.

The charges of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Transport and Tourism departments have been given to Sushanta Chowdhury.

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