Pema Khandu allocates additional portfolios to Deputy CM & seven other Ministers

ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday allocated additional portfolios to Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein and other Cabinet Ministers in addition to their existing portfolios.

Mein has been alloted the additional charges of Tax & Excise, State Lotteries, Economic & Statistics, while Public Health Engineering (PHED) Minister Wangki Lowang has been given the additional charge of Information Technology.

Rural Works Department (RWD) Minister Honchun Ngandam has been entrusted with additional charge of Science & Technology while Urban Development Minister Kamlung Mossang get additional portfolio of Geology & Mining.

Home Minister Bamang Felix has been allocated IPR & Printing as additional charge and Minister Industries Tumke Bagra has been given the Labour & employment and Cooperation portfolios.

While Sports Minister Mama Natung gets Environment & Forest as additional charge, Tourism Minister Nakap Nalo has been entrusted with Land Management.

All the departments were previously held by the Chief Minister.

Expressing his conviction towards a decentralised governance and decentralisation of power that would pave way to unprecedented development, Khandu exuded confidence that his colleagues would work tirelessly in public interest.