Mizoram CM Lalduhoma Reshuffles Portfolios of Seven Ministers in ZPM Government

AIZAWL: The Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) government headed by Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday reshuffled the portfolios of seven ministers. A notification issued by Chief Secretary Khilli Ram Meena said that the Disaster Management and Rehabilitation portfolio, which was earlier held by Home Minister K. Sapdanga, has been awarded to Minister of State Professor Lalnilawma in addition to his existing portfolios—Rural Development and Administration and Public Health Engineering departments.

Sapdanga will now hold three portfolios—Home, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, and Personnel and Administrative Reforms, it said. It further said that the Minister of State, Lalnghinglova Hmar, will assume charge of the tourism portfolio from Cabinet Minister Lalrinpuii, who will now hold the Health and Social Welfare and Women and Child Development departments.

Apart from tourism, Hmar retained the sports and youth services, labor, employment, skill development, entrepreneurship, excise, and narcotics portfolios, it added.

The Horticulture Department, which was earlier held by Lalnilawma, has been assigned to cabinet minister C. Lalsawivunga, in addition to his existing portfolios—Art and Culture, District Council and Minority Affairs, and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, according to the notification.

With the recent amalgamation of the Information and Public Relations Department with the Printing and Stationery Department, the new department, named Information, Public Relations, Printing, and Stationery, has been assigned to cabinet minister Vanlalhlana, who also holds the School Education, Higher and Technical Education, and Information and Communication Technology portfolios.

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