Srinagar, Oct 28 (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday allocated portfolios to eight ministers in the newly inducted Council of Ministers, assigning key departments, including Public Works and Industries, to Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary.
According to an order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Choudhary has been allotted Public Works (Roads and Buildings), Industries and Commerce, Labour and Employment, and Skill Development departments.
Ali Mohammad Sagar has been given charge of Revenue, Power Development, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR), and Election departments.
Sakeena Masood Itoo has been assigned Health and Medical Education and Social Welfare departments, while Javed Ahmad Rana will oversee Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Tribal Affairs and Transport.
Javid Ahmed Dar has been allocated Agriculture Production, Finance, Mining and Cooperatives departments.
Mir Saifullah will handle Planning, Development and Monitoring, Culture, Youth Services and Sports, and ARI and Trainings departments.
Shamim Firdous has been given charge of School Education, Higher Education, Jal Shakti, and Forest, Ecology and Environment departments.
Altaf Ahmad Wani has been assigned Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
The order, numbered 1690-JK(GAD) of 2026 and dated October 28, was issued from Lok Bhavan, Srinagar, under Rule 4(2) of the Transaction of Business of the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Rules, 2019.
It further stated that departments and subjects not allocated to any minister would remain with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.—(NVI)
