HP portfolios: Who gets what
Ending the suspense, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday allocated portfolios to 11 of his cabinet colleagues, keeping key departments with himself.
JAI RAM THAKUR
Home, finance, public works department (PWD), information and public relation, tourism, revenue, excise and taxation.
MOHINDER SINGHTHAKUR
Irrigation and public health, horticulture, Sainik welfare
KISHAN KAPOOR
Food, civil supplies and consumer affairs, election
SURESH BHARDWAJ
Education, parliamentary affairs, law and legal affairs
ANIL SHARMA
Power & multi-purpose projects, non-conventional energy resources
SARVEEN CHAUDHARY
Urban development, town and country planning, housing
VIPIN PARMAR
Health, medical education, ayurveda, science and technology
VIRENDER KANWAR
Rural development, panchayati raj, animal husbandry and fisheries
VIKRAM SINGH
Industries, labour, technical education, industrial training
GOVIND S THAKUR
Forests, transport, youth services and sports
RAJIV SAIJAL
Social justice and empowerment, cooperation.