Tripura’s newly appointed chief minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday allotted portfolios to his 11 cabinet colleagues, while keeping key departments such as Home and Health to himself. Saha also kept IT and general administration.
Here is the full list of ministers and their portfolios in the Tripura Cabinet:
Manik Saha (Chief Minister) — Home, Health and Family Welfare, Public Works Department, Industries and Commerce, General Administration, Election
Jishnu Devvarma (Deputy Chief Minister) — Finance, Power, Rural Development, Planning and Coordination, Science, Technology, Environment
N C Debbarma — Revenue, Forest
Ratan Lal Nath — Law, Education and Parliamentary Affairs
Pranajit Singha Roy — Transport, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Tourism
Manoj Kanti Deb — Food and Civil Supplies, Urban Development
Santana Chakma — Industries and Commerce, Social Welfare and Social Education
Bhagaban Das — SC Welfare, Animal Resource and Labour
Sushanta Chowdhury — Information and Cultural Affairs, Youth Affairs and Sports, and Drinking Water and Sanitation
Ram Pada Jamatia — Tribal Welfare and Handloom, Handicrafts and Sericulture
Prem Kumar Reang — Fisheries and Co-operation
Ramprasad Paul — Jail, Fire and Emergency Services, Welfare of Minorities and Other Backward Classes