Telangana CM announces portfolios to 11 Ministers

Hyderabad, Dec 9 (Agency) Two-days after taking oath of eleven Ministers in the new Telangana Cabinet, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday allocated portfolios to new Ministers here on Saturday.On Thursday, A Revanth Reddy took oath as the chief minister and the eleven ministers were also sworn in by Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad.Keeping Municipal Administration and Urban Development, General Administration, Law and Order, and all other unallocated portfolios with himself, Revanth Reddy allocated the portfolios of Finance & Planning and Energy to Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu, who is the state’s first Dalit Deputy Chief Minister while Irrigation, Food and civil supplies allocated to Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy.

Following are other portfolios:C Damodar Rajanarasimha : Health, Medical & Family Welfare, and Science & TechnologyKomatireddy Venkat Reddy: Roads & Buildings and Cinematography.D Sridhar Babu: IT Electronics & Communications, Industries & Legislative AffairsPonguleti Srinivas Reddy : Revenue & Housing as well as I & PRKomatireddy Venkat Reddy: Municipal AdministrationKonda Surekha : Environment & Forests and EndowmentsDanasari Anasuya (Seethakka) : Panchayat Raj and Rural Development(including Rural Water Supply) and Women& Child WelfareThummala Nageswara Rao : Agriculture, Marketing, Co-operation, as well as Handlooms & Textiles.Ponnam Prabhakar : Transport and Backward Classes WelfareJupally Krishna Rao : Prohibition & Excise, Tourism & Culture and Archaeology