Jammu and Kashmir Governor reallocates departments to his advisors

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The Governor N N Vohra today reallocated the Departments to Advisors B B Vyas, K Vijay Kumar and Khurshid Ahmad Ganai.
As per a notification issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) here this evening, the GAD, Planning, Development & Monitoring, Finance, Housing & Urban Development, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, PDD, Industries & Commerce, Ladakh Affairs, Election, Disaster Management, Relief Rehabilitation & Reconstruction, and Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs Departments have been allocated to Advisor B B Vyas.
The Departments of Home, Forests, Ecology & Environment, Health & Medical Education, Youth, Services & Sports, Tribal Affairs, Hospitality & Protocol, Civil Aviation, Estates, ARI & Trainings, Information, Information Technology, Labour & Employment, Science & Technology, and Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs have been allocated to the Advisor K Vijay Kumar.

Whereas, School Education, Higher Education, Transport, Public Works, PHE & IFC, Revenue, Haj & Auqaf, Technical Education, Agriculture Production, Horticulture/ Floriculture, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Cooperatives, Tourism, Culture and Social Welfare have been allotted to Advisor Khurshid Ahmad Ganai.
“In pursuance of Section-2 of the Jammu and Kashmir Delegation of Powers Act, 2018 (Governor’s Act No. 1 of 2018), and in partial modification of SRO-282 dated 23 June 2018, the Governor is pleased to direct that the powers exercisable by a Minister shall be exercised by the Advisors to the Governor in respect of the Departments allocated to them,” the order said.