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Sarma also appealed to insurgent outfits, including the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), to eschew violence and come to the negotiating table.
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Himanta Biswa Sarma was on Monday sworn in as the 15th chief minister of Assam. Sarma said dealing with the Covid pandemic, fulfilling the election promises which include providing an error-free National Register of Citizens (
NRC), micro finance loan waiver and mitigating the impact of floods are the priorities of his government.
He also appealed to insurgent outfits, including the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), to eschew violence and come to the negotiating table.
List of Newly Elected.
List of Newly Elected Assam Cabinet Ministers & Their Ministries, Ajanta Neog Becomes 1st Woman Finance Minister of Assam
The portfolio of the 13 MLA from the Himanta Biswa Sarma s cabinet has been announced, here is the list
Guwahati:
Ajanta Neog Becomes 1st Woman Finance Minister of Assam, Check the Full List of State Cabinet Ministers & Their portfolios. The following are Assam govt ministers portfolio distribution.
1. Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma: Home, Personnel, PWD & any other Chief Minister, Assam Department not allotted to any other Minister.
2. Ranjeet Kumar Dass: Panchayat & Rural Development, Public Health Minister Engineering, Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
Assam gets first woman finance minister; Covid top agenda in maiden cabinet meet
Assam gets first woman finance minister; Covid top agenda in maiden cabinet meet
A day after being sworn in as the chief minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed portfolios to his cabinet ministers. At the first cabinet meet of the new Assam government, Covid-19 remained the top priority.
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UPDATED: May 12, 2021 01:53 IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma holds first cabinet meeting after forming the new government in the state. (Photo: PTI)
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday distributed portfolios to 13 members of his cabinet, a day after the new council of ministers were sworn in. With Ajanta Neog taking charge of the finance department, the state got its first woman finance minister.
Assam Gets Its First Woman Finance Minister As Sarma Distributes Portfolios
A former minister in the Congress government, Ajanta Neog jumped ship before the Assembly elections
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Ajanta Neog made history after she was sworn in as Assam’s first woman finance minister after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday distributed portfolios to 13 members of his cabinet.
The finance ministry, which Sarma held in the Sarbananda Sonowal government, has been allotted to a woman minister for the first time in the state.