ITANAGAR, Oct 14: The State Government through a notification under Rule 5 of the Arunachal Pradesh Rules of Executive Business, 1987, has allocated additional portfolios to the Deputy Chief Minister and Cabinet ministers in addition to their existing portfolios. 
A Government notification issued this evening read that the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh acting on the advise of Chief Minister Arunachal Pradesh is pleased to allocate more departments to the Deputy Chief Minister and Cabinet ministers as additional charge in addition to their existing portfolios. 
Dy CM Chowna Mein gets additional charges of Tax & Excise, State Lotteries, Economic & Statistics while PHED Minister Wangki Lowang has been given the additional charge of Information Technology. While RWD Minister Honchun Ngandam has been entrusted with additional charge of Science & Technology. UD Minister Kamlung Mossang get additional portfolio of Geology & Mining. 
Home Minister Bamang Felix has been allocated IPR & Printing as additional charge and Minister Industries Tumke Bagra has been given the Labour & employment and Cooperation portfolio. While Sports Minister Mama Natung get Environment & Forest as additional charge, Tourism Minister Nakap Nalo has been entrusted with Land Management. 
These all departments were previously held by Chief Minister. Expressing his conviction towards a decentralised governance and decentralisation of power that would pave way to unprecedented 

development, Khandu exuded confidence that his colleagues will work tirelessly in public interest.  
Further, 22 MLAs have been appointed as ‘Advisors to Ministers’ for assisting the Ministers and the government in expediting the functioning and monitoring of ongoing infra projects in the state. The appointment orders were handed over to the MLAs by Chief Minister Pema Khandu in a small function held here at the CMO on Wednesday. While stating that the appointments were necessitated to instil a sense of responsibility among the elected representatives, uphold the spirit of teamwork for improvement of work culture and expediting and completing the works within schedules, the Chief Minister clarified that it would not entail any financial burden on the state exchequer. “These appointments have no financial implication whatsoever to the state exchequer,” he said, adding that the appointees will not be entitled to any emoluments, remuneration, perks and facilities. The appointments have been under clause 3 of the Guidelines for Appointment of Advisers to the Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh for Public Service, 2020 and has come into effect subsequent to handing of the orders to the MLAs.

Meanwhile, in two separate orders today, the state government also appointed the Chairman of Arunachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (APBOCWB) and the Chairman, Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency (APEDA). CMO

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