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Second Amarinder Singh ministry

Second Amarinder Singh ministry

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Captain Amarinder Singh's second cabinet started from March 2017. Amarinder Singh is the leader of INC was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Punjab on 16 March 2017. His ministry had 17 Cabinet ministers including the Chief Minister as well as two women. The following is the list of ministers with their portfolios in the Government of Punjab.[1][2][3][4][5]

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Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the post of Chief Ministers of Punjab after claiming that he felt humiliated three times by the Congress leadership in the past two months.[6]

Tenure

In June 2021, MLA and deputy leader of the opposition in Punjab assembly, Saravjit Kaur Manuke held hunger strike along with AAP activists to protest against the inaction of the Punjab government in the payment of post-matric scholarship amount of Dalit students. AAP convener Bhagwant Mann said that the protest by AAP members had forced the Punjab government then led by CM Amarinder Singh to release the funds amounting to 200 crore as 40% share of the amount that Punjab government had to pay.[7]

Council of Ministers

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Former Ministers

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Major decisions

Reducing the number of the post of Patwari

On 5 December 2019, the Council of Ministers in the Amarinder Singh government took a decision to reduce the number of posts of patwari in the revenue department from 4,716 to 3,660. The decision was not publicly disclosed.[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "'Amarinder appointed Captain of Punjab Congress'". Daily Post India. 27 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
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    "Amarinder Singh sworn in as Punjab CM". The Hindu. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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    "Captain Amarinder Sworn In as Punjab CM, Nine Ministers Inducted". The Quint. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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    "CM to take the final call about "Atta dal Scheme in" Punjab - Forfeeds.com". forfeeds.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017.
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    "'Feel humiliated': Captain Amarinder Singh after resigning as Punjab CM". Daily Post India. 18 September 2021.
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    "AAP's dharna forced CM to release funds, says Mann". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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    "Punjab abolishes over 1K posts of patwari". Tribuneindia News Service. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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