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.Council of Ministers

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.

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.

Council of Ministers

S.NoName Constituency Department Party1.Amarinder SinghChief Minister Patiala Urban Administrative Reforms. Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. Horticulture. Conservation of Land and Water. Civil Aviation. Defence Services Welfare. Excise & Taxation. General Administration. Home Affairs & Justice. Hospitality. Investment Promotion. Information & Public Relations. Legal & Legislative Affairs. Personnel. Environment. Vigilance. Wildlife. Science & Technology. Government Reforms. Information Technology. Power. New and Renewable Energy Sources. Other departments not allocated to any Minister.INCCabinet Ministers2. Brahm MohindraPatiala Rural Local Government. Parliamentary Affairs. Elections. Removal of Grievances.INC3.Manpreet Singh BadalBathinda Urban Finance. Planning. Programme Implementation.INC4. Om Parkash Soni Amritsar Central Medical Education & Research. Freedom Fighters Food Processing.INC5. Sadhu Singh DharamsotNabha Forests. Printing and Stationery. Welfare of SCs and BCs. INC6. Tripat Rajinder Singh BajwaFatehgarh Churian Rural Development. Panchayats. Animal Husbandry. Fisheries and Dairy Development. Higher Education. INC7. Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi Guru Har Sahai Sports & Youth Affairs. NRI Affairs.INC8. Charanjit Singh ChanniChamkaur Sahib Technical Education & Industrial Training. Employment Generation. Tourism and Cultural Affairs. INC9. Aruna ChaudharyDinanagar Social Security. Women & Child Development. INC10. Razia Sultana Malerkotla Water Supply & Sanitation (Public Health). Transport.INC11. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Dera Baba Nanak Cooperation. Jails. INC12. Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria Raja Sansi Water Resources. Mines & Geology. Housing and Urban Development. INC13. Gurpreet Singh Kangar Rampura Phul Revenue. Rehabilitation. Disaster Management. INC14. Balbir Singh Sidhu S.A.S. Nagar Health and Family Welfare. Labour.INC15. Vijay Inder Singla Sangrur Public Works Department. School Education.INC16. Sunder Sham Arora Hoshiarpur Industries. Commerce. INC17.Bharat Bhushan Ashu Ludhiana West Food & Civil Supplies. Consumer Affairs. INC

Former Ministers S.NoName Constituency Department Party1.Navjot Singh SidhuAmritsar EastLocal Government. Tourism & Cultural Affairs.INC

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.

See also

Government of Punjab, India Punjab Legislative Assembly Charanjit Singh Channi ministry

References