Talasani, Jupally, KTR Portfolios Shuffled

Hyderabad: In a cabinet reshuffle, Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday interchanged the departments between KT Rama Rao and Jupally Krishna Rao and changed portfolios of Talasani Srinivas Yadav.The changes have been approved by the Governor ESL Narasimhan.

Talasani has been given Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries and his present Cinematography portfolio will continue with him. Commercial Taxes will now be handled by KCR himself. He will also handle Rural Irrigation (Mission Bhagiratha). In addition to IT, KTR will handle Industries, Public Sector Undertakings, Mining and International Affairs while Jupally has been shifted to Panchayati Raj and Rural Development. Agriculture minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy has been given an additional Co-operatives department.