As expected, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu ensured that his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) retained major portfolios including Finance, Industries, IT and Agriculture. Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan was made the Deputy Chief Minister, while one member of the Bharatiya Janata Party was also made part of the Cabinet. Nara Lokesh, son of the chief minister was among the ministers that also included three women (S Savitha, Gummidi Sandhyarani and Vangalapudi Anitha).
As N Chandrababu Naidu finalised the members of his Cabinet, here are 10 things you need to know.
1. Total strength of Andhra Pradesh Cabinet: 24
2. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's portfolios: General Administration Department (GAD), Law and Order, Public Enterprises and all other unallocated portfolios.
3. New Finance Minister of Andhra Pradesh: Payyavula Keshav (TDP)
4. Deputy Chief Minister: Pawan Kalyan (Jana Sena)
5. Ministries to be led by Dy CM Pawan Kalyan: Environment, Forest, Panchayat Raj, Rural Development, Rural Water Supply, and Science and Technology
6. Number of Jana Sena Ministers other than Pawan Kalyan: 2 (Nadendla Manohar and Kandula Durgesh)
7. Ministries assigned to Jana Sena Party members: Tourism, Culture and Cinematography (Durgesh) and Food and Civil Supplies (Manohar)
8. andhra-pradesh-cm-chandrababu-naidu-cabinet-10-things-about-portfolios-of-ministers-as-pawan-kalyan-becomes-dy-cmNumber of BJP Ministers: 1 (Satya Kumar Yadav )
9. Andhra Pradesh's BJP minister's portfolios: Health, family welfare and medical education
10. Portfolios of Nara Lokesh: IT, Human Resources Development, Electronics and Communication and Real Time Governance (RTG)
