Portfolio allocation, double trouble for administration

DIVIDE AND FALTER | Allocation of portfolios by dividing the state departments may lead to some sort of confusion at the administration level

- Ravikiran Deshmukh

The allocation of portfolios by dividing the state departments may lead to some sort of confusion at the administration level, say sources from Mantralaya.

The portfolio allocation, announced on Saturday night on the concluding day of the winter session of the state legislature, saw newer divisions of the departments. The departments of relief and rehabilitation, water resources, delinking of animal husbandry and dairy development department have been some of the prominent examples, say the government officials.