May 27, 2014
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Allocation of portfolios assigns ministerial responsibilities and independent charges across cabinet ministers and ministers of state.
The President, on the Prime Minister's advice, allocated portfolios across the Union Council of Ministers: the Prime Minister retains specified central departments and residual portfolios; Cabinet Ministers receive primary departmental jurisdictions across core governance areas; and Ministers of State are appointed to assist or exercise Independent Charge of specified ministries, with distinct assignments delineated between cabinet responsibility and delegated ministerial charge.