Amit Mitra entrusted with additional charge of e-governance department

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra has been entrusted with additional charge of e-governance department, a notification issued by the state government said.

A minor reshuffle in the ministry took place late last night. Mitra, who was looking after industry, commerce and enterprises, micro, small and medium enterprises and textiles as well as information technology.

Asima Patra, backward classes welfare department along with departments of agriculture and fisheries, was given additional charge of the department of programme monitoring (independent charge), it said.

Chandrima Bhattacharya, minister of state departments of health and family welfare, land and land reforms and refugee relief and rehabilitation and department of tribal development, was given additional responsibilities of planning and statistics (independent charges), the notification said.