Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has assigned portfolios and will continue to oversee the Finance and Services departments.

On Thursday, Rekha Gupta was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi. In the evening, she held her first Cabinet meeting where she assigned portfolios to her ministers. Gupta, who is the fourth woman to hold this position in Delhi, has chosen to keep important departments such as Finance, Planning, General Administration, Services, Revenue, Women and Child Development, Land and Building, Information and Public Relations, Vigilance, Planning, and others under her control.

Pravesh Verma has been given the responsibility of the Public Works Department, Legislative Affairs, Water, Irrigation & Flood Control, and Gurdwara Elections. Meanwhile, Kapil Mishra will be taking charge of the Law and Justice Ministry, as well as Labour, Tourism, Art and Culture. Ashish Sood has been assigned the portfolios of Home, Power, Urban Development, Education, Higher Education and Training, and Technical Education. Manjinder Singh Sirsa will be in charge of Food and Supplies, along with the Forest and Environment department. Lastly, Pankaj Kumar Singh will be overseeing Health and Family Welfare, as well as Transport. Ravinder Singh Indraj will be responsible for the departments of Social Welfare, SC and ST Welfare, Cooperative, and Elections.

During the meeting, the new Delhi government approved a 100-day plan, which includes cleaning up the Yamuna river and developing its riverfront. They also decided to table pending CAG reports in the Assembly and introduced the Central government-funded Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. This scheme offers health coverage to each family in Delhi. Gupta made it clear that her predecessor, Arvind Kejriwal, will be held accountable for any misappropriation of funds during his time as Chief Minister.

In addition, Gupta stated that she will not be moving into the Chief Minister's present residence. The Cabinet also approved a roadmap for launching the Mahila Samman scheme, which offers Rs 2,500 per month to women. With these decisions, the new Delhi government is setting a strong foundation for their term in office.

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