In a major development, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy stripped two of his deputies of important portfolios by transferring their subjects from Revenue to Finance department. Commercial Taxes department, being looked after by Deputy Chief Minister K Narayana Swamy, and Registrations and Stamps, being looked after by another DCM Dharmana Krishna Das, have been transferred from the Revenue department to Finance under the charge of Minister Buggana Rajendranath.
As things stand, Dy CM Narayana Swamy will now continue to look after Excise and Prohibition department while the other Dy CM Krishna Das will hold charge of Revenue (Lands) Department. Chief Secretary Aditya Nath Das issued an order around Thursday midnight effecting the changes “to have more synergy of resource mobilization with Finance Department.” “All the related Heads of Departments and autonomous organisations like Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Director and Inspector General of Registrations and Stamps and the AP VAT Appellate Tribunal (Visakhapatnam) are also attached to the Finance Department henceforth,” the Chief Secretary said in the order.