Following her grand swearing-in ceremony on Thursday (Feb 20) at the Ramlila Maidan, Bharatiya Janata Party's Rekha Gupta assumed duties as the chief minister of Delhi.

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Gupta held the first Delhi Cabinet meeting and announced the allocation of ministerial portfolios. The chief minister will oversee crucial departments, including finance, while Parvesh Verma will be in charge of ministries, including PWD, Legislative Affairs, and others.

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List of ministers and portfolios

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Ministers Portfolios
CM Rekha Gupta  General Administration, Services, Finance, Revenue, Women and Child Development, Land and Building, Information and Public Relations, Vigilance, Administrative Reforms, Planning, other
department not allocated to other ministers
Parvesh Verma Public Works Department (PWD), Legislative Affairs, Irrigation and Flood Control Department (I&FC), Water, and Gurdwara elections
Ashish Sood Home, Power, Urban Development, Education, Higher Education, Training and Technical Education
Manjinder Singh Sirsa Food and Supplies, Forest and Environment, and Industries
Ravinder Singh Social Welfare, SC and ST Welfare, Cooperative, and Elections
Kapil Mishra Law and Justice, Labour, Employment, Art and Culture, Language, and Tourism
Pankaj Singh Health and Family Welfare, Transport, Information Technology

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‘5 goals in 100 days’

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After being sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister on Thursday (Feb 20), Rekha Gupta has planned to tackle five major issues within the first 100 days to show “visible results” to the people of Delhi. 

In her 100-day action plan, Gupta's agenda includes rolling out the Ayushman Bharat medical insurance scheme in Delhi, a long-pending demand aimed at improving access to healthcare for the underprivileged. 

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Her government will focus on cleaning the Yamuna River, prioritising the de-silting of roads and sewers, launching a massive citywide cleanliness drive, and repairing and maintaining roads.

A first-time MLA, Gupta contested the Shalimar Bagh constituency in the Delhi assembly elections against AAP's Bandana Kumari and won by 29,595 votes, marking the end of AAP’s decade-long hold on the seat.

(With inputs from agencies)