title: Second Amarinder Singh ministry
text: # Second Amarinder Singh ministry
  
  Captain Amarinder Singh's second cabinet started from March 2017. Amarinder Singh is the leader of INC was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Punjab on 16 March 2017. His ministry had 17 Cabinet ministers including the Chief Minister as well as two women. The following is the list of ministers with their portfolios in the Government of Punjab.
  
  Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the post of Chief Ministers of Punjab after claiming that he felt humiliated three times by the Congress leadership in the past two months.
  
  ## Tenure
  
  In June 2021, MLA and deputy leader of the opposition in Punjab assembly, Saravjit Kaur Manuke held hunger strike along with AAP activists to protest against the inaction of the Punjab government in the payment of post-matric scholarship amount of Dalit students. AAP convener Bhagwant Mann said that the protest by AAP members had forced the Punjab government then led by CM Amarinder Singh to release the funds amounting to 200 crore as 40% share of the amount that Punjab government had to pay.
  
  ## Council of Ministers
  
  | S.No | Name | Constituency | Department | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Amarinder Singh Chief Minister | Patiala Urban | Administrative Reforms. Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. Horticulture. Conservation of Land and Water. Civil Aviation. Defence Services Welfare. Excise & Taxation. General Administration. Home Affairs & Justice. Hospitality. Investment Promotion. Information & Public Relations. Legal & Legislative Affairs. Personnel. Environment. Vigilance. Wildlife. Science & Technology. Government Reforms. Information Technology. Power. New and Renewable Energy Sources. Other departments not allocated to any Minister. | INC |
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  | 2. | Brahm Mohindra | Patiala Rural | Local Government. Parliamentary Affairs. Elections. Removal of Grievances. | INC |
  | 3. | Manpreet Singh Badal | Bathinda Urban | Finance. Planning. Programme Implementation. | INC |
  | 4. | Om Parkash Soni | Amritsar Central | Medical Education & Research. Freedom Fighters Food Processing. | INC |
  | 5. | Sadhu Singh Dharamsot | Nabha | Forests. Printing and Stationery. Welfare of SCs and BCs. | INC |
  | 6. | Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa | Fatehgarh Churian | Rural Development. Panchayats. Animal Husbandry. Fisheries and Dairy Development. Higher Education. | INC |
  | 7. | Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi | Guru Har Sahai | Sports & Youth Affairs. NRI Affairs. | INC |
  | 8. | Charanjit Singh Channi | Chamkaur Sahib | Technical Education & Industrial Training. Employment Generation. Tourism and Cultural Affairs. | INC |
  | 9. | Aruna Chaudhary | Dinanagar | Social Security. Women & Child Development. | INC |
  | 10. | Razia Sultana | Malerkotla | Water Supply & Sanitation (Public Health). Transport. | INC |
  | 11. | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | Dera Baba Nanak | Cooperation. Jails. | INC |
  | 12. | Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria | Raja Sansi | Water Resources. Mines & Geology. Housing and Urban Development. | INC |
  | 13. | Gurpreet Singh Kangar | Rampura Phul | Revenue. Rehabilitation. Disaster Management. | INC |
  | 14. | Balbir Singh Sidhu | S.A.S. Nagar | Health and Family Welfare. Labour. | INC |
  | 15. | Vijay Inder Singla | Sangrur | Public Works Department. School Education. | INC |
  | 16. | Sunder Sham Arora | Hoshiarpur | Industries. Commerce. | INC |
  | 17. | Bharat Bhushan Ashu | Ludhiana West | Food & Civil Supplies. Consumer Affairs. | INC |
  
  ### Former Ministers
  
  | S.No | Name | Constituency | Department | Party | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Navjot Singh Sidhu | Amritsar East | Local Government. Tourism & Cultural Affairs. | INC | |
  
  ## Major decisions
  
  ### Reducing the number of the post of Patwari
  
  On 5 December 2019, the Council of Ministers in the Amarinder Singh government took a decision to reduce the number of posts of patwari in the revenue department from 4,716 to 3,660. The decision was not publicly disclosed.
  
  