aizawl mizoram chief minister lal thanhawla on monday allotted portfolios to the members of his council of ministers who were swornin on saturday last while the third seniormost cabinet minister lalsawta got finance as the former finance minister h liansailova lost the election the senior most minister r lalzirliana retained the home rural development portfolio and was also given the charge of agriculture and excise and narcotics the chief minister retained political and cabinet vigilance general administration department secretariat administration department department of personal and administrative reforms information and public relations pwd power and electricity and district council affairs r lalzirliana got the home portfolio along with prison and sainik welfare and resettlement agriculture rural development and excise and narcotics while the former speaker r romawia was allocated higher and technical education art culture land revenue and settlement and parliamentary affairs besides finance lalsawta was allocated planning and programme implementation taxation and law and judicial departments h rohluna was given school education industries including geology and mineral resources and trade and commerce zodintluanga retained his earlier portfolios urban development and poverty alleviation and sports youth services while he also got public health engineering p c lalthanliana earlier a minister of state and elevated to the cabinet in the new ministry got horticulture local administration and social welfare while former deputy speaker john rotluangliana bagged food civil supplies and consumer affairs transport and tourism among the ministers of state lal thanzara was allocated health information and communication technology while he would assist the chief minister in pwd and power portfolios lalrinmawia ralte was allocated environment and forests cooperation labour employment and industrial training and soil and water conservation c ngunlianchunga was given the charge of animal husbandry and veterinary disaster management and printing and stationery while b d chakma got sericulture and fisheries in the new ministry former ministers j h rothuama p c zoramsangliana lalrinliana sailo and nihar kanti chakma were not included while former finance minister h liansailova and tourism minister s hiato were the only ministers who did not get elected this time