Haryana Government Issued Notification of Merger of Departments

• 03 Jan 2023

Why In News?

On January 2, 2023, an official spokesman said that the Haryana government has merged and restructured some departments with the objective of improving administrative efficiency and its notification has also been issued.

Key Points

• The new department has been renamed as 'Energy Department' by merging the Department of New and Renewable Energy with the Department of Power and the Department of Forest and Wildlife and The Department of Environment and Climate Change has been merged to change its name to 'Department of Environment, Forest and Wildlife', an official spokesman said.
• The Department of Archaeology and Museums has been merged with the Department of Tourism and renamed as 'Department of Heritage and Tourism' and the department of Higher Education, Department of Technical Education and Department of Science and Technology has been merged to rename the new department as 'Department of Higher Education'.
• An official spokesman said that the Department of Information Technology, Electronics and Communication has been dissolved by the state government. The functions of this department, electronics manufacturing and private IT and Hartron have been brought under the purview of 'Department of Industry and Commerce'.
• Similarly, the Department of Art and Cultural Affairs has been merged with the Department of Information, Public Relations and Languages and renamed as 'Department of Information, Public Relations, Language and Culture' and the Department of Labour and Employment has now been renamed as 'Labour Department'.
• After the merger of the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Welfare Department and the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, it has been renamed as 'Social Justice and Empowerment, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Welfare and Antyodaya Department' and has now been renamed as 'Sports Department' in place of Sports and Youth Affairs Department.
• The spokesman said that the Haryana government has set up a new department named 'Department of Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship'. The Department of Skill Development and Industrial Training and the Department of Employment and the Department of Youth Affairs have been merged.