DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Punjab Cabinet Minister Aman Arora today assumed charge of the Information & Public Relations, New & Renewable Energy and Housing & Urban Development departments in the presence of his Cabinet colleagues Finance Minister Mr. Harpal Singh Cheema, Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur, PWD & Power Minister Mr. Harbhajan Singh ETO, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister Lal Chand Kataruchakk, Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Local Government & Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar besides MLAs Kulwant Singh, Dr. Jiwan Jyot Kaur, Davinderjit Singh Laadi and Narinderpal Singh Savna. Before taking over, the Ardaas was performed to the Almighty for the welfare of all. It is worth mentioning that Cabinet Minister Mr. Aman Arora, who has been elected for the second consecutive time as the MLA from Sunam, expressed gratitude towards the Party National Convenor & Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and assured that he would discharge the responsibility assigned to him with complete honesty and dedication. Interacting with the mediapersons, Arora said that the welfare centric and pro-people schemes and projects of the State Government would be taken to the common masses with the aid of modern techniques so as to ensure that the benefit accrues to the actual beneficiaries. "The connect with the media would be strengthened and emphasis would be on providing a transparent, clean, accountable and a responsive administration", added the Minister. The other Ministers present expressed strong hope that Mr. Aman Arora being a hardworking, capable and visionary leader, would take the departments to heights of glory. Among others present included; Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister A. Venu Prasad and Special Principal Secretary Ravi Bhagat, Principal Secretary Housing & Urban Development Ajoy Sinha, Secretary Information & Public Relations Gurkirat Kirpal Singh and Director Sonali Giri, GMADA CA Arshdeep Singh Thind, CEO PEDA Sumeet Jarangal and family members Parmeshwari Devi (Mother), Shabina Arora (Wife), Bhuveer Arora (Son), Nina Malhotra (Sister), Sandeep Gilhotra (Father in Law), Ranjana (Mother in Law) and others. (editor@dailyworld.in)