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The fol-low-ing out-lines key changes in the al-lo-ca-tion of re-spon-si-bil-i-ties among min-istries fol-low-ing the 2025 and 2026 re-as-sign-ments. The changes, set out in the rel-e-vant Gazettes, show which…
The fol-low-ing out-lines key changes in the al-lo-ca-tion of re-spon-si-bil-i-ties among min-istries fol-low-ing the 2025 and 2026 re-as-sign-ments. The changes, set out in the rel-e-vant Gazettes, show which port-fo-lios and state agen-cies were gained, re-lin-quished or trans-ferred be-tween min-istries un-der the re-spec-tive min-is-ters.
Of-fice of the Prime Min-is-ter —Prime Min-is-ter Kam-la Per-sad-Bisses-sar
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Gained: Her-itage Build-ings, Con-sti-tu-tion-al Re-form, Na-tion-al Trust, NALIS, Self-Help Com-mis-sion, GASHHP, HVIP, Home Im-prove-ment Pol-i-cy, Gold-en Grove Buc-coo Ltd, Orop-une Project.
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Re-lin-quished: GASHHP, HVIP, Home Im-prove-ment Pol-i-cy, Gold-en Grove Buc-coo Ltd, Self-Help Com-mis-sion, Orop-une Project.
Min-istry of Land and Le-gal Af-fairs —
Sad-dam Ho-sein
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Gained: Lands & Sur-veys, Land Man-age-ment, Squat-ter Reg-u-lar-i-sa-tion, Val-u-a-tion, Land Set-tle-ment Agency, Land Sur-vey Board, EM-BD.
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Gained: GASHHP, HVIP, Hy-dro-graph-ic Sur-veys, Ca-roni (1975) Ltd, Gold-en Grove Buc-coo Ltd, PSAEL, Rin-con De-vel-op-ment, Sug-ar Man-u-fac-tur-ing Co., Sug-ar In-dus-try Labour Wel-fare Com-mit-tee, Tau-rus Ser-vices, TRIN-TOC Ser-vices.
Min-istry of Hous-ing — David Lee
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Re-moved: Squat-ter Reg-u-lar-i-sa-tion, Home Im-prove-ment Pol-i-cy, HVIP, GASHHP.
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Gained: Home Im-prove-ment Pol-i-cy, Orop-une Project.
Re-moved: Sug-ar In-dus-try Labour Wel-fare Com-mit-tee.
Min-istry of Fi-nance — Dav-en-dranath Tan-coo
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Gained: Na-tion-al Health In-sur-ance Sys-tem, Ex-im-bank.
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Gained: Agri-cul-tur-al De-vel-op-ment Bank (ADB).
Re-moved: Ca-roni (1975) Ltd, Sug-ar Man-u-fac-tur-ing Co., Tau-rus Ser-vices.
Min-istry of Agri-cul-ture and Fish-eries — Ravi Rati-ram
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Re-clas-si-fied (from Agri-cul-ture, Land and Fish-eries).
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Re-moved: Lands & Sur-veys, Land Man-age-ment, Squat-ter Reg-u-lar-i-sa-tion, Land Sur-vey Board, Land Set-tle-ment Agency, EM-BD.
Re-moved: Hy-dro-graph-ic Sur-veys, PSAEL, Agri-cul-tur-al De-vel-op-ment Bank (ADB), Rin-con De-vel-op-ment Ltd.
Min-istry of Pub-lic Util-i-ties — Bar-ry Padarath
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Gained: Pow-er Gen-er-a-tion, Trinidad Gen-er-a-tion Un-lim-it-ed (TGU), POW-ER-GEN.
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Gained: On the Job Train-ing (OJT) pro-gramme.
Min-istry of De-fence — Wayne Sturge
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
As-signed: Air-space, Counter Ter-ror-ism, De-fence Force, Cadet Force, Il-le-gal Im-mi-grant & De-por-tee Man-age-ment.
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Gained: Na-tion-al Emer-gency/Dis-as-ter Man-age-ment, ODPM, Na-tion-al Em-blems Com-mit-tee, Na-tion-al Men-tor-ship Pro-gram.
Re-moved: Il-le-gal Im-mi-grant & De-por-tee Man-age-ment.
Min-istry of Home-land Se-cu-ri-ty — Roger Alexan-der
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Re-moved: Crim-i-nal In-juries Com-pen-sa-tion Board.
Gained: Il-le-gal Im-mi-grant & De-por-tee Man-age-ment.
Re-moved Dis-as-ter Man-age-ment, ODPM, Na-tion-al Em-blems, Na-tion-al Men-tor-ship.
Min-istry of En-er-gy and En-er-gy In-dus-tries — Dr Roodal Mooni-lal
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Re-moved: Pow-er Gen-er-a-tion, TGU, POW-ER-GEN.
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Min-istry of the Peo-ple, So-cial De-vel-op-ment & Fam-i-ly Ser-vices — Van-dana Mo-hit
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Gained: Geri-atric Ado-les-cent Part-ner-ship Pro-gramme (GAPP).
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Re-moved: So-cial Plan-ning, De-vel-op-ment & Mon-i-tor-ing.
Gained: Na-tion-al Com-mis-sion for Self-Help Lim-it-ed.
Min-istry of Health — Dr Lack-ram Bo-doe
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
Re-moved: Na-tion-al Health In-sur-ance Sys-tem.
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Min-istry of Rur-al De-vel-op-ment & Lo-cal Gov-ern-ment — Khadi-jah Ameen
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
As-signed: Mu-nic-i-pal in-fra-struc-ture, ac-cess roads, drainage, lo-cal san-i-ta-tion, URP.
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Min-istry of Ter-tiary Ed-u-ca-tion & Skills Train-ing — Prakash Per-sad
2025 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 146) [64–72]
As-signed: Dis-tance learn-ing, GATE, schol-ar-ships, tech-ni-cal in-sti-tutes, OJT pro-gramme.
2026 Re-as-sign-ments (Gazette No. 166) [2–7]
Re-moved: On the Job Train-ing (OJT) pro-gramme.
