With a view to bring in synergy in the functioning of different departments and streamlining of work, the Haryana Government has decided to merge and re-organize some departments having similar nature of work to improve administrative efficiency. The Directorate, Utilities and Authorities will continue to function as before. No staff cadres will be merged at present to avoid legal issues of seniority. A proposal to this effect was approved by the Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Manohar Lal here on Wednesday.
As per the decision, now the departments of New and Renewable Energy has been merged with Power Department and the nomenclature will be renamed as «Department of Energy”. Similarly, the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes and Social Justice and Empowerment Department has been merged and now the name of the new department will be “Department of Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of SCs and BCs and Antyodaya.» The Department of Higher Education, Technical Education and Science and Technology has been merged into a single department with the nomenclature as “Department of Higher Education”. The Archaeology and Museums Department has been merged with the Tourism Department and the nomenclature has been renamed as “Department of Heritage and Tourism”.
Similarly, the Forests and Wildlife Department and Department of Environment and Climate Change have been merged into a single department as “Department of Environment, Forests and Wildlife.”
