India News | Deputy CM Replaces BJP Leader as Head of Khadi Board in J-K

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary has been appointed as the chairperson of Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB), replacing senior BJP leader Hina Shafi Bhat who held the post since December 2018.

Jammu, Jan 20 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary has been appointed as the chairperson of Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB), replacing senior BJP leader Hina Shafi Bhat who held the post since December 2018.

The government has reconstituted the board of directors of KVIB along with J&K Handicrafts and Handloom Corporation, J&K Cements Limited, J&K Industries Limited, J&K Small Scale Industrial Development Corporation Limited and J&K State Industrial Development Corporation.

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According to six separate orders issued by the General Administration Department, Choudhary who is also the Minister for Industries and Commerce, has been appointed as the chairperson of all the reconstituted boards, each having a varied number of members.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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