New­ly ap­point­ed Plan­ning Min­is­ter Kennedy Swarats­ingh be­gan his du­ties on May 5 by meet­ing se­nior staff at the Min­istry of Plan­ning, Eco­nom­ic Af­fairs and De­vel­op­ment.

For­mer­ly the Min­istry of Plan­ning and De­vel­op­ment, the re­brand­ed min­istry now in­cludes eco­nom­ic af­fairs and na­tion­al de­vel­op­ment.

Swarats­ingh met with Per­ma­nent Sec­re­tary Aar­ti Be­dassie-Ma­haraj, deputy sec­re­taries, and de­part­ment heads to dis­cuss the min­istry’s up­com­ing work pro­gramme.