PANAJI: Following the Union cabinet reshuffle, five-time North Goa MP and Union minister Shripad Naik has been given new portfolios, including minister of state for tourism and port, shipping and waterways.
Naik told TOI that the assigning of the tourism portfolio will definitely benefit tourism in the state of Goa. He also said that his ministry will work towards promoting medical tourism in the state, and also try to get new tourism projects.
Further, he said that he will try to complete the projects in the state which he had taken up as Ayush minister.
For the past seven years, Naik was minster of state with independent charge of the Ayush ministry.
He was the first Ayush minister after the portfolio was formed in 2014 under the Narendra Modi-led government. In 2019, he was also appointed as minister of state for defence.
The North Goa parliamentary seat has been represented by Naik since 1999.
He first became Union minister of state in the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led coalition government and held various portfolios from finance to civil aviation.
