The range of the portfolios that are held by Uttarakhand's special secretaries come from a wide range of governance concerns. They can ensure the revenue of the state, like entertainment tax and finance. They can be of extreme economic interest like cane cultivation and rural engineering. They can also be of a purely humanitarian nature like looking after the welfare of he freedom fighters. As such, the expertise of some of the most efficient administrators and civil servants are needed for a smooth functioning of the government's departments that the special secretaries are responsible for. Special secretaries in Uttarakhand work in close association with the chief secretary and the concerned ministries. Some portfolios operate as subsidiaries to other portfolios looked after by the concerned secretaries of the state.
There are total of more than 20 portfolios held by Uttarakhand's special secretaries. a list of the portfolios held by Uttarakhand special secretaries is provided below is.
- Water management
- Agriculture
- Rural Engineering
- Forest and Rural Development Commissioner
- Cooperation
- Panchayati Raj
- Cane Development
- Animal husbandry
- Sugar Development
- Sericulture and Social Welfare
- Jail
- Dairy Development
- Beeja
- Fisheries
- Revenue and Land Management
- Finance
- Home
- Freedom Fighter's Welfare
- Rehabilitation
- Stamp
- Banking
- Sales Tax
- Entertainment Tax
