Bhubaneswar: After the Cabinet reshuffle, BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday distributed portfolios among the new ministers.
Thirteen ministers were sworn in with Cabinet rank while eight were sworn as Ministers of State rank.
Here’s the list of who gets what in the new Cabinet :
Cabinet Ministers:
Jagannath Saraka – SC & ST Development, Minorities & Backward Classes
Niranjan Pujari – Finance, Parliamentary Affairs
Ranendra Pratap Swain – Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development
Pradip Kumar Amat – Forest & Environment, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Information & Public Relations
Pramila Mallick – Revenue & Disaster Management
Usha Devi – Housing & Urban Development
Prafulla Mallick – Steel & Mines, Works
Pratap Keshari Deb – Industries, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Energy
Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak – Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Cooperation
Naba Kisore Das – Health & Family Welfare
Tukuni Sahu – Water Resources, Commerce & Transport
Ashok Kumar Panda – Science & Technology, Public Enterprises, Social Security & Empowerment of PwDs
Rajendra Dholakia – Planning & Convergence
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Samir Ranjan Dash – School and Mass Education
Ashwini Patra – Tourism, Odia Language, Literature & Culture, Excise
Pritiranjan Ghadei – Rural Development, Skill Development & Technical Education
Srikant Sahoo – Labour & Employees’ State Insurance
Tusharkanti Behera – Electronics & IT, Sports & Youth Affairs
Rohit Pujari – Higher Education
Rita Sahu – Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts
Basanti Hembram – Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti
Minister of State
Tusharkanti Behera– Home
The new ministry was sworn-in after Chief Minister on Saturday asked all his ministers to resign in a bid to revamp his ministry ahead of the 2024 elections.
