Naveen’s Revamped Cabinet: Who Gets What

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.