Portfolios Of Ministers In Odisha Cabinet After Rejig

Bhubaneswar: Total 13 Cabinet Ministers and 8 Ministers of State with Independent Charge were sworn-in into Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s Council of Ministers today.

Below are the details on Portfolios of the newly appointed Ministers:

Cabinet Ministers:

1. Jagannath Saraka – SC & ST Development, Minorities & Backward Classes
2. Niranjan Pujari – Finance, Parliamentary Affairs
3. Ranendra Pratap Swain – Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development
4. Pradip Kumar Amat – Forest & Environment, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Information & Public Relations
5. Pramila Mallick – Revenue & Disaster Management
6. Usha Devi – Housing & Urban Development
7. Prafulla Mallick – Steel & Mines, Works
8. Pratap Keshari Deb – Industries, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Energy
9. Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak – Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Cooperation
10. Naba Kisore Das – Health & Family Welfare
11. Tukuni Sahu – Water Resources, Commerce & Transport
12. Ashok Kumar Panda – Science & Technology, Public Enterprises, Social Security & Empowerment of PwDs
13. Rajendra Dholakia – Planning & Convergence

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

1. Samir Ranjan Dash – School and Mass Education
2. Ashwini Patra – Tourism, Odia Language, Literature & Culture, Excise
3. Priti Ranjan Ghadei – Rural Development, Skill Development & Technical Education
4. Srikant Sahoo – Labour & Employees’ State Insurance
5. Tusharkanti Behera – Electronics & IT, Sports & Youth Affairs
6. Rohit Pujari – Higher Education
7. Rita Sahu – Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts
8. Basanti Hembrem – Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti