Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on May 7, effected the much awaited Ministry Reshuffle. His Ministry now has10 new Ministers while two of them have been elevated to the Cabinet rank. Ten Ministers had resigned on May 6.
Here’s the List of Ministers with Portfolios:
Chief Minister (Naveen Patnaik):
Home, General Administration & Public Grievance & any other Department specifically not assigned.
Cabinet Ministers:
1. Bijayashree Routray | Forest & Environment |
2. Bikram Keshari Arukha | Rural Development, Parliamentary Affairs |
3. Pradeep Maharthay | Agriculture, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development (Addl Charge), Panchayatiraj and Drinking Water |
4. Usha Devi | Planning & Convergence, Skill Development, Technical Education |
5. Surjya Narayan Patro | Food & Civil Supplies, Cooperatives |
6. Badri Narayan Patra | School & Mass Education, Science & Technology |
7. Niranjan Pujari | Water Resources and Urban Development |
8. Prafulla Samal | Women & Child Welfare, Mission Shakti, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, MSME |
9. Maheswar Mohanty | Revenue & Disaster Management |
10. Sasibhushan Behera | Finance and Excise, Public Enterprise (Addl Charge) |
11. Pratap Jena | Health & Family Welfare, Law, I & PR |
12. Ramesh Chandra Majhi | SC/ST Development, Minority & Backward Class Welfare |
13. Prafulla Mallick | Works, Steel & Mines |
MoS (Independent Charge)
1. Ashok Chandra Panda | Tourism & Culture |
2. Snehangini Chhuria | Handlooms, Textiles, Handicrafts |
3. Dr. Nrusingha Sahu | Commerce & Transport |
4. Susanta Singh | Energy, Labour, ESI |
5. Ananta Das | Industries, Higher Education (Ind) |
6. Chandra Sarathi Behera | Sports & Youth Affairs, Electronics & IT. |
By KalingaTV News Network – Kalingatv.com