Odisha new cabinet ministers list with portfolio
New Delhi, Jun 05: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday inducted 21 ministers including 7 first-timers and three women, in the biggest ever cabinet reshuffle in his 22-year-long reign.
The new council of ministers has 12 fresh faces and five women. Three of the five women -- Pramila Mallick, Usha Devi and Tukuni Sahu -- have been given cabinet ranks. Representation has also been given to leaders of scheduled tribe, scheduled caste and Other Backward Class categories.
This is the first time that Patnaik filled 21 berths in his council of ministers. In his previous terms, one berth had always remained vacant.
On Saturday, all 20 ministers of the state had resigned, paving way for the reconstitution.
Of the 20 ministers who resigned on Saturday, Patnaik re-appointed only nine -- Jagannath Saraka, Niranjan Pujari, R P Swain, Prafulla Kumar Mallick, NK Das, Ashok Panda, Tukuni Saho, Samir Ranjan Dash and TK Behera.
Those that did not make it to the new team include Arun K Sahoo, B K Arukha, Padmanabh Behera, Pratap Jena, Sudam Marandi, Sushant Singh, D S Mishra, and J R Panigrahi.
Comparatively younger faces have been inducted in Patnaik's team, with an eye on 2024 elections to the Lok Sabha and the state Assembly.
Odisha new cabinet ministers list with portfolio
•
Niranjan
Pujari:
Finance,
Parliamentary
Affairs
•
Jaganath
Saraka:
SC,
ST
Development,
Minorities,
Backward
class
welfare,
Law
•
Ranendra
Pratap
Swain:
Agriculture
and
Farmers
Empowerment,
Fisheries
and
Animal
Resources
Development.
•
Pradeep
Kumar
Amat:
Forest
and
Environment,
Panchayat
Raj
and
Drinking
water,
Information
and
public
relation.
•
Pramila
Mallik:
Revenue
and
Disaster
management
•
Pratap
Keshari
Deb:
Industries,
Micro,
Small,
and
Medium
Enterprises
and
Energy
•
Usha
Devi:
Housing
and
Urban
Development
•
Prafulla
Kumar
Mallick:
Steel,
Mines
and
Works
•
Atanu
Sabyasachi
Nayak:
Food
Supplies
and
Consumer
Welfare,
Co-operation
•
Naba
Kishore
Das:
Health
and
Family
Welfare
•
Ashok
Chandra
Panda:
Science
and
Technology,
Public
Enterprises,
Social
Security
and
Empowerment
of
Persons
with
Disability
•
Tukuni
Sahu:
Water
Resources,
Commerce
and
Transport
•
Rajendra
Dolkia:
Planning
and
Convergence
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
- Samir Ranjan Dash: School and Mass Education
- Ashwini Kumar Patra: Tourism, Odia Language, Literature and Culture, Excise
- Pritiranjan Gharai: Rural Development, Skill Development and Technical Education
- Srikanta Sahu: Labour and Employees State Insurance
- Tusharkanti Behera: Electronics and Information Technology, Sports and Youth Services
- Rohit Pujari: Higher Education
- Rita Sahu:Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts
- Basanti Hembram: Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti