Naveen distributes portfolios among ministers

Bhubaneswar: Naveen Patnaik, who took oath as the Chief Minister of Odisha for a fifth consecutive time, on Wednesday distributed portfolios among the ministers in the state.

Naveen Patnaik has retained the key portfolios Home, General Administration & Public Grievance and any other Department specifically not assigned.

Cabinet Ministers:

1. Niranjan Pujari. — Finance, Excise.
2. Bikram Keshari Arukha. — Forest & Environment, Parliamentary Affairs.
3. Prafulla Kumar Mallik. — Steel & Mines, Works.
4. Ranendra Pratap Swain. — Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-operation.
5. Padmanabha Behera. — Planning & Convergence, Commerce & Transport.
6. Pratap Jena. — Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Law, Housing & Urban Development.
7. Arun Kumar Sahoo. — Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Higher Education.
8. Sudam Marndi. — Revenue & Disaster Management
9. Susanta Singh. — Rural Development, Labour & Employees’ State Insurance.
10. Naba Kisore Das. — Health & Family Welfare.
11. Tukuni Sahu. — Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti.

Ministers of State (Independent Charge):

1. Jagannath Sarka. — S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare.
2. Dibya Shankar Mishra. — Energy; Industries; Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.
3. Ashok Chandra Panda. — Science & Technology, Public Enterprises, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability.
4. Samir Ranjan Das. — School & Mass Education.
5. Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi. — Tourism; Odia Language, Literature & Culture.
6. Premananda Nayak. — Skill Development & Technical Education.
7. Raghunandan Das. — Water Resources, Information & Public Relations.
8. Padmini Dian. — Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts.
9. Tusharkanti Behera. — Electronics & Information Technology, Sports & Youth Services.

Minister of State:

Prafulla Kumar Mallik. — Home.