Naveen Patnaik allocates portfolios among ministers

Bhubaneswar: After effecting a major ministry reshuffle, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday allocated portfolios among the ministers while he kept as many as four portfolios for himself.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik kept Home, General Administration, Water Resources and Works with himself without any change.

However, there has been a major overhaul in his cabinet.

While cabinet ministers Damodar Rout, Pradeep Maharathy, Bikram Keshari Arukh, Usha Devi, Badri Narayan Patra and Bijayshree Routray got new portfolios, minister of state Ramesh Majhi and Prafulla Mallick were elevated to cabinet rank.

However, portfolios of Snehangini Chhuria and Ashok Chandra Panda were kept unchanged.

CABINET MINISTERS:

Sashibhusan Behera – Finance and Excise

Dr. Damodar Rout – Agriculture, Public Enterprises

Pradeep Maharathy – Panchayati Raj

Maheswar Mohanty – Revenue, Disaster Management

Bikram Keshari Arukha – Rural Development & Parliamentary Affairs, I&PR

Usha Devi – Planning & Convergence, Technical Education

Badri Narayan Patra – School and Mass Education

Prafulla Samal – Women & Child Development, Social Security

Pratap Jena – Health

Prafulla Mallick – Energy, Steel & Mines

Surya Narayan Patro – Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-operation

Bijayshree Routray – Forest and Environment

Niranjan Pujari – Industries and Urban Development

Ramesh Majhi – S.T. & S.C. Development

 MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Ananta Das – Higher Education

Nrusingha Charan Sahu – Commerce and Transport

Sushant Singh – Labour and ESI

Chandrasarathi Behera – Sports and Youth Affairs, IT

Snehangini Chhuria – Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts.

Ashok Chandra Panda – Tourism & Culture