The newly formed Bihar government led by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday allocated portfolios to ministers, with the CM retaining key departments including Home, General Administration, Cabinet Secretariat, Vigilance, and Civil Aviation, along with departments not allocated to any other minister.
In a significant move, Nishant Kumar — son of former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar — has been entrusted with the crucial Health Ministry in his ministerial debut.
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Here is the full list of ministers and their portfolios:
Nishant Kumar — Health
Samrat Choudhary — General Administration, Home, Cabinet Secretariat, Vigilance, Election, Civil Aviation
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary — Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs
Bijendra Prasad Yadav — Finance, Commercial Taxes
Shravan Kumar — Rural Development, Information & Public Relations
Vijay Kumar Sinha — Agriculture
Dilip Kumar Jaiswal — Revenue & Land Reforms
Leshi Singh — Housing Construction
Ram Kripal Yadav — Cooperation
Neeloo Mishra — Urban Development & Housing, IT
Damodar Rawat — Transport
Sanjay Singh Tiger — Higher Education, Law
Ashok Chaudhary — Food & Consumer Protection
Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha — Planning & Development
Arun Shankar Prasad — Labour, Employment & Skill Development
Madan Sahni — Prohibition, Excise & Registration
Santosh Kumar Suman — Minor Water Resources
Ramdeo Prasad Nishad — SC & EBC Welfare
Pallavi Saha — Income Tax
Kumar Dhirendra — Road Construction
Sheela Kumari — Science, Technology & Technical Education
Kedar Prasad Gupta — Tourism
Lakhendra Kumar Srivastava — SC & ST Welfare
Sunil Kumar — Rural Works
Shreyasi Singh — Industries, Sports
Mohd Zama Khan — Minority Welfare
Nand Kishor Ram — Dairy, Fisheries & Animal Husbandry
Shailesh Kumar — Energy
Pramod Kumar — Food & Culture
Shweta Gupta — Social Welfare
Mithilesh Tiwari — Education
Ram Chandra Prasad — Environment, Forest & Climate Change
Sanjay Kumar Singh — Public Health Engineering
Sanjay Kumar — Sugar Industry
Deepak Prakash — Panchayati Raj
The portfolio allocation comes a day after the expansion of the Bihar cabinet, with the BJP and JD(U) sharing key ministries in the new coalition government.
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