Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar extended his cabinet to a total of 31 ministers after three months of the formation of a new government in the state on February 9, today. As many as 17 new ministers were sworn in by Governor Fagu Chauhan to be a part of the Bihar cabinet. The CM has also allotted departments to the newly sworn ministers.
The list of ministers with their portfolios is as follows:
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Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister, has with him General Administration, Home, Cabinet Secretariat, Monitoring, Election and all such departments that are not allotted to other ministers.
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Tarkishore Prasad, Deputy Chief Minister, and has the charge of Finance, Commercial Tax, City Development and Housing Department.
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Renu Devi, Deputy Chief Minister, will also head Disaster Management and Welfare of Backward Classes.
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Vijay Kumar Chaudhary will be the minister for Education and Parliamentary Affairs.
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Bijendra Prasad Yadav will be the minister for Energy, Planning and Development.
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Ashok Chaudhary will be the minister for Building Construction.
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Sheela Kumari will be the minister for Transport.
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Santosh Kumar Suman will be the minister for Small Water Resources and Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes.
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Mukesh Sahni will be the minister for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries.
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Mangal Pandey will be the minister for Health.
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Amarendra Pratap Singh will be the minister for Agriculture.
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Dr Rampreet Paswan will be the minister for Public Health Engineering.
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Jeevesh Kumar will be the minister for Labor Resources and Information Technology.
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Ram Sundar Kumar will be the minister for Revenue and Land Reforms.
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Syed Shahnawaz Hussain will be the minster for Industries.
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Shravan Kumar will be the minister for Rural Development.
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Madan Sahni will be the minster for Social Welfare.
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Pramod Kumar will be the minister for Sugarcane Industry and Law.
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Sanjay Kumar Jha will be the minster for Water Resources, Information and Public Relations.
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Leshi Singh will be the minister for Food and Consumer Protection.
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Samrat Chaudhary will be the minister for Panchayati Raj.
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Neeraj Kumar Singh will be the minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
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Subhash Singh will be the minister for Cooperatives.
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Nitin Naveen will be the minister for Path Building.
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Sumit Kumar Singh will be the minister for Science and Technology.
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Sunil Kumar will be the minister for Prohibition, Products and Registration.
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Jayant Raj will be the minister for Rural Development.
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Alok Ranjan will be the minister for Arts, Culture and Youth.
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Mohammad Jama Khan will be the minister for Minority Welfare.
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Narayan Prasad will be the minister for Tourism.
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Janak Ram will be the minister for Mines and Minerals.