Bhubaneswar;7/5/17; After the swearing-in of 12 ministers including 10 new, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today allocated portfolios while keeping as many as four portfolios the list as follows:
CABINET MINISTERS:
Sashibhusan Behera – Finance and Excise
Dr. Damodar Rout – Agriculture, Farmers Empowerment & Fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Public Enterprises
Pradeep Maharathy – Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water
Maheswar Mohanty – Revenue, Disaster Management
Bikram Keshari Arukha – Rural Development & Parliamentary Affairs, I&PR
Usha Devi – Planning & Convergence, Technical Education, Skill Development
Badri Narayan Patra – School and Mass Education, Science & Technology
Prafulla Samal – Women & Child Development, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability, Mission Shakti, MSME
Pratap Jena – Health & Family Welfare, Law
Prafulla Mallick – Energy, Steel & Mines
Surya Narayan Patro – Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-operation
Bijayshree Routray – Forest and Environment
Niranjan Pujari – Industries, Housing and Urban Development
Ramesh Majhi – S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Ananta Das – Higher Education
Nrusingha Charan Sahu – Commerce and Transport
Sushant Singh – Labour & Employment and ESI
Chandrasarathi Behera – Sports and Youth Affairs, IT
Snehangini Chhuria – Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts.
Ashok Chandra Panda – Tourism & Culture