Insight Bureau: A total of 13 Cabinet Ministers and 8 Ministers of State with Independent Charge were sworn in into Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s Council of Ministers on Sunday.
Cabinet Ministers
1. Jagannath Saraka: S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare, Law
2. Niranjan Pujari: Finance, Parliamentary Affairs
3. Ranendra Pratap Swain: Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment Fisheries & Animal Resources Development
4. Pradip Kumar Amat: Forest & Environment, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Information & Public Relations
5. Pramila Mallik: Revenue & Disaster Management
6. Usha Devi: Housing & Urban Development
7. Prafulla Kumar Mallick: Steel & Mines, Works
8. Pratap Keshari Deb: Industries, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Energy
9. Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak: Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-operation
10. Naba Kisore Das: Health & Family Welfare
11. Tukuni Sahu: Water Resources, Commerce & Transport
12. Ashok Chandra Panda: Science & Technology, Public Enterprises, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability.
13. Rajendra Dholakia: Planning & Convergence
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1. Samir Ranjan Dash: School & Mass Education
2. Aswini Kumar Patra: Tourism, Odia Language, Literature & Culture, Excise
3. Pritiranjan Gharai: Rural Development, Skill Development & Technical Education
4. Srikanta Sahu: Labour & Employees’ State Insurance
5. Tusharkanti Behera: Electronics & Information Technology, Sports & Youth Services
6. Rohit Pujari: Higher Education
7. Rita Sahu: Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts
8. Basanti Hembram: Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti
