The newly elected Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government has decided upon the names who will form the Odisha Cabinet under the leadership of Naveen Patnaik.
Below is the complete list of ministers:
Chief Minister – Naveen Patnaik: Home, General Administration & Public Grievance and any other Department specifically not assigned
Cabinet Ministers
Niranjan Pujari: Finance and Excise
Bikram Keshari: Forest and Environment, Parliamentary Affairs
Prafulla Kumar Mallick: Steel and Mines, Works and Home (independent charge)
Ranendra Pratap Swain: Food Supply and Consumer Welfare, Cooperation
Padmanav Behera: Commerce and Transport; Planning and Convergence
Pratap Jena: Panchayati Raj, Law and Housing and Urban Development
Arun Kumar Sahu: Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources; Higher Education
Sudam Marandi: Revenue and Disaster Management
Susant Singh: Labour and Rural Development
Naba Das: Health and Family Welfare
Tukuni Sahu: Women and Child Development
Ministers of State
Jagannath Saraka: SC and SC Development
Dibya Shankar Mishra: Energy, Industry, MSME
Ashok Chandra Panda: Science & Technology, Public Enterprise, Social Security
Samir Ranjan Dash: School and Mass Education
Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi: Tourism, Odia Language and Culture
Premananda Nayak: Skill Development and Technical Education
Raghunandan Das: Water Resources, Information and Public Relations
Padmini Dian: Handloom and Handicrafts
Tusharkanti Behera: Sports and Youth Affairs
Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM for a record fifth time
