In the much awaited allotment of portfolios to the 19 Cabinet and four Ministers of State, Rajendra Shukla has emerged as powerful Minister as he has been given Public Relations department along with Energy and Mining Resources, which he already had in the last Government.
Former Chief Minister and the senior most Minister in the Shivraj Cabinet, Babulal Gaur has been allotted Home and Jail departments. Besides, Jayant Malaiya would have Water Resources and Finance departments and Gopal Bhargava would be Panchayat and Rural Development Minister. Similarly, Narottam Mishra has been given Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education departments.
Former Commerce and Industry Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has been given UAD and Housing and Environment department, while Sartaj Singh would hold portfolio of Public Works Department (PWD) and Kunwar Vijay Shah would have Food and Civil Supplies department. Yashodhara Raje Scindia, who was Sports and Youth Welfare Minister till 2008, has been given responsibility of Commerce and Industry department besides Sports and Youth Welfare.
Gauri Shankar Bisen would have portfolio of Agriculture department, while Uma Shankar Gupta and Paras Jain would have Higher Education, Technical Education, and School Education departments respectively. Antar Singh Arya will be Minister of labour and Minorities Welfare department and Maya Singh will have responsibility of Woman and Child Development. Similarly, Bhupendra Singh would be Minister of Transport and IT, while Gyan Singh would hold responsibility of Tribal and Scheduled Caste Welfare department.
Gauri Shankar Shejwar would hold portfolio of Forest department, while Kusum Mehdele and Rampal Singh would have responsibilities of Animal Husbandry, Horticulture and Public Health Engineering (PHE), Revenue and Rehabilitation departments respectively. Among the Ministers of States- Surendra Patwa will be Tourism and Culture minister, Deepak Joshi would have both School Education and Higher Education departments, Sharad Jain would be Minister of State for both Health and Medical Education and lal Singh Arya will have portfolio of GAD and NVD.