A total of 21 Ministers were inducted into Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s new team in his fifth innings of the Government.
The Cabinet Ministers are Prafulla Kumar Mallik: Steel and Mines, Works; Pratap Keshari Deb: Industries, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Energy; Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare, Cooperation; Pradip Kumar Amat: Forest and Environment, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water, Information and Public Relations; Naba Kisore Das: Health and Family Welfare; Ashok Chandra Panda: Science and Technology, Public Enterprise, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability; Tukuni Sahu: Water Resources, Commerce and Transport; Rajendra Dholakia: Planning and Convergence; Jagannath Saraka: ST and SC Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare, Law; Niranjan Pujari: Finance; Ranendra Pratap Swain: Agriculture; Pramila Mallick: Revenue and Disaster Management; and Usha Devi: Housing and Urban Development.
Portfolios of Ministers of State (independent charge) are Samir Ranjan Dash: School and Mass Education; Aswini Kumar Patra: Tourism, Odia Language, Literature ,Culture, Excise; Pritiranjan Ghadai: Rural Development, Skill Development and Technical Education; Srikanta Sahu: Labour and Employees’ State Insurance; Tusharkanti Behera: Electronics and Information Technology, Sports and Youth Services; Rohit Pujari: Higher Education; Rita Sahu: Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts; and Basanti Hembram: Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti.
Tusharkanti Behera: Minister of State of Home.