Mere days after being sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Jharkhand following his release on bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam, Hemant Soren's 12-member cabinet took their oaths as ministers on Monday.
Jharkhand Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the ministers during a ceremony at Raj Bhavan.
We bring you detailed information on the portfolios allotted to each minister in the new cabinet:
Portfolio Allocation in Jharkhand Government
- Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has retained key departments such as Home, Personnel, and Cabinet Secretariat for himself, along with any portfolios not allocated to other ministers.
- Former Chief Minister Champai Soren has been assigned the Water Resources Department, Higher Education, and Technical Education.
- Badiyanath Ram from JMM will manage the School Education and Excise portfolios. Deepika Pandey Singh of the Congress, a new face in the cabinet, has been assigned Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Disaster Management.
- Irfan Ansari, also from Congress, will oversee Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, and Rural Works.
- Dipak Birua from JMM has been given the SC, ST, OBC Welfare and Transport departments.
- Bebi Devi, another JMM member, will manage the Women & Child Development and Social Welfare portfolios.
- Rameshwar Oraon of the Congress has been assigned Finance, Planning, Commercial Taxes, and Parliamentary Affairs.
- Satyanand Bhokta from RJD will take charge of Labour and Industries.
- Banna Gupta of the Congress has been allotted Health, Food, Public Distribution, and Consumer Affairs.
- Hafizul Hasan from JMM will handle Minorities' Welfare, Registration, Urban Development, Tourism, and Sports and Youth Affairs.
- Finally, Mithilesh Kumar Thakur, also from JMM, has been assigned the Drinking Water and Sanitation departments.
(With inputs from PTI)
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