Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today expanded his Cabinet by inducting 27 new ministers from his Janata Dal (United) and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. The new ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy at a function at the Raj Bhavan by Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi.
Only Kumar and Sushil Modi were sworn-in as the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister on July 27 and the ministry was expanded a day after the new JD(U)-NDA government won the confidence vote in the Bihar Assembly. In the 243-member House, a maximum of 37 ministers are allowed as per the constitutional provisions.
Full list of portfolios and ministers:
Nitish Kumar: Home, Vigilance, General Administration
Sushil Kumar Modi: Finance, Commercial Taxes, Environment and Forest and Information Technology
Prem Kumar: Agriculture
Bijendra Prasad Yadav: Energy, Prohibition and Excise
Lallan Singh: Water Resources Department, Planning & Development
Nand Kishore Yadav: Road Construction
Shrawan Kumar: Parliamentary Affairs, Rural Development
Ram Narayan Mandal: Department of Revenue and Land Reforms
Jay Kumar Singh: Dept of Industries, Science & Technology
Pramod Kumar: Tourism
Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma: Education
Maheshwar Hazari: Building Construction Dept
Vinod Narayan Jha: Public Health Engineering Dept
Shailesh Kumar: Rural Works
Suresh Kumar Sharma: Urban Development Department
Kumari Manju Verma: Social Welfare
Vijay Kumar Sinha: Labour Resources
Santosh Kumar Nirala: Transport
Rana Randhir Singh: Cooperative Department
Khurshid alias Firoz Ahmad: Minority Welfare and Sugarcane Development
Vinod Kumar Singh: Mines and Geology
Madan Sahni: Food & Consumer Protection
Krishna Kumar Rishi: Art and Culture
Kapil Dev Kamat: Panchayati Raj
Ramesh Rishidev: SC, ST Welfare
Brij Kishore Bind: Backward and EBC Welfare
Pashupati Paras: Animal and Fish Resources
