By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: As per the recommendations of the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Governor Ganeshi Lal issued an order distributing various Departments to the new Ministers.
“In pursuance of Rule 5 of the Orissa Government Rules of Business framed under Clause (3) of Article 166 of the Constitution of India, I, Prof. Ganeshi Lal, Governor of Odisha do hereby, on the advice of the Chief Minister, allot the business of different departments/ branches of departments of Government to the following members of the Council of Ministers,” read an order issued by the Governor.
Ministers Naba Kishore Das, Ashok Panda and Prafulla Mallik continue with their Departments while Jagannath Saraka and Tusharkanti Behera have been given additional Departments.
Cabinet Ministers
Jagannath Saraka– S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare, Law,Niranjan Pujari– Finance, Parliamentary Affairs, Ranendra Pratap Swain– Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Pradip Kumar Amat– Forest & Environment, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Information & Public Relations, Pramila Mallik– Revenue & Disaster Management, Usha Devi– Housing & Urban Development, Prafulla Kumar Mallick– Steel & Mines, Works, Pratap Keshari Deb– Industries, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Energy, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak– Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-operation, Naba Kisore Das– Health & Family Welfare, Tukuni Sahu– Water Resources, Commerce & Transport, Ashok Chandra Panda– Science & Technology, Public Enterprises, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability., Rajendra Dholakia–Planning & Convergence
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Samir Ranjan Dash–School & Mass Education.Aswini Kumar Patra—Tourism, Odia Language, Literature & Culture, Excise.Pritiranjan Gharai–Rural Development, Skill Development & Technical Education.Srikanta Sahu–Labour & Employees’ State Insurance.Tusharkanti Behera–Electronics & Information Technology, Sports & Youth Services along with MoS, Home .Rohit Pujari–Higher Education.Rita Sahu–Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts.Basanti Hembram—Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti.
