On Monday, Jharkhand witnessed the induction of 12 new ministers into the state cabinet. Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who recently passed the floor test, retained crucial departments such as Home, Personnel, and the Cabinet Secretariat for himself.
Former Chief Minister Champai Soren, who stepped down just a day before Hemant Soren was sworn in for the fifth time, has been allotted the Water Resources Department, along with Higher Education and Technical Education.
Here’s the full list of Jharkhand Cabinet Ministers and their portfolios:
- Hemant Soren (CM) – Home, Personnel, Cabinet Secretariat
- Champai Soren – Water Resources, Higher Education, Technical Education
- Badiyanath Ram (JMM) – School Education, Excise
- Deepika Pandey Singh (Congress) – Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Disaster Management
- Irfan Ansari (Congress) – Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Rural Works
- Dipak Birua (JMM) – SC, ST, OBC Welfare, Transport
- Bebi Devi (JMM) – Women and Child Development, Social Welfare
- Rameshwar Oraon (Congress) – Finance, Planning, Commercial Taxes, Parliamentary Affairs
- Satyanand Bhokta (RJD) – Labour, Industries
- Banna Gupta (Congress) – Health, Food, Public Distribution, Consumer Affairs
- Hafizul Hasan (JMM) – Minorities’ Welfare, Registration, Urban Development, Tourism, Sports and Youth Affairs
- Mithilesh Kumar Thakur (JMM) – Drinking Water, Sanitation
The new cabinet aims to drive development and address the key issues facing Jharkhand. Each minister has been carefully chosen to leverage their expertise and dedication to their respective departments.
Stay tuned for more updates on the new Jharkhand government and its initiatives.
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