Patna: A day after being sworn in for a record tenth term, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has allocated portfolios to the 26 ministers inducted into the new NDA government. The list of ministers with allocation of their departments was submitted to governor Arif Mohammad Khan by the Chief Minister. The coalition, comprising the JD(U), BJP, HAM (S), LJP (Ram Vilas) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha, has divided control of major departments ranging from finance to health, education and rural administration.
Nitish has retained the General Administration Department, Cabinet Secretariat, and several unallocated portfolios. The BJP, which holds the largest share in the new cabinet, has secured several key ministries, including finance, health, road construction and agriculture.
Under the allocation, Samrat Chaudhary has been given charge of the Finance and Commercial Tax departments, placing him at the centre of the state’s fiscal planning. Vijay Kumar Sinha will oversee Revenue and Land Reforms, a critical department in a state with frequent land-related disputes.
Chief Minister
| Minister | Portfolio |
|---|---|
| Nitish Kumar (JD(U)) | General Administration, Cabinet Secretariat, Vigilance and all unallocated portfolios |
BJP Ministers
| Minister | Portfolio |
|---|---|
| Samrat Chaudhary | Finance, Commercial Tax |
| Vijay Kumar Sinha | Revenue & Land Reforms |
| Mangal Pandey | Health; Law |
| Dilip Jaiswal | Industries |
| Nitin Nabin | Road Construction; Urban Development & Housing |
| Ramkripal Yadav | Agriculture |
| Sanjay Tiger | Labour Resources |
| Arun Shankar Prasad | Tourism; Art & Culture; Youth |
| Surendra Mehta | Animal & Fisheries Resources |
| Narayan Prasad | Disaster Management |
| Rama Nishad | Backward Classes Welfare |
| Lakhendra Kumar Roshan | SC/ST Welfare |
| Shreyasi Singh | Information & Sports |
| Pramod Kumar (Chandravanshi) | Cooperatives; Environment & Climate Change |
JD(U) Ministers
(Departments to be updated once officially notified)
| Minister |
|---|
| Vijay Chaudhary                                Water Resources and Building Construction |
| Bijendra Prasad Yadav                           Energy |
| Shravan Kumar                                  Rural Development & Transport |
| Ashok Chaudhary                               Rural Works |
| Leshi Singh                                     Food & Consumer Protection |
| Madan Sahni                                    Social Welfare |
| Mohammad Jama Khan                          Minority Welfare |
| Sunil Kumar                                     Education |
HAM (S) MInister
| Minister | Portfolio |
|---|---|
| Santosh Kumar Suman | Minor Water Resources |
LJP (Ram Vilas) Ministers
| Minister | Portfolio |
|---|---|
| Sanjay Kumar | Sugarcane Industries |
| Sanjay Singh | Public Health Engineering |
Rashtriya Lok Morcha Minister
| Minister | Portfolio |
|---|---|
| Deepak Prakash | Panchayati Raj |
The distribution of portfolios formally sets the administrative agenda for the NDA government, which faces mounting expectations on jobs, agriculture, infrastructure and welfare delivery in the coming term.
