CM distributes portfolio to new ministers; Maharathy gets Agricultre, Maheswar – Panchayatiraj.

Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik distributes portfolio to new ministers after the six ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor M C Bhandare at the Raj Bhavan here.

Portfolios of New Ministry.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik – Home, General Administration, Works and Water Resources.
Cabinet Ministers are Prafulla Chandra Ghadei – Finance and General Enterprise,
Ananga Udaya Singh Deo- Planning and Coordination, Excise. Surya Narayan Patra- Revenue and Disaster Management, Information and Public Relation, Debi Prasad Mishra – Forest and Environment, Pradip Maharathi – Agriculture, Prafulla Samal-Tourism,Culture and Cooperation, Maheswar Mohanty – Panchayati Raj,Usha Devi0 Textiles, Handloom , Science Technology, Anjali Behera – Women and Child Development, Niranjan Pujari- Food Supply and Consumer Welfare, Lal Behari Himrika – SC & ST , Minor community welfare, Raghunath Mohanty- Industrties, Mining and Parliamentary Affairs, Prasana Acharya- Health and Family Welfare, Bikram Keshari Arukh – Rural Development and Law.

Minister of State (Independent Charge)- Badri Narayan Patra- Hifger Education, Sports and Youth Services, Sarada Prasad Naik- Housing and Urban Development, Ramesh Chandra Majhi- Fishery, Animal Resources, Sanjib Shoo- Commerce and Transport, Pratap Jena 0 School and Mass Education, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak- Energy, Pushpendra Singh Deo- labour and Employment.

Minister of State- Puspendu Singh Deo-Water Resources and Minor Irrigation, Ramesh Chandra Majhi- SC and ST Welfare. There is no change of portfolios of Raghunath Mohanty, Bikram Keshari Arukh, Sanjib Shoo, Pratap Jena, Atanu Sabyasachi Naik . Excise Department has been withdrawn from Prafulla Chandra Ghadei, Information and Public Relation has been withdrawn from Prafulla Samal.