Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry

Bihar, India ministry since 2024
Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry
Ministry of Bihar
Nitish Kumar
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Bihar
Date formed28 January 2024
People and organisations
GovernorRajendra Arlekar
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Deputy Chief MinisterVijay Kumar Sinha
Samrat Choudhary
Member parties
  •   BJP
  •   JD(U)
  •   HAM(S)
  •   IND
Status in legislatureCoalition
128 / 243 (53%)
Opposition party  RJD
Opposition leaderTejashwi Yadav
(Assembly)
Rabri Devi
(Council)
History
Election(s)2020
PredecessorEighth Nitish ministry

The Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry is the Council of Ministers in Bihar Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. On 28 January 2024, he walked out of the INDIA (alliance) and announced his resignation. He then decided to form a new government in Bihar along with the BJP's NDA alliance.[1]

Council of Ministers

Source[2][3]

On 15th March 2024, Cabinet expansion held in which 21 new ministers 12 from BJP quota and 9 from JDU quota were inducted.[4]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Chief Minister and also in-charge of:
Department of Home
Department of General Administration
Cabinet Secretariat
Department of Vigilance
Department of Election
And all other departments not allocated to any Minister.		28 January 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Deputy Chief Minister
Minister of Road Construction
Minister of Mines and Geology
Minister of Art, Culture and Youth		28 January 2024Incumbent BJP
Deputy Chief Minister
Minister of Finance
Minister of Commercial Taxes		28 January 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Co-operative
Minister of Environment and Forest
Prem Kumar
28 January 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Water Resources
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		28 January 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Energy
Minister of Planning and Development		28 January 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Rural Development
Shrawan Kumar
28 January 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Information Technology
Minister of Minor Water Resources
Minister of Disaster Managemenet		28 January 2024Incumbent HAM(S)
Minister of Science and Technology28 January 2024Incumbent Independent
Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Health
Minister of Agriculture
Mangal Pandey
15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Public Health Engineering15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Industries
Minister of Tourism		15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Urban Development and Housing
Minister of Law		15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Revenue and Land Reforms15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes Welfare15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Sugarcane Industries15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Panchayati Raj15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Sports15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Labour Resources15 March 2024Incumbent BJP
Minister of Rural Works15 March 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Food and Consumer Protection15 March 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Social Welfare15 March 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Information and Public Relations15 March 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Transport15 March 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Education
Sunil Kumar
15 March 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Building Construction15 March 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Minority Welfare15 March 2024Incumbent JD(U)
Minister of Excise and Prohibition15 March 2024Incumbent JD(U)

References

  1. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2024-01-28). "Bihar Political Crisis Live | Nitish Kumar to take oath at 5 p.m." The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  2. ^ "Nitish Kumar's swearing-in ceremony likely to take place at 5pm: Report". Business Today. 2024-01-28.
  3. ^ "List of Cabinet Ministers Bihar on 03/02/2024" (PDF).
  4. ^ Kumar, Nitin; News, India TV (2024-03-15). "Bihar Cabinet expansion: Renu Devi, Ashok Choudhary, 19 others take oath as ministers". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)