Eighth Nitish Kumar ministry
The Eighth Nitish Kumar ministry is the Council of Ministers in Bihar Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.[3] On August 9, 2022, he walked out of the BJP's NDA alliance and announced his resignation.[4] He then decided to form a new government in Bihar along with the RJD and the Congress.[5] Though Nitish Kumar from Janata Dal (United) is the Chief Minister of this government, Rashtriya Janata Dal is the largest party in this alliance.
Eighth Nitish Kumar ministry | |
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Ministry of Bihar | |
Date formed | 10 August 2022 |
People and organisations | |
Governor | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar |
Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
Deputy Chief Minister | Tejashwi Yadav[1] |
No. of ministers | 31 (Including CM And Deputy CM) |
Member parties | |
Status in legislature | Coalition 165 / 243 (68%) |
Opposition party | BJP |
Opposition leader | Vijay Kumar Sinha (Assembly) Hari Sahni (Council) |
History | |
Election(s) | 2020 |
Predecessor | Seventh Nitish ministry |
Council of Ministers
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref | |
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Chief Minister
| 10 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Deputy Chief Minister
| 10 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Environment, Forest and Climate change | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Law | Kartik Kumar | 16 August 2022 | 31 August 2022 | RJD | ||
31 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||||
Sugar Cane Industries | 16 August 2022 | 31 August 2022 | RJD | |||
31 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||||
Revenue and Land reforms | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Agriculture | 16 August 2022 | 03 October 2022 | RJD | |||
03 October 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||||
Tourism | 16 August 2022 | 03 October 2022 | RJD | |||
BC & EBC Welfare | Anita Devi | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Co-operative | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Education | Prof. Chandrashekhar Yadav | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Public Health Engineering department | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Art, Culture & Youth Affairs | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Mines and Geology | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Labour resources | Surendra Ram | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Disaster Management | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Information Technology | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | |||
Industries | Samir Kumar Mahaseth | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | RJD | ||
Finance Commercial Tax Parliamentary affairs | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Energy Planning & Development | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Building Construction | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Transport | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Rural Development | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Water Resources Information & Public Relations | Sanjay Kumar Jha | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||
Food & Consumer Protection Department | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Minority welfare | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Minor Water Resources | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Social Welfare | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
Excise & Prohibition | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | JD(U) | |||
SC/ST Welfare | 16 August 2022 | 13 June 2023 | HAM-Se | |||
16 June 2023 | Incumbent | JD(U) | ||||
Animal Husbandry and Fisheries | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | INC | |||
Panchayati Raj | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | INC | |||
Science and Technology | 16 August 2022 | Incumbent | Independent |
See also
References
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- "Largest alliance partner, RJD eyes key portfolios, Bihar speaker's chair". Hindustan Times. 2022-08-10. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- Bhandari, Shashwat (2022-08-09). "Nitish Kumar's unique record: To take oath as Bihar CM for 8th time in 22 years". www.indiatvnews.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
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- "Bihar: JD(U), RJD, Congress realign after two months of secret discussions". Hindustan Times. 2022-08-10. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- "Government of Bihar". Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- "Bihar Cabinet: दागी कार्तिकेय सिंह से छिना कानून मंत्रालय, अब सीएम नीतीश ने दी ये जिम्मेदारी". Archived from the original on 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
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