Madhya Pradesh ministers get portfolios, Kamal Nath keeps lion’s share

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Friday allocated portfolios to the 28 cabinet ministers who were sworn in on December 25.

The CM has kept the most number of departments – industrial policy and investment promotion, public relations, science and technology, aviation, public service management, non-resident Indian department, technical education, skill development and employment department and other departments that have not been allocated yet.

Two cabinet ministers, PC Sharma and Bala Bachchan, besides being given responsibility of individual departments have also been assigned departments retained by the CM.

Full list:

1. Vijay Laxmi Sadho: Culture, Medical Education, Ayush

2. Sajjan Singh Verma: PWD, Environment

3. Hukum Singh Karada: Water Resources Department

4. Govind Singh: Cooperation, Parliamentary Affairs

5. Bala Bachchan: Home, Jails, Departments Assigned to CM

6. Arif Aqueel: Bhopal Gas Relief and Rehabilitation Department, Backward Classes and Minority Welfare, Small, Micro and Medium Industries Department

7. Brajendra Singh Rathore: Commercial Taxes

8. Pradip Jaiswal: Mining

9. Lakhan Singh Yadav: Animal Husbandry, Fisheries

10. Tulsi Silawat: Health

11. Govind Singh Rajput: Revenue, Transport

12. Imarti Devi: Woman and Child Development

13. Omkar Singh Markam: Tribal Welfare, Nomadic Tribes Welfare

14. Prabhuram Chaudhry: School Education

15. Priyavrat Singh: Energy

16. Sukhdeo Panse: PHE

17. Umang Singhar: Forests

18. Harsh Yadav: Rural Industries, New and Renewable Energy

19.Jaivardhan Singh: Urban Administration and Housing

20. Jitu Patwari: Sports and Youth Welfare, Higher Education

21. Kamleshwar Patel: Rural Development

22. Lakhan Ghanghoriya: Social Justice and Physically Challenged Welfare, Scheduled Caste Welfare

23. Mahendra Singh Sisodia: Labour

24. PC Sharma: Law and Legislate Affairs, departments Assigned to CM

25. Pradyuman Singh Tomar: Food and Civil Supplies

26. Sachin Yadav: Agriculture and Horticulture, Food Processing

27. Tarun Bhanot: Finance, Planning and Statistics