Jharkhand Ministers List 2024: Days after being sworn in as the 12th Chief Minister of the state, Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren allotted portfolios to ministers, keeping home and Cabinet Secretariat departments to himself, along with all other unallocated portfolios. Basant Soren, the youngest son of JMM supremo Shibu Soren and a newcomer to the 11-member cabinet, was assigned responsibilities including road construction, building construction, and water resources. Congress leader Alamgir Alam retained the rural development, panchayati raj and rural works departments, while RJD’s Satyanand Bhokta was re-assigned the labour portfolio.
Jharkhand: Full list of Ministers and their portfolios
Champai Soren – Chief Minister
-Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms & Rajbhasha
-Department of Home, Jail
-Department of Cabinet Secretariat, and Vigilance
-All other portfolios not allocated
Cabinet Ministers:
Alamgir Alam (from Congress):
-Department of Rural Development
-Department of Panchayati Raj
-Department of Rural Works
Satyanand Bhokta (from RJD)
-Department of Labour, Employment, Training and Skill Development
-Department of Industries
Rameshwar Oraon (Congress)
-Department of Finance
-Department of Planning & Development
-Department of Commercial Taxes
-Department of Food, Public Distribution & Consumer Affairs
Deepak Birua (JMM)
-Department of Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste and Backward Class Welfare
-Department of Transport
Banna Gupta
-Department of Health, Medical Education & Family Welfare
-Department of disaster management
Badal Patralekh
-Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Co-operative
Mithilesh Kumar Thakur
-Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation
-Department of Excise and Prohibition
Basant Soren
Department of Road Construction
-Department of Building Construction
-Department of Water Resources
Hafizul Hasan
-Minorities welfare
-Department of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs
-Department of Revenue, Registration & Land Reforms
Bebi Devi
-Department of Women, Child Development & Social Security
Champai Soren was elected as leader of the legislature party after Hemant Soren stepped down as the Chief Minister of the state in the face of imminent arrest. Later, Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an alleged money laundering case.