Patna, Nov 21 (NationPress) Just a day after being sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the tenth time, Nitish Kumar designated portfolios to the 26 ministers within his newly formed Cabinet.

The Council of Ministers features representatives from various parties, including Janata Dal-United, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Hindustani Awam Morcha, Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas, and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has retained oversight of the General Administration, Election Monitoring, and several other significant departments.

A noteworthy shift occurred with the pivotal Home Department, which was previously under Nitish Kumar, now assigned to Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary.

This transition means that policing and law-and-order duties will now directly fall under Deputy CM Choudhary's purview.

Previously, he managed the Finance and Commercial Tax sectors.

Meanwhile, the second Deputy Chief Minister, Vijay Kumar Sinha, retains control over the Revenue, Land Reforms, and Mining Ministries, continuing from the earlier NDA administration.

Mangal Pandey keeps the Health Ministry and has also been entrusted with the Law Department.

Dilip Jaiswal, the State BJP President and MLC, has taken over the Industries Department, a role previously held by Nitish Mishra.

Nitin Nabin will lead the Road Construction, Urban Development, and Housing departments.

Ram Kripal Yadav, the newly-elected MLA from Danapur, is now in charge of the Agriculture Department.

Sanjay Singh Tiger will lead the Labour Resources Department.

Arun Shankar Prasad has been assigned the Tourism, Art, Culture, and Youth Affairs portfolio.

Surendra Mehta will manage Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resources.

Narayan Prasad has been appointed as the Disaster Management Minister.

Rama Nishad is tasked with overseeing the Backward Classes Welfare Department.

Lakhendra Kumar Roshan has been assigned the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department.

Shreyasi Singh, an international shooter and second-term MLA, will manage the Information Technology and Sports department.

Pramod Kumar (Chandravanshi) will handle Cooperatives, Environment, and Climate Change.

Under the JD-U quota, Madan Sahani has once again taken charge of the Social Welfare Department, the same portfolio he held previously.

Similarly, Ashok Choudhary continues in his role managing the Rural Works Department.

Leshi Singh will oversee the Food and Consumer Affairs Department, while Shravan Kumar remains as the Rural Development Minister.

Vijay Kumar Choudhary has been entrusted with the Water Resources Department along with the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry.

Under the HAM quota, its National President Santosh Kumar Suman will persist as the Minor Water Resources Minister, retaining the same portfolio.

Under the LJP (Ram Vilas) quota, Sanjay Kumar has been allocated the Sugarcane Industry Department, and Sanjay Singh will manage the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED).

Finally, under the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) quota, Deepak Prakash has been assigned the significant Panchayati Raj Ministry.