Nitish Kumar Cabinet Portfolio 2025: Samrat Choudhary given Bihar Home Ministry, CM keeps general administration
Bihar Nitish Kumar Cabinet Portfolio 2025 List: Vijay Sinha has been given charge of the Mines and Geology Department, while BJP’s Ramkripal Yadav has been allotted the Agriculture portfolio.
Written by Sudhanshu Mishra
New Delhi | Updated: November 22, 2025 01:02 AM IST
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Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record 10th time at Gandhi Maidan in Patna
Bihar Cabinet Ministers List 2025: Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary will be Bihar’s new Home Minister as Nitish Kumar Friday finalised the portfolio distribution for all 26 ministers in the new NDA government. The list of departments assigned to each minister has reportedly been submitted to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.
Nitish Kumar’s other deputy Vijay Sinha will head Mines and Geology Ministry, while all-important Finance portfolio has been given to senior JD(U) leader Bijendra Prasad Yadav.
The BJP, which holds the largest share in the new cabinet, has secured several key ministries, including Home, health, road construction and agriculture.
The list came a day after Nitish Kumar took oath for a record tenth term. MLAs from the BJP, JD(U), RLJP, and HAM also took oath as ministers in the new Bihar government. The BJP got 14 ministerial berths, JD(U) got 9, LJP(Ram Vilas) got 2 berths, and the HAM and RLM got 1 berth each.
The ruling National Democratic Alliance on Friday secured a thumping win in the Bihar Assembly elections 2025 as the alliance bagged 202 seats in elections.
In the 243-member Bihar Assembly, the BJP emerged as the single-largest party, winning 89 seats. Its ally JD(U), led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, won 85 seats while LJP(RV) bagged 19.
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The HAM(S) won five seats, while the Rashtriya Lok Morcha won four seats.
Full list of Ministers with portfolio
No.
Name of Chief Minister / Minister
Department(s)
1
Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister
1. General Administration
2. Cabinet Secretariat
3. Vigilance
4. Election
5. All departments not allocated to any minister
2
Samrat Choudhary, Deputy Chief Minister
Home
3
Vijay Kumar Sinha, Deputy Chief Minister
1. Rural and Urban Development Reforms
2. Mines and Geology
4
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
1. Water Resources
2. Parliamentary Affairs
3. Information & Public Relations
4. Building Construction
5
Vijendra Prasad Yadav
1. Energy
2. Planning & Development
3. Prohibition, Excise & Registration
4. Commercial Taxes
6
Shravan Kumar
1. Rural Development
2. Transport
7
Mangal Pandey
1. Health
2. Law
8
Dr. Sitaram Yadav
Industries
9
Ashok Choudhary
Rural Works
10
Dr. Renu Devi
Food & Consumer Protection
11
Nitin Nabin
1. Road Construction
2. Urban Development & Housing
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