Bihar cabinet expansion: Check the list of ministers, their portfolios here

A total of 31 ministers have taken oath - 16 from RJD, 11 from JD(U), two from Congress and one each from HAM-S and independent.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar expanded his cabinet Tuesday - days after the Janata Dal (United) boss took oath as chief minister for an eighth time. He was joined by Rashtriya Janata Dal leader (and former rival) Tejashwi Yadav, who became his deputy. The Bihar cabinet has room for 36 ministers (based on the assembly strength of 243) and 31 were sworn in today. Of these, over half were from the RJD, with 11 from Nitish Kumar's JDU, two from the Congress and one from the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. The 31st cabinet member is an independent lawmaker.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav in Patna. (ANI file)

The BJP-JDU Bihar government collapsed this month after Nitish Kumar walked out of the alliance and returned to the Mahagathbandhan fold.

Soon after the swearing-in, the portfolios were also distributed.

Chief minister Nitish Kumar has kept home department, deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav gets health department, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary gets finance department, RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav to be the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

RJD:

Tej Pratap Yadav - Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Alok Mehta- Revenue & Land Reforms

Ramanand Yadav - Mines and Geology

Surendra Prasad Yadav- Co-operative

Lalit Kumar Yadav - Public Health & Engineering

Chandrashekhar - Education

Kumar Sarvajeet - Tourism

Samir Kumar Mahaseth - Industries

Jitendra Kumar Rai- Art, Culture & Youth Affairs

Anita Devi- Welfare (Backward & Economically Backward Classes)

Sudhakar Singh- Agriculture

Israel Mansuri- Information Technology

Surendra Ram- Labour Resources

Kartikeya Singh- Law

Shahnawaz Alam- Disaster Management

Shamim Ahmed- Sugarcane

JD(U):

Vijay Kumar Chowdhary- Finance Department

Bijendra Yadav- Energy, Planning, and Development

Ashok Chowdhary- Building Construction

Shravan Kumar- Rural Development

Leshi Singh- Food & Consumer Protection Department

Madan Sahni- Social Welfare

Sheela Kumari Mandal - Transport

Sunil Kumar- Registration & Prohibition

Mohd Zama Khan-Minority Welfare

Jayant Raj-Minor Water Resources

Sanjay Jha - Water Resources and Information & Public Relations

Congress:

Afaq Alam- Animal Husbandry & Fisheries

Murari Gautam-Panchayati Raj

HAM-S:

Santosh Kumar Suman- Minor Irrigation and SC/ST Welfare

Independent:

Sumit Kumar Singh- Science & Technology