Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha lost the Road Construction, Mines & Geology, and Art, Culture & Youth Departments. Nitish Mishra, who earlier held the Tourism and Industry ministries, will now only have the Industry Ministry. Santosh Kumar Suman was removed from the Information Technology and Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Welfare ministries and will now have the Minor Water Resources Ministry. Sanjay Saraogi was proposed for the Revenue and Land Reforms Department previously held by Dilip Jaiswal, who resigned on Wednesday. Renu Devi has retained the Animal and Fisheries Resources Department. Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu will retain PHED. Hari Sahni (Backward and Extremely Backward Class Welfare) has been made the minister of Backward Classes Welfare. Kedar Gupta (Panchayati Raj); Surendra Mehta (Sports); Santosh Singh (Labour Resources); and Santosh Suman (Minor Water Resources) have been made ministers.
