Who gets what? Gujarat govt announces portfolio allocation following first cabinet meet

Following the oath-taking ceremony, the newly formed cabinet held its first meeting on Friday evening, during which portfolios were allocated to all ministers. The official announcement of these portfolios is expected shortly.

Check cabinet portfolio:

1. Bhupendra Patel (Chief Minister)

General Administration, Administrative Reforms and Training, Planning, Non-Resident Gujaratis' Division, Revenue and Disaster Management, Roads and Buildings and Capital Projects, Narmada, Kalpasar, Mines and Minerals, Ports, Information and Broadcasting, All Policies and All Subjects not allotted to other Ministers

2. Harsh Sanghavi (Deputy Chief Minister)

Home, Police Housing, Jail, Border Security, Gruh Rakshak Dal, Gram Rakshak Dal, Civil Defence, Prohibition and Excise, Transport, Law and Justice, Sports and Youth Services, Cultural Activities, Coordination of Voluntary Organisations, Industries, Salt Industries, Micro, Small and Medium Industries, Printing and Stationery, Tourism and Pilgrimage Development, Civil Aviation

3. Kanu Desai

Finance, Urban Development and Urban Housing

4. Jitendra Vaghani

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Cooperation, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Cow Breeding

5. Rushikesh Patel

Energy and Petrochemicals, Panchayat and Rural Housing, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs

6. Kunvarji Bavaliya

Labour, Skill Development and Employment, Rural Development

7. Naresh Patel

Tribal Development, Khadi, Cottage Industries and Rural Industries

8. Arjun Modhwadia

Forests and Environment, Climate Change, Science and Technology

9. Dr. Pradyuman Vaja

Social Justice and Empowerment, Primary, Secondary and Adult Education, Higher and Technical Education

10. Raman Solanki

Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs

11. Ishwarsinh Patel (Minister of State)

Water Resources, Water Supply (Independent Charge)

12. Praful Panseriya (Minister of State)

Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education (Independent Charge)

13. Dr. Manisha Vakil (Minister of State)

Women and Child Development (Independent Charge), Social Justice and Empowerment (State Minister)

14. Parshottam Solanki (Minister of State)

Fisheries

15. Kantilal Amrutiya (Minister of State)

Labour, Skill Development and Employment

16. Ramesh Katara (Minister of State)

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Cooperation, Animal Husbandry and Cow Breeding

17. Darshana Vaghela (Minister of State)

Urban Development and Urban Housing

18. Kaushik Vekariya (Minister of State)

Law and Justice, Energy and Petrochemicals, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs

19. Pravin Mali (Minister of State)

Forests and Environment, Climate Change, Transport

20. Dr. Jayaram Gamit (Minister of State)

Sports and Youth Services, Cultural Activities, Coordination of Voluntary Organisations, Industries, Salt Industries, Micro, Small and Medium Industries, Printing and Stationery, Tourism and Pilgrimage Development, Civil Aviation

21. Trikam Chhanga (Minister of State)

Higher and Technical Education

22. Kamlesh Patel (Minister of State)

Finance, Police Housing, Jail, Border Security, Gruh Rakshak Dal, Gram Rakshak Dal, Civil Defence, Prohibition and Excise

23. Sanjaysinh Mahida (Minister of State)

Revenue and Disaster Management, Panchayat and Rural Housing, Rural Development

24. Punamchand Baranda (Minister of State)

Tribal Development, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs

25. Swaroop Thakor (Minister of State)

Khadi, Cottage Industries and Rural Industries

26. Rivaba Jadeja (Minister of State)

Primary, Secondary and Adult Education

Earlier in the day, names of 26 ministers for the new cabinet were announced. Later, at the swearing-in ceremony held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, a total of 21 ministers took oath. Four senior leaders — Rushikesh Patel (Visnagar), Kunvarji Bavaliya (Jasdan), Parshottam Solanki (Bhavnagar Rural), and Kanu Desai (Pardi) — did not take oath as their ministerial status was to remain unchanged.

Harsh Sanghavi has been elevated as the Deputy Chief Minister in the new setup. The new cabinet includes Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi, eight cabinet-rank ministers, three ministers of state with independent charge, and 13 ministers of state.

Meanwhile, the first cabinet meeting concluded smoothly in Gandhinagar, marking the start of administrative changes within the state secretariat. Work is currently underway to update the nameplates of ministers at their respective offices. Reports indicate that the nameplates of Kunvarji Bavaliya and Kanu Desai have already been removed, with new ones to be installed once the portfolio allocation is made official.