Third Nitish Kumar ministry

This is a list of ministers from Nitish Kumar's third cabinet starting from 26 November 2010.

On 16 June 2013, the JDU separated from NDA after Narendra Modi was announced as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the BJP for the 2014 Indian general election, following which Ministers from the BJP were dropped from the cabinet.

Third Nitish Kumar ministry
Ministry of Bihar
Nitish Kumar Hon'ble Chief Minister of Bihar
Date formed	26 November 2010
Date dissolved	20 May 2014
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor Devanand Konwar D. Y. Patil
Head of government	Nitish Kumar
No. of ministers	18
Member parties	JD(U)
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	BJP RJD
Opposition leader	(16 June 2013 onwards) Nand Kishore Yadav (Assembly) Sushil Kumar Modi (Council)
History
Election	2010
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Second Nitish Kumar ministry
Successor	Jitan Ram Manjhi ministry

Council of Ministers

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Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chief Minister Home Affairs General Administration Cabinet Secretariat Vigilance Election Other departments not allocated to any Minister	Nitish Kumar	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Deputy Chief Minister Finance Commercial Taxes Environment & Forest	Sushil Kumar Modi	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP
Minister of Water Resources	Vijay Chaudhary	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Energy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Prohibition, Registration & Excise	Bijendra Prasad Yadav	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Road Construction	Nand Kishore Yadav	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP
Minister of Agriculture	Narendra Singh	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Transport Minister of Information & Public Relations	Brishin Patel	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Revenue & Land Reforms	Ramai Ram	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Public Health Engineering Department	Chandra Mohan Rai	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP
Minister of Health & Family Welfare	Ashwini Kumar Choubey	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP
Minister of Panchayat Raj	Hari Prasad Sah	26 November 2010	3 October 2011[2]		JD(U)
	Bhim Singh	7 October 2011	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of BC & EBC Welfare	Hari Prasad Sah	26 November 2010	3 October 2011[2]		JD(U)
	Jitan Ram Manjhi	7 October 2011	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Rural Works	Bhim Singh	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Industry Minister of Disaster Management	Renu Kushawaha	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of SC/ST Welfare	Jitan Ram Manjhi	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Building Construction	Damodar Rout	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Urban Development & Housing	Prem Kumar	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP
Minister of Law Minister of Planning & Development	Narendra Narayan Yadav	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Education	Prashant Kumar Shahi	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Minority Welfare Minister of Information Technology	Shahid Ali Khan	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Food & Consumer Protection	Shyam Rajak	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Social Welfare	Parveen Amanullah	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Rural Development	Nitish Mishra	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Sugarcane Industries Minister of Minor Irrigation	Avadesh Kushwaha	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Science & Technology	Gautam Singh	26 November 2010	20 May 2014		JD(U)
Minister of Labour Resources	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP
Minister of Animal & Fish Resources	Giriraj Singh	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP
Minister of Mines & Geology	Satyadev Narayan Arya	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP
Minister of Co-operatives	Ramadhar Singh	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP
Minister of Art, Culture & Youth Affairs	Sukhada Pandey	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP
Minister of Tourism	Sunil Kumar Pintu	26 November 2010	16 June 2013		BJP