# Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry

The Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry is the Council of Ministers in Bihar Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. On 28 January 2024, he walked out of the INDIA (alliance) and announced his resignation. He then decided to form a new government in Bihar along with the BJP's NDA alliance.

## Council of Ministers

Source On 15 March 2024, Cabinet expansion held in which 21 new ministers 12 from BJP quota and 9 from JDU quota were inducted. Following are the ministers after full cabinet expansion.
Nitish Kumar inducted 7 MLAs from Bharatiya Janata party into his cabinet on 26 February 2025.
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Chief Minister Home General Administration Cabinet Secretariat Vigilance Election Other departments not allocated to any Minister | Nitish Kumar | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Deputy Chief Minister Minister of Finance Minister of Commercial Taxes | Samrat Choudhary | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Deputy Chief Minister Minister of Mines & Geology | Vijay Sinha | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Road Construction | Vijay Sinha | 28 January 2024 | 26 February 2025 | BJP |
| Minister of Road Construction | Nitin Nabin | 26 February 2025 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Art, Culture & Youth | Vijay Sinha | 28 January 2024 | 26 February 2025 | BJP |
| Minister of Art, Culture & Youth | Moti Lal Prasad | 26 February 2025 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Water Resources Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | Vijay Chaudhary | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Energy Minister of Planning & Development | Bijendra Yadav | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Co-operative | Prem Kumar | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Environment & Forest | Prem Kumar | 28 January 2024 | 26 February 2025 | BJP |
| Minister of Environment & Forest | Sunil Kumar | 26 February 2025 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Rural Development | Shrawan Kumar | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Minor Water Resources | Santosh Suman | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | HAM(S) |
| Minister of Information Technology | Santosh Suman | 28 January 2024 | 26 February 2025 | HAM(S) |
| Minister of Information Technology | Krishna Kumar Mantoo | 26 February 2025 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Disaster Management | Santosh Suman | 28 January 2024 | 26 February 2025 | HAM(S) |
| Minister of Disaster Management | Vijay Kumar Mandal | 26 February 2025 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Science & Technology | Sumit Singh | 28 January 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
| Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources | Renu Devi | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Health Minister of Agriculture | Mangal Pandey | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Agriculture | Mangal Pandey | 15 March 2024 | 26 February 2025 | BJP |
| Minister of Agriculture | Vijay Sinha | 26 February 2025 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Public Health Engineering | Neeraj Singh | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Industries | Nitish Mishra | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Tourism | Nitish Mishra | 15 March 2024 | 26 February 2025 | BJP |
| Minister of Tourism | Raju Kumar Singh | 26 February 2025 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Urban Development & Housing | Nitin Nabin | 15 March 2024 | 26 February 2025 | BJP |
| Minister of Urban Development & Housing | Jivesh Mishra | 26 February 2025 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Law | Nitin Nabin | 15 March 2024 | 26 February 2025 | BJP |
| Minister of Law | Mangal Pandey | 26 February 2025 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Revenue & Land Reforms | Dilip Jaiswal | 15 March 2024 | 26 February 2025 | BJP |
| Minister of Revenue & Land Reforms | Sanjay Saraogi | 26 February 2025 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of SC & ST Welfare | Janak Ram | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of BC & EBC Welfare | Hari Sahni | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Sugarcane Industries | Krishnanandan Paswan | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Panchayati Raj | Kedar Gupta | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Sports | Surendra Mehata | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Labour Resources | Santosh Singh | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Minister of Rural Works | Ashok Choudhary | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Food & Consumer Protection | Leshi Singh | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Social Welfare | Madan Sahni | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Information & Public Relations | Maheshwar Hazari | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Transport | Sheela Mandal | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Education | Sunil Kumar | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Building Construction | Jayant Raj Kushwaha | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Minority Welfare | Zama Khan | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Minister of Excise & Prohibition | Ratnesh Sada | 15 March 2024 | Incumbent | JD(U) |