Tripura Cabinet Ministers List 2022: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has kept key departments including Home and Health with himself, while Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma will continue to hold his previous portfolios including Finance, Power, Rural Development and Science and Technology. Ratan Lal Nath has also been retained as the Law and Education Minister and NC Debbarma will continue to hold Revenue and Forest Portfolios.
A total of eleven MLAs were sworn in as Tripura Cabinet Ministers, including 9 BJP MLAs and 2 IPFT MLAs, in Agartala on May 16, 2022. All Cabinet Ministers under former Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb's cabinet have been included in the new cabinet except for IPFT's Mevar Kumar Jamatia.
The Cabinet Ministers were sworn in a day after Manik Saha took oath as the new Chief Minister of Tripura. Tripura Governor SN Arya administered the oath of office to the cabinet ministers at a programme in Raj Bhavan in the presence of Chief Minister Manik Saha and former CM Biplab Kumar Deb and other dignitaries.
11 MLAs in Tripura take oath as cabinet ministers, at Raj Bhavan, in Agartala pic.twitter.com/swcXOg7nui
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Tripura Cabinet Ministers List 2022
Tripura Council of Ministers with Portfolios | |
| Name | Portfolios |
| Chief Minister Manik Saha | 1. Home (excluding Jail and Fire & Emergency Service.) 2. Health & Family Welfare 3. PWD (excluding DWS) 4. Industry & Commerce (IT) 5. General Administration 6. Election 7. All policies and any other department which are not allocated to any Minister. |
| Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma- BJP | 1. Power 2. RD (including Panchayat) 3. Finance 4. P & C (including Statistics) 5. Science, Technology & Environment |
| Narendra Chandra Debbarma (IPFT) | 1. Revenue 2. Forest |
| Ratan Lal Nath- BJP | 1. Education (Higher) 2. Education (School) 3. Law (including PA) |
| Pranajit Singha Roy-BJP | 1. Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare 2. Transport 3. Tourism |
| Manoj Kanti Deb-BJP | 1. Food CS & CA 2. Urban Development |
| Santana Chakma-BJP | 1. SW & SE 2. Industry & Commerce (excluding Handloom , Handicrafts & Sericulture and IT) |
| Ram Prasad Paul-BJP | 1. Jail Department 2. Fire & Emergency Service Department 3. Welfare of Other Backward Classes 4. Welfare of Minorities |
| Bhagaban Chandra Das-BJP | 1. Welfare of Scheduled Castes 2. Animal Resource Development 3. Labour |
| Sushanta Chowdhury-BJP | 1. Information and Cultural Affairs 2. Youth Affairs & Sports 3. PWD(DWS) |
| Rampada Jamatia-BJP | 1. Tribal Welfare 2. Industry & Commerce (Handloom , Handicraft & Sericulture) |
| Prem Kumar Reang (IPFT) | 1. Fishery 2. Cooperation |
How many cabinet ministers are there in Tripura?
There are eleven cabinet Ministers in Tripura Cabinet, as of May 16, 2022.
Manik Saha sworn in as new Tripura CM
Manik Saha was elected as the leader of BJP legislative party during a meeting held on May 14th in the presence of the Central observers, following Biplab Kumar Deb's resignation from his CM position.
The BJP decided to change the leadership in the state as it is up for Assembly elections next year. Manik Saha was elected to the Rajya Sabha from the lone seat earlier this year. He is also the Chief BJP's Tripura unit.
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