->Neils51: replaced: alloted → allotted

2022-01-06T04:40:22Z

replaced: alloted → allotted

imported>BrownHairedGirl: clean up

2021-04-08T05:19:46Z

clean up

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_type = Ministry
| cabinet_number =
| jurisdiction = [[Bihar]]
| flag =
| flag_border = true
| incumbent =
| image = Nitish Kumar (cropped).JPG
| image_size = 150px
| caption = [[Nitish Kumar]]<br />[[Hon'ble]] [[Chief Minister of Bihar]]
| date_formed = 27 July 2017
| date_dissolved = 13 November 2020
| government_head = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| government_head_history =
| state_head = Governor<br />[[Fagu Chauhan]]
| members_number = 28
| former_members_number = 8
| total_number =
| political_parties =
*'''[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]'''
*'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]'''
| legislature_status = [[Coalition government|Coalition]]
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = '''[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]'''
| opposition_leader = [[Tejashwi Yadav]]
| election = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
| last_election =
| legislature_term = 5 years
| budget =
| advice_and_consent1 =
| advice_and_consent2 =

| incoming_formation =
| outgoing_formation =
| previous = [[Fifth Nitish Kumar ministry|Fifth Nitish Kumar ministry (2015–2017)]]
| successor = [[Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry]]
}}This is a list of minister from [[Nitish Kumar]]'s sixth cabinets starting from 27 July 2017. [[Nitish Kumar]] is the leader of [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]] who was sworn in the [[Chief Ministers of Bihar]] in August 2017 with help of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].

==History==
[[Nitish Kumar]] resigned on 26 July 2017 as [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] over differences with the coalition partner [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] due to naming of [[Tejashwi Yadav]], the [[Deputy Chief Minister]] and [[Lalu Prasad Yadav|Lalu's]] son in an FIR by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nitish-kumar-resigns-as-bihar-chief-minister-tejashwi-yadav-lalu-yadav-grand-alliance-jdu-meeting-governor-4768045/ | title= Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister | date=27 July 2017 | newspaper=The Indian Express | accessdate=20 September 2019 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nitish-kumar-resigns-as-bihar-cm/article19364717.ece Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM; Modi welcomes decision]</ref> Hours later, he joined the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] which had thus far been the opposition, and secured a majority in the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Assembly]], taking the Chief Minister-ship once again on the very next day.<ref>[https://www.thequint.com/politics/2017/07/26/nitish-kumar-lalu-tejashwi-yadav-rift PM Modi Backs Nitish on 'Joining Fight Against Corruption]</ref><ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/bihar-cabinet-expansion-portfolios-nitish-kumar-sushil-modi-bjp-jdu-ljp-4773172/ Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar kept the Home Ministry to himself, newly instated Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi got Finance and Commerce Ministries]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/nitish-expands-ministry-inducts-27-new-ministers/article19386115.ece Nitish’s new team in the saddle in Bihar]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ljp-to-join-bihar-cabinet/article19380713.ece LJP to join Bihar Cabinet]</ref>

==Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!S.No
!Name
!Constituency
!Department
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party
|-
| 1.
| '''[[Nitish Kumar]]'''<br />[[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| [[Bihar Legislative Council|MLC]]
|
*Home.
*General Administration.
*Cabinet Secretariat.
*Vigilance.
*Election.
*'''Other departments not allocated to any Minister.'''
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| style="text-align: center;" colspan=6|'''[[List of current Indian deputy chief ministers|Deputy Chief Minister]]'''
|-
| 2.
| '''[[Sushil Kumar Modi]]'''<br />[[Deputy Chief Minister]]
| [[Bihar Legislative Council|MLC]]
|
*Finance.
*Commercial Taxes.
*Environment & Forest.
*Information Technology.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| style="text-align: center;" colspan=6|'''Cabinet Ministers'''
|-
| 3.
| '''[[Bijendra Prasad Yadav]]'''
|[[Supaul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Supaul]]
|
*Energy.
*Registration.
*Excise & Prohibition.
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 4.
| '''[[Prem Kumar (politician)|Dr. Prem Kumar]]'''
| [[Gaya Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaya Town]]
|
*Agriculture.
*Animal and Fisheries Resources.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 5.
| '''[[Shrawan Kumar (politician)|Shrawan Kumar]]'''
| [[Nalanda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nalanda]]
|
*Rural Development.
*Parliamentary Affairs.
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 6.
| '''[[Nand Kishore Yadav]]'''
| [[Patna Sahib (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patna Sahib]]
|
*Road Construction.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 7.
| '''[[Shailesh Kumar (politician)|Shailesh Kumar]]'''
| [[Jamalpur, Munger (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamalpur]]
|
*Rural Works.
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 8.
| '''[[Ramnarayan Mandal|Ram Narayan Mandal]]'''
| [[Banka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Banka]]
|
*Revenue.
*Land Reforms.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 9.
| '''Krishana Nandan Prasad Verma'''
| [[Ghosi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghosi]]
|
*Education.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 10.
| '''[[Mangal Pandey (Bihar politician)|Mangal Pandey]]'''
| [[Bihar Legislative Council|MLC]]
|
*Health.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 11.
| '''[[Maheshwar Hazari]]'''
| [[Kalyanpur, Samastipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalyanpur]]
|
*Planning and development.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 12.
| '''Pramod Kumar'''
| [[Motihari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Motihari]]
|
*Art, Culture and Youth affairs.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 13.
| '''Sanjay Kumar Jha'''
| [[Bihar Legislative Council|MLC]]
|
*Water Resources.
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 14.
| '''[[Vinod Narayan Jha]]'''
| [[Bihar Legislative Council|MLC]]
|
*Public Health & Engineering.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 15.
| '''[[Jai Kumar Singh]]'''
| [[Dinara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dinara]]
|
*Science & Technology.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 16.
| '''Suresh Kumar Sharma'''
| [[Muzaffarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Muzaffarpur]]
|
*Urban Development & Housing.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 17.
| '''[[Santosh Kumar Nirala]]'''
| [[Rajpur (Bihar Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajpur]]
|
*Transport.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 18.
| '''Vijay Kumar Sinha'''
| [[Lakhisarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lakhisarai]]
|
*Labour Resources.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 19.
| '''[[Khurshid Urf Firoj Ahmad|Feroz Ahmad]]'''
| [[Sikta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sikta]]
|
*Minority Welfare.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 20.
| '''[[Rana Randhir|Rana Randhir Singh]]'''
| [[Madhuban (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Madhuban]]
|
*Co-operative.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 21.
| '''Madan Sahni'''
| [[Gaura Bauram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaura Bauram]]
|
*Food & Consumer Protection.
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 22.
| '''[[Krishna Kumar Rishi]]'''
| [[Banmankhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Banmankhi]]
|
*Tourism.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 23.
| '''[[Ramesh Rishidev]]'''
| [[Singheshwar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Singheshwar]]
|
*SC/ST Welfare.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 24.
| '''[[Brij Kishor Bind]]'''
| [[Chainpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chainpur]]
|
*Mines & Geology.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 25.
| '''[[Narendra Narayan Yadav]]'''
| [[Alamnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alamnagar]]
|
*Law.
*Minor water resources.
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 26.
| '''[[Bima Bharti]]'''
| [[Rupauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rupauli]]
|
*Sugarcane industries.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 27.
| '''Ramsevak Singh'''
| [[Hathua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hathua]]
|
*Social welfare.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 28.
| '''Lakshmeshwar Rai'''
| [[Laukaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Laukaha]]
|
*Disaster management.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |

|}

==Former Ministers==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! SI No.
! Name
! Constituency
! Department
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party
! Reason
|-
| 1.
| '''[[Manju Verma]]'''
| [[Cheria-Bariarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Cheria-Bariarpur]]
|
*Social Welfare.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|[[Resign]]ation
|-
| 2.
| '''[[Lalan Singh|Rajiv Ranjan Singh]]'''
| [[Bihar Legislative Council|MLC]]
|
*Water Resources.
*Planning & Development.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|[[17th Lok Sabha|Elected as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
|-
| 3.
| '''[[Dinesh Chandra Yadav]]'''
| [[Simri Bakhtiarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Simri Bakhtiarpur]]
|
*Minor Irrigation.
*Disaster Management .
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|[[17th Lok Sabha|Elected as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
|-
| 4.
| '''[[Pashupati Kumar Paras]]'''
| [[Bihar Legislative Council|MLC]]
|
*Animal and Fish Resources .
| [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Lok Janshakti Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[17th Lok Sabha|Elected as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
|-
| 5.
| '''[[Shyam Rajak]]'''
| [[Phulwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Phulwari]]
|
*Industries.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|[[Resign]]ation
|-
| 6.
| '''Vinod Kumar Singh'''
|[[Pranpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pranpur]]
|
*Backward and Extremely Backward Class Welfare.
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Death]]
|-
| 7.
| '''[[Kapil Deo Kamat]]'''
|[[Babubarhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Babubarhi]]
|
*Panchayati Raj.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|[[Death]]
|-
| 8.
| '''[[Ashok Choudhary]]'''
|[[Bihar Legislative Council|MLC]]
|
*Building construction.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
| 9.
| '''Neeraj Kumar'''
|[[Bihar Legislative Council|MLC]]
|
*Information and Public relations.
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |

|}

== See also ==

* [[Government of Bihar]]
* [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Nitish Kumar second ministry]]
* [[Nitish Kumar third ministry]]
* [[Nitish Kumar fourth ministry]]
* [[Nitish Kumar fifth ministry (2015 - 2017)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nitish Kumar sixth ministry}}
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party]]
[[Category:Janata Dal (United)]]
[[Category:Lok Janshakti Party]]
[[Category:2017 in Indian politics]]
[[Category:Bihar ministries]]
[[Category:Nitish Kumar]]
[[Category:2017 establishments in Bihar]]
[[Category:Cabinets established in 2017]]
[[Category:2020 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Cabinets disestablished in 2020]]

Sixth Nitish Kumar ministry - Revision history

->Neils51: replaced: alloted → allotted

imported>BrownHairedGirl: clean up