First Naveen Patnaik ministry

First Naveen Patnaik ministry
26th Ministry of Odisha
2000–2004
Naveen Patnaik Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha
Date formed	5 March 2000
Date dissolved	15 May 2004
People and organisations
Governor	M. M. Rajendran
Chief Minister	Naveen Patnaik
No. of ministers	25
Member parties	NDA 107   BJD 69   BJP 38
Status in legislature	Majority 107 / 147 (73%)
Opposition party	INC
Opposition leader	Ramakanta Mishra
History
Election	2000
Legislature terms	4 years, 71 days
Predecessor	Second Hemananda Biswal ministry
Successor	Second Naveen Patnaik ministry

Naveen Patnaik was elected as the chief minister of Odisha for the first time in 2000 after NDA secured a landslide victory in the 2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. The elections were held in February 2000 in two phases. NDA secured 107 seats out of 147 in the twelfth Odisha Legislative Assembly. BJD secured 69 seats while BJP secured 38 seats.

Council of Ministers

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik along with 14 Cabinet Ministers, 6 Minister of State with Independent Charges and 4 Minister of State were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor M. M. Rajendran at the Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on 5 March 2000. The BJD had the larger share of representation in the ministry with 16 ministers including the Chief Minister while the BJP had 9.

Cabinet reshuffle took place on 6 August 2002 with induction of 8 new ministers. ^[1]

Source

Portfolio	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Tenure		Party
Chief Minister Home General Administration Agriculture Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Naveen Patnaik		Hinjili	5 March 2000	15 May 2004		BJD
Water Resources Information Technology				5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
Works Housing Parliamentary Affairs Health & Family Welfare Women & Child Development Rural Development Higher Education				9 July 2001	6 August 2002		BJD
School & Mass Education				3 June 2002	6 August 2002		BJD
Finance Planning & Coordination				6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Cabinet Minister
Excise	Ananda Acharya		Bargarh	5 March 2000	15 May 2004		BJD
Housing Parliamentary Affairs	Nalinikanta Mohanty		Rajanagar	5 March 2000	9 July 2001		BJD
Works							BJD
	Kalindi Behera		Salipur	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Finance Planning & Coordination	Ram Krushna Patnaik		Kodala	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
Health & Family Welfare Women & Child Development	Kamala Das		Bhograi	5 March 2000	9 July 2001		BJD
	Prafulla Chandra Ghadei		Sukinda	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Forest Environment	Adwait Prasad Singh		Angul	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
Panchayati Raj	Surendra Nath Naik		Kakatpur	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
	Damodar Rout		Erasama	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Information & Public Relations Culture							BJD
School & Mass Education	Bhagabat Behera		Nayagarh	5 March 2000	3 June 2002		BJD
	Surendra Nath Naik		Kakatpur	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Steel & Mines	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo		Bolangir	5 March 2000	15 May 2004		BJD
Information Technology Tourism				6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Energy				5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
	Surjya Narayan Patro		Digapahandi	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Science & Technology Environment							BJD
Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare	Mangala Kisan		Rajgangpur	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
	Kalindi Behera		Salipur	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Water Resources	Mangala Kisan		Rajgangpur	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Revenue Law	Biswabhusan Harichandan		Bhubaneswar	5 March 2000	15 May 2004		BJP
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development				5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJP
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare	Bed Prakash Agarwal		Kendrapara	5 March 2000	15 May 2004		BJP
Public Enterprises				5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJP
Rural Development				6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJP
Public Grievances & Pension Administration Urban Development	Samir Dey		Cuttack City	5 March 2000	15 May 2004		BJP
Industries	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo		Patnagarh	5 March 2000	15 May 2004		BJP
Public Enterprises				6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJP
Co-operation	Arabinda Dhali		Malkangiri	5 March 2000	15 May 2004		BJP
Textiles & Handlooms				5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJP
Commerce and Transport				6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJP
Ministers of State with Independent Charges
Sports & Youth Services	Ranendra Pratap Swain		Athagarh	5 March 2000	15 May 2004		BJD
Science & Technology				5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
Housing				6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Tourism Culture	Bijayshree Routray		Basudevpur	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
Forest				6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Information & Public Relations	Duryodhan Majhi		Khariar	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
Parliamentary Affairs	Panchanan Kanungo		Gobindpur	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Commerce and Transport	Droupadi Murmu		Rairangpur	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJP
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development				6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJP
Labour & Employment	Bimbadhar Kuanr		Bhatli	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJP
	Himansu Sekhar Meher		Junagarh	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJP
Textiles & Handlooms							BJP
Rural Development	Prashanta Nanda		Begunia	5 March 2000	9 July 2001		BJP
Higher Education							BJP
	Bimbadhar Kuanr		Bhatli	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJP
Ministers of State
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare	Rabi Narayan Nanda		Jeypore	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
Water Resources				6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Health & Family Welfare	Debi Prasad Mishra		Baramba	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
Agriculture	Amar Prasad Satpathy		Barchana	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJD
Finance	Panchanan Kanungo		Gobindpur	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Women & Child Development	Bishnu Priya Behera		Phulbani	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare	Balabhadra Majhi		Narla	6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJD
Planning & Coordination	Golak Bihari Naik		Khunta	5 March 2000	6 August 2002		BJP
Public Grievances & Pension Administration				6 August 2002	15 May 2004		BJP

References

1. "rediff.com: Naveen Patnaik inducts eight new ministers". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.