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. ^{[1] [2]}

Brief History

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. ^[3]

Council of Ministers

Source

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

References

1. "Naveen Patnaik's Odisha (2000-2024)". The India Forum. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
2. "Assembly Elections, 2000 : Politics in Post-Cyclone Orissa | Economic and Political Weekly". www.epw.in. 15 April 2000. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
3. "rediff.com: Naveen Patnaik inducts eight new ministers". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.