Bhubaneswar: Though belatedly, the Odisha ministers got their private secretaries.

Finance and excise minister Niranjan Pujhari has got BDA administrative officer Anjan Kumar Das as his new PS while Agriculture & higher education minister Arun Sahu has got Debasis Singh as his new PS.

The other PS appointed are:

Saroj Kumar Sahu–Revenue & Disaster Management minister Sudam Marandi

Chinmoy Kumar Acharya- Health & Family Welfare minister Naba Kishore Das

Bijaya Kumar Swain-Energy, industries, home and MSME minister Dibya Sankar Mishra

Manasa Ranjan Padhi-Tourism, Odia language, literature & culture minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi

Sukanta Kumar Pradhan -I & PR and water resources minister Raghunandan Das

Kailash Chandra Das- Sports and Youth Affairs, Electronics & IT minister Tushar Kanti Behera

Kali Prasanna Mohapatra- PS to Steel & Mines, Works minister Prafulla Mallick

Prabir Khillar- OSD to steel and mines minister Prafulla Mallick

Rasmi Ranjan Sahu-Science & Technology, public enterprises, social security minister Ashok Chandra Panda.

Dipti Ranjan Behera-Forest and environment & Parliamentary Affairs minister Bikram Arakhu

Saroj Kumar Rout- Food supply and consumer welfare minister Ranendra Pratap Swain

Manmohan Barik-Commerce & transport minister Padmanabha Behera

Suraranjan Pradhan-Pancyatiraj & Water Resources, Urban & Housing, Law minister Pratap Jena

Pradip Kumar Rout-Labour, ESI & Rural Development minister Sushant Singh

Pramod Kumar Mishra-Women & Child Development minister Tukuni Sahoo

Arup Kumar Sahoo-SC, ST & OBC minister Jaganath Sirka

Prasanta Kumar Mohapatra-School & Mass Education minister Samir Das

Gourahari Behera-Skill development & Technical Education minister Premananda Nayak

SK Zamiruddhin-Handloom & Textile minister Padmini Dian

Pratap Chandra Hota-Government chief whip Pramila Mallick

The parliamentary affairs department has appointed the PS from OAS cadres.