Mann ministry

Inauguration

On 10 March, the election results were announced. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a full majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 seats out of 117 total. The opposition parties are the Indian National Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiromani Akali Dal, and the Bahujan Samaj Party.^[1]

On 11 March 2022, AAP Punjab convener and MP Bhagwant Mann was elected by the AAP legislative members as their leader in the assembly.^[2] Mann took oath as the Chief Minister in the Punjab government in a public ceremony at Khatkar Kalan village on 16 March, when the term of the incumbent Fifteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly expired.^[3] 10 cabinet ministers took oath on 19 March at Guru Nanak Dev auditorium of Punjab Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.^[4][5] Eight ministers who took oath were greenhorn (first term) Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) while two were in their second term.^[6]

The cabinet can have at most 18 ministers, but Mann decided to appoint a smaller cabinet. Mann has set targets for every minister to achieve, saying people "can demand that the minister be removed" if the targets are not met.^[7]

Shuffling in the cabinet

In May 2022, health minister Vijay Singla was removed from cabinet, after corruption charges were raised against him.

5 MLAs were inducted into the cabinet and their swearing in ceremony took place on 4 July 2022.^[8]

On 7 January 2023, cabinet minister Fauja Singh Sarari resigned as cabinet minister upon corruption allegations following an alleged audio clip of him discussing how to extort money from contractors. He responded by denying the allegations and dubbing the clip of him "doctored". He was replaced by Dr. Balbir Singh.^[9][10]

On 31 May 2023, cabinet minister Inderbir Singh Nijjar resigned as cabinet minister on personal grounds.He was replaced with Balkar Singh. Along with him, Gurmeet Singh Khuddian was also given a place in cabinet by allocating him an important portfolio of Agriculture and farmers welfare among others.^[11] in January 2026 Skoon Bhandari was given the approval to be the Home Minister of State, Sports and YouthAaffairs and local body Minister for State by the Mann Government.

Minister of State

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Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Chief Minister Civil Aviation Cooperation General Administration Home Affairs & Justice Legal & Legislative Affairs Personnel and Training Sports and Youth Services Science Technology & Environment Vigilance Other departments not allocated to any Minister	Bhagwant Mann	16 March 2022 (2022-03-16)	Incumbent		AAP	[12]
Economic & Statistical Organisation Excise & Taxation Finance Planning Programme Implementation	Harpal Singh Cheema	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP	[13]
Employment Generation and Training Governance Reforms and Public Grievances New and Renewable Energy Sources Printing & Stationery	Aman Arora	5 July 2022 (2022-07-05)	Incumbent		AAP	[14]
Social Justice, Empowerment & Minorities Social Security and Development of Women and Children	Baljit Kaur	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Elections Health and Family Welfare Medical Education and Research	Dr. Balbir Singh	7 January 2023 (2023-01-07)	Incumbent		AAP
Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Forest and Wild Life Preservation	Lal Chand Kataruchakk	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Jails Transport	Laljit Singh Bhullar	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Higher Education and Languages Information & Public Relations School Education Technical Education & Industrial Training	Harjot Singh Bains	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Power Public Works	Harbhajan Singh ETO	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Dairy Development Food Processing	Gurmeet Singh Khudian	31 May 2023 (2023-05-31)	Incumbent		AAP
Defence Services Welfare Freedom Fighters Horticulture	Mohinder Bhagat	23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)	Incumbent		AAP
Hospitality Labour Rural Development & Panchayats Tourism & Culture Affairs	Tarunpreet Singh Sond	23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)	Incumbent		AAP
Local Government Parliamentary Affairs	Ravjot Singh	23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)	Incumbent		AAP
Conservation of Soil and Water Mines & Geology Water Resources	Barinder Kumar Goyal	23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)	Incumbent		AAP
Housing and Urban Development Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Water Supply & Sanitation	Hardeep Singh Mundian	23 September 2024 (2024-09-23)	Incumbent		AAP
Investment Promotion Industries & Commerce NRI Affairs	Sanjeev Arora (politician)	3 July 2025 (2025-07-03)	Incumbent		AAP

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By departments

An alphabetical list of all the departments of Punjab Government with terms :^[15]

By year

• 2022 : On 21 March, Bhagwant Mann announced the first appointment of ten ministers to the departments of Punjab state government.^[16]

Cabinet between March - May 2022

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Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Chief Minister Administrative Reforms Civil Aviation General Administration Home Affairs & Justice Personnel Vigilance Housing and Urban Development Local Government Industries & Commerce Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Horticulture Conservation of Land & Water Food Processing Investment Promotion Science Technology & Environment Parliamentary Affairs Elections Removal of Grievances Freedom Fighters Technical Education & Industrial Training Employment Generation & Training Labour Printing & Stationery Defence Services Welfare Governance Reforms New and Renewable Energy Sources Information & Public Relations Other departments not allocated to any Minister	Bhagwant Mann	16 March 2022 (2022-03-16)	Incumbent		AAP	[12][13]
Finance Planning Programme Implementation Excise & Taxation Cooperation	Harpal Singh Cheema	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Health and Family Welfare Medical Education and Research	Vijay Singla	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	24 May 2022 (2022-05-24)		AAP	[17]
School Education Sports and Youth Services Higher Education and Languages	Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Power Public Works	Harbhajan Singh ETO	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Forest and Wild Life Preservation	Lal Chand Kataruchakk	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayats Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Dairy Development NRI Affairs	Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Transport Hospitality	Laljit Singh Bhullar	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister of Water Resources Water Supply & Sanitation	Brahm Shankar Jimpa	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Social Justice, Empowerment & Minorities Social Security and Development of Women and Children	Baljit Kaur	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP
Legal & Legislative Affairs Mines & Geology Jails Tourism & Cultural Affairs	Harjot Singh Bains	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	Incumbent		AAP

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• 2022 : On 5 July, Bhagwant Mann announced the expansion of cabinet with five new ministers to the departments of Punjab state government.^[14]

Former Ministers

Minister for state Skoon Bhandari 17 January 2026.

Home Affairs sports and youth local bodies and Excise.