title: Raghubar Das ministry
text: # Raghubar Das ministry
  
  This is a list of minister from Raghubar Das cabinets starting from 28 December 2014. Raghubar Das is a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party, and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014.
  
  On 28 December 2014, Nilkanth Singh Munda, Chandreshwar Prasad Singh, Dr. Louis Marandi of BJP and Chandra Prakash Choudhary of All Jharkhand Students Union were sworn in as cabinet ministers along with Raghubar Das as Chief Ministers. Das became the 10th and first non-tribal Chief Ministers of Jharkhand.
  
  ## Council of Ministers
  
  | Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chief Minister Home Affairs Finance Planning & Development Departments not allotted to any Minister | Raghubar Das | 28 December 2014 | 29 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj | Nilkanth Singh Munda | 28 December 2014 | 29 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Urban Development & Housing | Chandreshwar Prasad Singh | 28 December 2014 | 29 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | Chandreshwar Prasad Singh | 28 December 2014 | 20 February 2015 | BJP |
  | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | Saryu Roy | 20 February 2015 | 13 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Women & Child Development Minister of Social Welfare & Minority Welfare | Louis Marandi | 28 December 2014 | 29 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Water Resources Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | 28 December 2014 | 4 June 2019 | AJSU |
  | Minister of Disaster Management | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | 28 December 2014 | 20 February 2015 | AJSU |
  | Minister of Disaster Management | Chandreshwar Prasad Singh | 20 February 2015 | 29 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution | Saryu Roy | 19 February 2015 | 13 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Labour, Employment & Training | Raj Paliwar | 19 February 2015 | 29 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Health, Medical Education & Family Welfare | Ramchandra Chandravanshi | 19 February 2015 | 29 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Education | Neera Yadav | 19 February 2015 | 29 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Revenue & Land Reforms Minister of Art & Culture Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs | Amar Kumar Bauri | 19 February 2015 | 29 December 2019 | BJP |
  | Minister of Agriculture & Sugarcane Development Minister of Animal Husbandry & Fisheries | Randhir Kumar Singh | 19 February 2015 | 29 December 2019 | BJP |
  
  ## History
  
  ### Pathalgadi movement against tribal land law amendments
  
  In 2016–2017, the Raghubar Das government was seeking amendments to the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act, 1908, and the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, 1949. These two original laws had safeguarded the rights of the tribal communities on their land. According to the existing laws the land transactions could only be done between the tribals. The new amendments gave the tribals the right to allow the government to make commercial use of the tribal land and to take the tribal land on lease. The proposed bill amending the existing law had been approved by the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The bills were sent to Murmu for approval in November 2016.
  
  The tribal people had strongly objected to the proposed law. During the Pathalgardi rebellion, protests were held against the proposed amendments to the tenancy acts. In one incident the protests turned violent and the tribals abducted the security detail of the BJP MP Karia Munda. Police responded with a violent crackdown on the tribals that caused the death of a tribal man. Criminal cases were filed against more than 200 people including the tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy. Governor Droupadi Murmu, was criticized for her soft stand on police aggression against tribals during the movement. According to woman tribal rights activist Aloka Kujur she was expected to speak up to the government in support of the tribals but it did not happen, and instead she appealed to the Pathalgarhi agitation leaders to repose faith in the constitution.
  
  Murmu had received total of 192 memorandums against the amendments in the bill. Then opposition leader Hemant Soren had said that the BJP government wanted to acquire tribal land through the two amendment Bills for the benefit of corporates. Opposition parties Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, the Congress, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and others had put intense pressure against the bill. On 24 May 2017, Murmu relented and refused to give assent to the bills and returned the bill to the state government along with the memorandums she had received. The bill was later withdrawn in August 2017.
  
  ### Religion and land bill
  
  In 2017, the ministry approved the Freedom of Religion Bill, 2017, and the bill to amend the Land Acquisition 2013 Act passed by the Jharkhand Assembly.
  
  The new religion bill makes it an offence subject to a penalty of three years in prison, to coerce or lure a person to convert their religion. If the person coerced is a member of a Scheduled Caste or tribe, a minor, or female, the prison term increases to four years. Fines can be levied in any case. The bill also made it mandatory for voluntary converts, to inform the Deputy Commissioner about their conversion, and to give full details about the circumstances.
  
  The amendments in the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, involved changes in the compensation duration and requirements for social impacts assessment. According to the passed law, monetary compensation for government acquisition of tribal land must be paid within six months of acquisition. The requirement for social impact assessments was dropped for some types of infrastructure projects.
  
  