Offices of state

One state cabinet post and four Union portfolios, each set out as a notice: the office, the dates, what the ministry does, and what official releases record him doing there. Dates are taken from the Lok Sabha member record.

State: Cabinet Minister, Uttar Pradesh, 2017–2019
Union: Minister of State since 7 July 2021
Current: Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying; Panchayati Raj

Current

Government of India · Union Council of Ministers

Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, and Minister of State, Ministry of Panchayati Raj

9 June 2024 – present

He was appointed on 9 June 2024, when the new Union Council of Ministers was sworn in, and took charge on 11 June alongside Cabinet Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh and fellow Minister of State George Kurian. He serves in two ministries at once.

The mandates

The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying has two departments. The Department of Fisheries runs schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana. The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying runs the National Programme for Dairy Development, the National Livestock Mission and the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund.

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj oversees rural local self-government. Its work includes the SVAMITVA property-card scheme, implementation of the PESA Act in Scheduled Areas, the Panchayat Devolution Index and Gram Panchayat Development Plans.

On the record

26 Sep 2024: inaugurated the National Conference on the PESA Act in New Delhi, where the PESA-GPDP portal and seven training modules were launched.
13 Feb 2025: released the report ranking states on devolution to panchayats. Karnataka ranked first, and Uttar Pradesh rose from 15th to 5th.
26 Nov 2025: conferred the National Gopal Ratna Awards 2025 on National Milk Day.
25 Jan 2026: felicitated elected panchayat representatives invited as special guests for Republic Day.

Sources: PIB 11 Jun 2024 · PIB 26 Sep 2024 · PIB 13 Feb 2025 · PIB 26 Nov 2025 · PIB 25 Jan 2026. More entries are on Documented Contributions.

Government of India · Union Council of Ministers

Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

18 May 2023 – June 2024

A Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué of 18 May 2023 reassigned him “as Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in place of Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice”. He held the post until the new ministry of June 2024.

The Ministry runs national health programmes, including tuberculosis elimination and the National AIDS Control Programme through NACO. It also oversees the AIIMS institutions and national disease surveillance through the National Centre for Disease Control.

On the record

15 Jun 2023: addressed an ICMR workshop on innovative TB health technologies.
24 Aug 2023: inaugurated, in Agra, NACO’s review meeting of the National AIDS Control Programme with state project directors.
25 Sep 2023: presided over the 68th Foundation Day of AIIMS, New Delhi.
1 Dec 2023: inaugurated the World AIDS Day event in Guwahati.
23 Feb 2024: inaugurated the first National Public Health India Conference (NPHICON-2024).

Sources: communiqué text via ETV Bharat/ANI · PIB · PIB · PIB · PIB · PIB

Close portrait of Satyapal Singh Baghel smiling, in a white jacket — Plate 7.1Portrait in a white jacket, shown at its original size.

Government of India · Union Council of Ministers

Minister of State, Ministry of Law and Justice

7 July 2021 – 18 May 2023

He entered the Union Council of Ministers in the expansion of 7 July 2021. Outlook/PTI called it “his first stint as a central minister”. He served under the Law Minister, Kiren Rijiju.

The Ministry has three parts. The Department of Legal Affairs advises the government on law. The Legislative Department drafts central legislation. The Department of Justice handles the judicial appointments process, court infrastructure, and access-to-justice schemes such as Tele-Law and Nyaya Bandhu.

On the record

15 Oct 2022: present at the Prime Minister’s address to the All India Conference of Law Ministers and Law Secretaries, Ekta Nagar, Gujarat.
6 Dec 2022: a sensitisation workshop on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act was held at Shastri Bhawan under the aegis of the Law Minister and of Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel.
9 Dec 2022: member of the Indian delegation to the 9th meeting of Justice Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, held by video conference.

Sources: Outlook/PTI · PIB 15 Oct 2022 · PIB Year End Review 2022

Satyapal Singh Baghel reading from a paper at a swearing-in ceremony beside the then President of India, Ram Nath Kovind — Plate 7.2Taking the oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan before the then President, Ram Nath Kovind. This was his only Union swearing-in during President Kovind’s term, so the photograph dates from the ceremony of 7 July 2021.

Satyapal Singh Baghel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanging greetings in front of Indian flags — Plate 7.3Exchanging greetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Government of Uttar Pradesh · Council of Ministers

Cabinet Minister: Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Minor Irrigation and Underground Water

19 March 2017 – 2019

After winning Tundla (SC) in the 2017 Assembly election he was sworn into Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s first council of ministers as a Cabinet Minister. The Lok Sabha record lists his portfolios as animal husbandry, fisheries, minor irrigation and underground water. PTI’s report of the allocation, in March 2017, named fisheries, minor irrigation and animal husbandry.

He left the state government after his election to the Lok Sabha from Agra in 2019. The Allahabad High Court records that he resigned his Assembly seat on 4 June 2019. The Lok Sabha record gives 15 June 2019 as the end of his state term.

The portfolios foreshadow his current Union role. Five years later he returned to animal husbandry and fisheries, this time in the national ministry.

Sources: Lok Sabha member record · The Tribune/PTI, 22 March 2017 · Allahabad High Court, 3 March 2020