PATNA, Dec. 14 -- After creation of three new departments in Bihar, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday allocated new portfolios, keeping the crisis-hit Civil Aviation with himself, a notification from the cabinet secretariat department said. The Bihar cabinet on December 9 had approved proposals to create three new departments -- Youth, Employment and Skill Development Department, Higher Education Department and the Civil Aviation Department -- and changed the names of three other departments. The Animal and Fisheries Resource Department was renamed as Dairy, Fisheries and Animal Resources Department; the Labour Resources Department as Labour Resources and Migrant Workers Welfare Department, and Art, Culture and Youth Department as Art and Culture Department. In the notification, issued on Friday, the portfolio of Youth, Employment and Skill Development Department has been allocated to Sanjay Singh "Tiger", who is holding the portfolio of Labour Resources and Migrant Workers Welfare Department. State education minister Sunil Kumar has been given the portfolio of the newly created Higher Education Department. Kumar also has the portfolio of science , technology and technical education department. The CM has kept the Civil Aviation with himself, the notification said. Apart from it, the chief minister holds the general administration, election, vigilance, cabinet and other departments which have not been allocated to others. Recently, the CM had announced on X the state government's decision to create three new departments: "We have set a target to provide jobs to one crore youth over the next five years (2025-30). For this, it's essential that more youth be trained for skill development. Instructions have been given to create three new departments: Youth, Employment and Skill Development Department, Higher Education Department, and Civil Aviation Department." On the need for a dedicated Higher Education Department, Kumar had said its objective was to "bring about qualitative improvement in learning, promote research and innovation, develop technical and vocational education, and ensure that youth from all sections of society receive quality employment-oriented education". On the Civil Aviation Department, the CM had written, "All of you know that the construction of several new airports is underway in the state... and construction of many new airports has been proposed. The creation of the Civil Aviation Department will accelerate this, enhance the industrial environment, create employment opportunities, and help in the export of products manufactured in the state"....