NEW DELHI: The Narendra-Modi led government allocated portfolios to its new ministers on Wednesday in a major reshuffle. About 15 Cabinet ministers, including some new faces, were sworn-in at the swearing in ceremony held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
This is the first reshuffle in the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019.
The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Council of Ministers :-
Narendra Modi | Prime Minister and also in-charge of:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister |
CABINET MINISTERS
1. | Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence |
2. | Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; and
Minister of Cooperation |
3. | Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways |
4. | Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs |
5. | Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
6. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs |
7. | Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs |
8. | Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development |
9. | Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry;
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles |
10. | Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education; and
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
11. | Pralhad Joshi | Minister of
Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
12. | Narayan Tatu Rane | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
13. | Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and
Minister of AYUSH |
14. | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs |
15. | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Minister of Rural Development; and
Minister of Panchayati Raj |
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17. | Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Civil Aviation |
18. | Ramchandra Prasad Singh | Minister of Steel |
19. | Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways;
Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
20. | Pashu Pati Kumar Paras | Minister of Food Processing Industries |
21. | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti |
22. | Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Law and Justice |
23. | Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of Power; and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy |
24. | Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs |
25. | Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
26. | Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and
Minister of Labour and Employment |
27. | Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Heavy Industries |
28. | Parshottam Rupala | Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
29. | G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Culture;
Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
30. | Anurag Singh Thakur | Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports |
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1. | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
2. | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space |
MINISTERS OF STATE
1. | Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
2. | Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
3. | Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
4. | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
5. | Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
6. | General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation |
7. | Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries |
8. | Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines |
9. | Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
10. | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
11. | Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
12. | Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
13. | Pankaj Chaowdhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
14. | Anupriya Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
15. | Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice |
16. | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
17. | Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
18. | Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
19. | Darshana Vikram Jardosh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
20. | V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
21. | Meenakashi Lekhi | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
22. | Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
23. | Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
24. | Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment |
25. | Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
26. | Annpurna Devi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
27. | A. Narayanaswamy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
28. | Kaushal Kishore | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
29. | Ajay Bhatt | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
30. | B. L. Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation |
31. | Ajay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
32. | Devusinh Chauhan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications |
33. | Bhagwanth Khuba | Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
34. | Kapil Moreshwar Patil | Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
35. | Pratima Bhoumik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
36. | Dr. Subhas Sarkar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
37. | Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
38. | Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
39. | Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
40. | Bishweswar Tudu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti |
41. | Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
42. | Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH |
43. | John Barla | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs |
44. | Dr. L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
45. | Nisith Pramanik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |