PM Narendra Modi holds meeting of his new Cabinet on Monday, June 10, at his residence in New Delhi.
LIVE| PM Modi allocates portfolios; BJP retains Big 4
Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar retain Home, Finance, Defence and External Affairs ministries, respectively
Narendra Modi, sworn in as the Prime Minister for a third consecutive term in a grand ceremony on Sunday (June 9), took charge of the new government on Monday (June 10). Most of the key cabinet ministers in the third Narendra Modi-led government have retained the portfolios they held in the previous BJP dispensation.
While there are some new faces in the cabinet, leaders such as BJP president J P Nadda and Jual Oram have returned as ministers. While Nadda served in the first Modi government and was made the health minister this time, Oram returned to the Centre after a gap as the minister for tribal affairs.
Rajnath Singh (BJP): He has seen a long political innings from being a chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has retained the Defence portfolio.
Amit Shah (BJP): He has retained Home and Cooperation portfolios. He has also served as BJP national president for six years.
Nitin Gadkari (BJP): He has retained the Road and Highways portfolio.
Nirmala Sitharaman (BJP): She continues as Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
S Jaishankar (BJP): A career diplomat who has served as India's envoy to Beijing and later rose to become the foreign secretary. He was the External Affairs Minister in the second Modi government. He has retained the portfolio.
Here is the complete list of new ministers
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Full list of ministers with their portofolios
Prime Minister
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.
Rajnath Singh
Minister of Defence.
2.
Amit Shah
Minister of Home Affairs; and
Minister of Cooperation.
3.
Nitin Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
4.
JP Nadda
Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
5.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and
Minister of Rural Development.
6.
Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs.
7.
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Minister of External Affairs.
8.
Manohar Lal Khattar
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and
Minister of Power.
9.
H. D. Kumaraswamy
Minister of Heavy Industries; and
Minister of Steel.
10.
Piyush Goyal
Minister of Commerce and Industry.
11.
Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of Education.
12.
Jitan Ram Manjhi
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
13.
Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh
Minister of Panchayati Raj; and
Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
14.
Sarbananda Sonowal
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
15.
Dr. Virendra Kumar
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
16.
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu
Minister of Civil Aviation.
17.
Pralhad Joshi
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy.
18.
Jual Oram
Minister of Tribal Affairs.
19.
Shri Giriraj Singh
Minister of Textiles.
20.
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Minister of Railways;
Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
21.
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.
22.
Bhupender Yadav
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
23.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Minister of Culture; and
Minister of Tourism.
24.
Annpurna Devi
Minister of Women and Child Development
25.
Kiren Rijiju
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of Minority Affairs.
26.
Hardeep Singh Puri
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
27.
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
Minister of Labour and Employment; and
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.
28.
G. Kishan Reddy
Minister of Coal; and
Minister of Mines.
29.
Chirag Paswan
Minister of Food Processing Industries.
30.
C R Patil
Minister of Jal Shakti.
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 Culture.
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.
3.
Arjun Ram Meghwal
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
4.
Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
5.
Jayant Chaudhary
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.
MINISTERS OF STATE
1.
Jitin Prasada
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
2.
Shripad Yesso Naik
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
3.
Pankaj Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
4.
Krishan Pal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation.
5.
Ramdas Athawale
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
6.
Ram Nath Thakur
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
7.
Nityanand Rai
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
8.
Anupriya Patel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
9.
V. Somanna
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
10.
Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications.
11.
Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
12.
Sobha Karandlaje
Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
13.
Kirtivardhan Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
14.
B. L. Verma
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
15.
Shantanu Thakur
Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
16.
Suresh Gopi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism.
17.
Dr. L. Murugan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
18.
Ajay Tamta
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
19.
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
20.
Kamlesh Paswan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
21.
Bhagirath Choudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
22.
Satish Chandra Dubey
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.
23.
Sanjay Seth
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
24.
Ravneet Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
25.
Durgadas Uikey
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
26.
Raksha Nikhil Khadse
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
27.
Sukanta Majumdar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
28.
Savitri Thakur
Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
29.
Tokhan Sahu
Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
30.
Raj Bhushan Choudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
31.
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
32.
Harsh Malhotra
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
33.
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
34.
Murlidhar Mohol
Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
35.
George Kurian
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
36.
Pabitra Margherita
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
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