INDIA
As many as 43 ministers, including new and old, took oath on Wednesday evening.
The much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government took place on Wednesday. As many as 43 ministers, including new and old, took oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan that was administered by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind.
Just after the reshuffle of the Modi 2.0 cabinet, the portfolios have also been assigned. A key thing to note is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself will now head the Ministry of Science and Technology. Home Minister Amit Shah will look after the cooperative ministry that came into existence for the first time and Dharmendra Pradhan's has been given the Education Ministry. Earlier, he was the Petroleum Minister. Jyotiraditya Scindia, who left Congress and joined BJP, has also been given a good portfolio.
Dr Ashwini Vaishnav is the new Minister of Railways as well as the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. Mansukh Mandaviya is the new Health Minister. Anurag Thakur is India's new Sports Minister as well as the Information & Broadcasting Minister. Jyotiraditya Scindia has been appointed as Union Minister of Civil Aviation.
Here's is the full list:
Shri 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 |
1. |
Shri Raj Nath Singh |
Minister of Defence |
2. |
Shri Amit Shah |
Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation |
3. |
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari |
Minister of Road Transport and Highways |
4. |
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman |
Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs |
5. |
Shri Narendra Singh Toma |
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
6. |
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar |
Minister of External Affairs |
7. |
Shri Arjun Munda |
Minister of Tribal Affairs |
8. |
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani |
Minister of Women and Child Development |
9. |
Shri Piyush Goyal |
Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles |
10. |
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan |
Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
11. |
Shri Pralhad Joshi |
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
12. |
Shri Narayan Tatu Rane |
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
13. |
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal |
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH |
14. |
Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi |
Minister of Minority Affairs |
15. |
Dr. Virendra Kumar |
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
16. |
Shri Giriraj Singh |
Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj |
17. |
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia |
Minister of Civil Aviation |
18. |
Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh |
Minister of Steel |
19. |
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw |
Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
20. |
Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras |
Minister of Food Processing Industries |
21. |
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |
Minister of Jal Shakti |
22. |
Shri Kiren Rijiju |
Minister of Law and Justice |
23. |
Shri Raj Kumar Singh |
Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy |
24. |
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri |
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs |
25. |
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya |
Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
26. |
Shri 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. |
Shri Parshottam Rupala |
Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
29. |
Shri G. Kishan Reddy |
Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
30. |
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur |
Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports |
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. |
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
2. |
Shri Faggansingh Kulaste |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
3. |
Shri Prahalad Singh Patel |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
4. |
Shri 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. |
Shri 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. |
Shri Krishan Pal |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries |
8. |
Shri 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. |
Shri 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. |
Shri Nityanand Rai |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
13. |
Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
14. |
Smt. 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. |
Shri 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. |
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
18. |
Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
19. |
Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
20. |
Shri V. Muraleedharan |
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
21. |
Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi |
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
22. |
Shri Som Parkash |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
23. |
Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
24. |
Shri 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. |
Shri Kailash Choudhary |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
26. |
Smt. Annpurna Devi |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
27. |
Shri A. Narayanaswamy |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
28. |
Shri Kaushal Kishore |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
29. |
Shri Ajay Bhatt |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
30. |
Shri 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. |
Shri Ajay Kumar |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
32. |
Shri Devusinh Chauhan |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications |
33. |
Shri 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. |
Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
35. |
Sushri 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. |
Shri Bishweswar Tudu |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti |
41. |
Shri 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. |
Shri 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. |
Shri Nisith Pramanik |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
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