A total of 43 ministers took oath for cabinet ministers to PM Modi’s BJP led Government yesterday among which Former Assam CM and Majuli MLA Sarbananda Sonowal was given the charge of Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and also the Ministry of AYUSH.
The names in the cabinet reshuffle include several new entrants as well as existing ministers who will be reassigned. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be monitoring the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space;
Complete list of Union Ministers and their portfolios:
Cabinet Ministers
Shri Raj Nath Singh, Minister of Defence
Shri Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs
Shri Arjun Munda, Minister of Tribal Affairs
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development
Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and, Minister of Textiles
Shri Pralhad Joshi Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines
Shri Narayan Tatu Rane Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and
Minister of AYUSH
Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs
Dr. Virendra Kumar Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Giriraj Singh Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of Civil Aviation
Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh Minister of Steel
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras, Minister of Food Processing Industries
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Jal Shakti
Shri Kiren Rijiju Minister of Law and Justice
Shri Raj Kumar Singh Minister of Power; and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Shri Bhupender Yadav Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Heavy Industries
Shri Parshottam Rupala Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Shri G. Kishan Reddy Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern
Region
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
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
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
Minister of States
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
Shri Faggansingh Kulaste Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
Shri Prahalad Singh Patel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
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
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
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
Shri Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
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
Shri Ramdas Athawale Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
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
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Shri Nityanand Rai Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and
Justice
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
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Shri V. Muraleedharan Minister of State in the Ministry of External
Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
Shri Som Parkash Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
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
Shri Kailash Choudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Smt. Annpurna Devi Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
Shri A. Narayanaswamy Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Kaushal Kishore Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Shri Ajay Bhatt Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
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
Shri Ajay Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri Devusinh Chauhan Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
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
Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Sushri Pratima Bhoumik Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Dr. Subhas Sarkar Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Shri Bishweswar Tudu Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
Shri Shantanu Thakur Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH
Shri John Barla Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
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
Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister of State in the Ministry of Home
Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
