In Prime Minister Modi’s major cabinet rejig, 12 ministers including Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar were dropped. This was carried out to facilitate 33 other new members of his government. Some of the names that were brought in are Sarbananda Sonowal, Narayan Rane and Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Apart from 15 Cabinet ministers, 28 Ministers of State, comprising new faces and those elevated, were sworn in a ceremony which was held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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The expansion has taken the total strength of the Council of Ministers to 78, including the Prime Minister. This is the first reshuffle in the Council of Ministers by Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019.
Find the total list here:
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
Minister
of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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
16. Giriraj Singh
Minister
of Rural Development; and Minister
of Panchayati Raj
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
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
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.) VK 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
Minister
of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
15. SP 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. BL 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. 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. Shri Nisith Pramanik
Minister
of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister
of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
