Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun his third term by announcing the key roles and responsibilities of his cabinet ministers. This came just a day after their swearing-in ceremony.
Swearing-In Ceremony and Key Appointments
On Sunday, the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, officially appointed Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister. The swearing-in event marked the start of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. The new administration includes 30 cabinet ministers, 36 ministers of state (MoS), and 5 ministers of state with independent charges from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies.
Key Ministers and Their Portfolios
Here is the detailed list of Cabinet Ministers along with their portfolios in the newly formed government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi:
Cabinet Ministers:
1. Rajnath Singh - Minister of Defence
2. Amit Shah - Minister of Home Affairs; Minister of Cooperation
3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari - Minister of Road Transport and Highways
4. Jagat Prakash Nadda - Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
5. Shivraj Singh Chouhan - Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development
6. Nirmala Sitharaman - Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
7. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Minister of External Affairs
8. Manohar Lal Khattar - Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of Power
9. H. D. Kumaraswamy - Minister of Heavy Industries; 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; Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
14. Sarbananda Sonowal - Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
15. 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; Minister of New and Renewable Energy
18. Jual Oram - Minister of Tribal Affairs
19. Giriraj Singh - Minister of Textiles
20. Ashwini Vaishnaw - Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
21. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia - Minister of Communications; Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
22. Bhupender Yadav - Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
23. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism
24. Annpurna Devi - Minister of Women and Child Development
25. Kiren Rijiju - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Minority Affairs
26. Hardeep Singh Puri - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
27. Mansukh Mandaviya - Minister of Labour and Employment; Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
28. G. Kishan Reddy - Minister of Coal; 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; Ministry of Planning; Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture.
2. Jitendra Singh - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space.
3. Arjun Ram Meghwal - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
4. Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
5. Jayant Chaudhary - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Ministry of Education.
Ministers of State:
1. Jitin Prasada - Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
2. Shripad Yesso Naik - Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; 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; Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
9. V. Somanna - Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; Ministry of Railways.
10. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani - Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; Ministry of Communications.
11. S. P. Singh Baghel - Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
12. Sobha Karandlaje - Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Ministry of Labour and Employment.
13. Kirtivardhan Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Ministry of External Affairs.
14. B. L. Verma - Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; 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; Ministry of Tourism.
17. L. Murugan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; 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; 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; 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; 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; Ministry of Steel.
32. Harsh Malhotra - Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; 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; Ministry of Civil Aviation.
35. George Kurian - Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
36. Pabitra Margherita - Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; Ministry of Textiles.