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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.
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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.
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Key Ministers and Their Portfolios
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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.
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