PM Modi's Cabinet: Manohar Parikkar new Defence Minister, Suresh Prabhu gets Railways

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Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is the new Defence Minister and former NDA minister Suresh Prabhu will now head the Railway Ministry, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government carried out the first cabinet expansion on Sunday.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who earlier held the Defence portfolio as an additional charge has now been given the Information and Broadcasting Ministry's additional charge.

J P Nadda, who also took oath as a Cabinet minister on Sunday, gets the portfolio of Health and Family Welfare, which was earlier held by Dr. Harsh Vardhan.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan has been shifted to the Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Ministry which has been stripped off from Dr. Jitendra Singh, who has got Independent charge of Development of North Eastern Region.

Haryana leader Chaudhary Birender Singh is the new Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation, held by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari since the death of Gopinath Munde.

D V Sadananda Gowda has been shifted from the Railways Ministry, and made the Law and Justice Minister, relieving Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from the charge.

Rajiv Pratap Rudy is the new Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry with Independent Charge. He has also got the charge of Parliamentary Affairs as MoS along with Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

Naqvi is also MoS for Minority Affairs with Najma Heptulla retained as the Cabinet Minister.

Newly inducted Ministers of State with independent charge, Bandaru Dattatray gets the charge of Labour and Employment, while Dr. Mahesh Sharma has been given Culture and Tourism Ministry.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore will be the Minister of State in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

Babul Supriyo Baral is the new MoS in Urban Development ministry while Jayant Sinha is MoS Finance.

Ram Kripal Yadav gets Drinking Water and Sanitation, Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary gets Home Affairs, Sanwar Lal Jat has been given the Water Resources Ministry and Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya Agriculture Ministry.

Giriraj Singh is the new MoS for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry besides Hansraj Gangaram Ahir getting Chemicals and Fertilizers, Manuskhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, Tribal Affairs.

Ram Shankar Katheria for Human Resource Development. Y S Chowdary is the new MoS, Science and Technology and Earth Science.

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti is the new MoS Food Processing Industries and Vijay Sampla, Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inducted four cabinet ministers, three Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 14 Ministers of State in his first cabinet expansion on Sunday. Reports say he will hold a meeting with his expanded cabinet in the evening today.