"This is more responsibility and I will do it dutifully," Javadekar said after taking oath.
Javadekar held independent charge of the Environment Ministry while other MPs took oath as Ministers of State.
An MP from Maharashtra, S R Bhamre, who joined the Council of Ministers, said what could not be achieved in 60 years was done in the last two years by the Modi government, the only target of which is 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas'.
Noting that the opposition was trying to mislead the people, he said the performance of the government is speaking for itself.
"Priority will be given to work for the interest of the farmers, youths, women, besides making efforts for uplift of all sections of society including Dalits," he said.
Faggan Singh Kulaste, an MP from Madhya Pradesh who also secured a ministerial berth, said the government in the last two years had taken important decisions and his responsibility is to see that their implementation is being done properly at the grassroot level.
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Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia, who joined the Council of Ministers, said his priority will be to bring development for the people.
"Our leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's slogan is till we bring development, we cannot deliver. We have to bring development to the rural and urban areas and for the masses," he said.
Anupriya Patel, one of the youngest MPs to be inducted in the Modi government, said that she will fulfil her responsibility with honesty and devotion.
Terming Modi as the "captain", P P Chaudhary, the MP from Rajasthan, who was inducted in the government, said his priority will be to take up the work given by the Prime Minister.
"The Prime Minister is our leader and the captain of our team and in his hands lie the development of India. Whatever work he gives us, we will work with priority on that," he said.
"The Prime Minister has inducted us. It is a matter of great happiness for me. Under his leadership I want to serve the country and do something for Assam and the northeast," he said.
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