Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday named Nirmala Sitharaman, previously the country’s defence minister, as the next finance minister, while the chief of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will become home minister.
BJP President Shah masterminded the party’s landslide victory in the April-May general election.
Following is the list of portfolios allocated to Cabinet ministers and Ministers of State (Independent charge):
Narendra Modi: Prime Minister and also in-charge of:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy;
Department of Space; and
All important policy issues; and
All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
Cabinet Ministers
1. Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence.
1. Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence.
2. Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs.
3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari : Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
4. D V Sadananda Gowda: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
5. Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs.
Minister of Corporate Affairs.
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6. Ramvilas Paswan: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
7. Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare;
Minister of Rural Development; and
Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Minister of Rural Development; and
Minister of Panchayati Raj.
8. Ravi Shankar Prasad : Minister of Law and Justice;
Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
9. Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Minister of Food Processing Industries.
10. Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
11. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs.
12. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank' : Minister of Human Resource Development.
13. Arjun Munda: Minister of Tribal Affairs.
14. Smriti Zubin Irani: Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of
Textiles.
Textiles.
15. Harsh Vardhan : Minister of Health and Family Welfare;
Minister of Science and Technology; and
Minister of Earth Sciences.
Minister of Science and Technology; and
Minister of Earth Sciences.
16. Prakash Javadekar: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and
Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
17. Piyush Goyal : Minister of Railways; and
Minister of Commerce and Industry.
Minister of Commerce and Industry.
18. Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Steel.
Minister of Steel.
19. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs.
20. Pralhad Joshi : Minister of Parliamentary Affairs;
Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
21. Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
22. Arvind Ganpat Sawant : Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.
23. Giriraj Singh : Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
24. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Jal Shakti.
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1. Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Labour and Employment.
1. Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Labour and Employment.
2. Rao Inderjit Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation; and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Planning.
Statistics and Programme Implementation; and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Planning.
3. Shripad Yesso Naik : Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Defence.
Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of
Defence.
4. Jitendra Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Development of North Eastern Region;
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.
Development of North Eastern Region;
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.
5. Kiren Rijiju: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs
and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
6. Prahalad Singh Patel : Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Tourism.
Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Tourism.
7. Raj Kumar Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship.
8. Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Housing and Urban Affairs;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil
Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry.
Housing and Urban Affairs;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil
Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry.
9. Mansukh L. Mandaviya: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of
Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals
and Fertilizers.
Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals
and Fertilizers.
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