Soon after the mega reshuffle of PM Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers on Wednesday, 7 July, the newly-allocated portfolios were announced in the evening, with Ashwini Vaishnav being allocated Ministry of Railways and Jyotiraditya Scindia getting charge of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Here's a full list of the 77 ministers and the charges they hold in the new Cabinet.
Narendra Modi: Prime Minister and also in-charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; all important policy issues; and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister.
Cabinet Ministers
1. Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence
2. Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways
4. Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
5. Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
6. Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs
7. Arjun Munda: Minister of Tribal Affairs
8. Smriti Zubin Irani: Minister of Women and Child Development
9. Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles
10. Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
11. Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines
12. Narayan Tatu Rane: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
13. Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and
Minister of AYUSH
14. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs
15. Dr Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
16. Giriraj Singh: Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj
17. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia: Minister of Civil Aviation
18.Ramchandra Prasad Singh: Minister of Steel
19. Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
20. Pashupati Kumar Paras: Minister of Food Processing Industries
21. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Jal Shakti
22. Kiren Rijiju: Minister of Law and Justice
23. Raj Kumar Singh: Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
24. Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
25. Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
26. Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment
27. Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Heavy Industries
28. Parshottam Rupala: Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
29. G Kishan Reddy: Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
30. Anurag Singh Thakur: Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1. Rao Inderjit Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
2. Dr Jitendra Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; 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
Ministers of State
1. Shripad Yesso Naik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
2. Faggansingh Kulaste: Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
3. Prahlad Singh Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
4. Ashwini Kumar Choubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
5. Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
6. General (Retd) VK Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
7. Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
8. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao: Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
9. Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
11. Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
12. Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
13. Pankaj Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14. Anupriya Singh Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
15. Prof SP Singh Baghel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice
16. Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
17. Shobha Karandlaje: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
18. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
19. Darshana Vikram Jardosh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
20. V. Muraleedharan: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
21. Meenakshi Lekhi: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
22. Som Parkash: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
23. Renuka Singh Saruta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
24. Rameswar Teli: Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
25. Kailash Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
26. Annapurna Devi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
27. A. Narayanaswamy: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28. Kaushal Kishore: Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
29. Ajay Bhatt: Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
30. BL Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
31. Ajay Kumar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
32. Devusinh Chauhan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
33. Bhagwanth Khuba: Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
34. Kapil Moreshwar Patil: Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
35. Pratima Bhoumik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
36. Dr Subhas Sarkar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
37. Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
38. Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
39. Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
40. Bishweswar Tudu: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
41. Shantanu Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
42. Dr Munjapara Mahendrabhai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH
43. John Barla: Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
44. Dr L Murugan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
45. Nisith Pramanik Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
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