NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inducted 23 new faces in his council of ministers, seven of them, making it to the Cabinet, as he opted for a major revamp after a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls. Modi opted for a leaner ministry than the outgoing one. The council of ministers, including the PM, consists of 58 members, down 18% from the outgoing 71-member team, including the Prime Minister.
BJP President Amit Shah who played a crucial role in the return of his party’s government at the Centre will be the new Home Minister in Modi 2.0 Cabinet while incumbent Rajnath Singh has moved to Defence, another high profile ministry. Outgoing Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be the new Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs while surprise inductee, former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, has been allocated the critical Ministry of External Affairs, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Friday.
Jaishankar is the first career diplomat to take charge of the External Affairs ministry.
Full list of Narendra Modi Cabinet Ministers and ministry-wise portfolios:
Cabinet Ministers
1). 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.
2). Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence
3). Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs
4). Nitin Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
5). DV Sadananda Gowda: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
6). Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
7). Ramvilas Paswan: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
8). Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
9). Ravishankar Prasad: Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
10). Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Minister of Food Processing Industries
11). Thawar Chand Gehlot: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
12). Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs
13). Ramesh Pokhriyal: Minister of Human Resource Development.
14). Arjun Munda: Minister of Tribal Affairs
15). Smriti Zubin Irani: Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles
16). Dr Harshvardhan: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences
17). Prakash Javadekar: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
18). Piyush Goyal: Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry.
19). Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel.
20). Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs.
21). Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
22). Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
23). Arvind Ganpat Sawant: Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
24). Giriraj Singh: Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
25). Gajendra Singh: Minister of Jal Shakti.
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
26). Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
27). 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.
28). 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.
29). Dr. 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.
30). 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.
31). Prahlad Patel: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.
32). 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.
33). Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
34). 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
Ministers of State
35). Faggan Singh Kulaste: Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
36). Ashwini Kumar Chaubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
37). Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
38). Gen (retd) VK Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
39). Krishan Pal Gurjar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
40). Danve Raosaheb Dadarao: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
41). G Kishan Reddy: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
42). Parshottam Rupala: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
43). Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
44). Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
45). Babul Suprio: Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
46). Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
47). Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre: Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
48). Anurag Singh Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
49). Suresh Angadi Channabasappa: Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
50). Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home
51). Rattan Lal Kataria: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
52). V Muraleedharan: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
53). Renuka Singh Saruta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
54). Som Prakash: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
55). Rameswar Teli: Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
56). Pratap Chandra Sarangi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
57). Kailash Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
58). Debasree Chaudhuri: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.