Modi Cabinet 2.0: List of ministers and their portfolios
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Modi Cabinet 2.0: List of ministers and their portfolios

Prime Minister Narendra Modi supervised the swearing-in of 43 ministers (new and seven promotions to the cabinet rank) and dropped 12 ministers (seven cabinet and five state ministers).

The office of the President announced the revised list of portfolios. The new Ministry of Cooperation was organised, which would be headed by the Home Minister Amit Shah. Modi will remain the head of the following:

Ministry of Personnel
Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
All the significant policy issues
All other portfolios not allotted to any Minister
Here is the complete list of ministers of the new cabinet:

Cabinet Ministers


Name of Minister

Designated Post (s)

1

Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister

2

Amit Shah

Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation

3

Mansukh Mandaviya

Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

4

Nitin Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways

5

Nirmala Sitharaman

Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs

6

Narendra Singh Tomar

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

7

Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Minister of External Affairs

8

Arjun Munda

Minister of Tribal Affairs

9

Smriti Zubin Irani

Minister of Women and Child Development

10

Piyush Goyal

Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles

11

Dharmendra Pradhan

Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

12

Pralhad Joshi 

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines

13

Narayan Rane

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

14

Sarbananda Sonowal

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Minister of AYUSH

15

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 

Minister of Minority Affairs

16

Dr Virendra Kumar

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

17

Giriraj Singh

Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj

18

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Minister of Civil Aviation

19

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

20

Ramchandra Prasad Singh

Minister of Steel

21

Pashu Pati Kumar Paras

Minister of Food Processing Industries

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

Bhupendra Yadav

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment

26

Mahendra Nath Pandey 

Minister of Heavy Industries

27

Parshottam Rupala

Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

28

G Kishan Reddy

Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.

29

Anurag Singh Thakur

Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.



Ministers of State (Independent Charge)


Name of Ministers

Designated Post(s)

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


Name of Minister

Designated Post (s)

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

Prahalad 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

General (Retd.) V. K. Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation

6

Krishan Pal 

Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries

7

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

8

Ramdas Athawale  

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

9

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

10

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan 


Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying


11

Nityanand Rai 


Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs


12

Pankaj Chaodhary 

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

13

Anupriya Singh Patel 

Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

14

S.P Singh Bhagel Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice



Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice

15

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

16

Shobha Karandlaje 



Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

17

Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 

Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises


18

Dardhana Vikram Jardosh


Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

19

V. Muraleedharan  

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs


20

Meenakshi Lekhi 

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

21

Som Parkash 



Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry


22

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

Annpurna 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 Moreshwas 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

Rajkumar Ranjan Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

39

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

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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Prime Minister Narendra Modi supervised the swearing-in of 43 ministers (new and seven promotions to the cabinet rank) and dropped 12 ministers (seven cabinet and five state ministers).The office of the President announced the revised list of portfolios. The new Ministry of Cooperation was organised, which would be headed by the Home Minister Amit Shah. Modi will remain the head of the following:Ministry of PersonnelPublic Grievances and PensionsDepartment of Atomic EnergyDepartment of SpaceAll the significant policy issuesAll other portfolios not allotted to any MinisterHere is the complete list of ministers of the new cabinet:Cabinet MinistersName of MinisterDesignated Post (s)1Rajnath SinghDefence Minister2Amit ShahMinister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation3Mansukh MandaviyaMinister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers4Nitin GadkariMinister of Road Transport and Highways5Nirmala SitharamanMinister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs6Narendra Singh TomarMinister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare7Dr Subrahmanyam JaishankarDr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Minister of External Affairs8Arjun MundaMinister of Tribal Affairs9Smriti Zubin IraniMinister of Women and Child Development10Piyush GoyalMinister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles11Dharmendra PradhanMinister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship12Pralhad Joshi Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines13Narayan RaneMinister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises14Sarbananda SonowalMinister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Minister of AYUSH15Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs16Dr Virendra KumarMinister of Social Justice and Empowerment17Giriraj SinghMinister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj18Jyotiraditya Scindia Minister of Civil Aviation19Ashwini VaishnawMinister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology20Ramchandra Prasad SinghMinister of Steel21Pashu Pati Kumar ParasMinister of Food Processing Industries22Kiren RijijuMinister of Law and Justice23Raj Kumar SinghMinister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy24Hardeep Singh PuriMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs25Bhupendra YadavMinister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment26Mahendra Nath Pandey Minister of Heavy Industries27Parshottam RupalaMinister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying28G Kishan ReddyMinister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.29Anurag Singh ThakurMinister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.Ministers of State (Independent Charge)Name of MinistersDesignated Post(s)1Rao Inderjit SinghMinister 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.2Dr Jitendra SinghMinister 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 StateName of MinisterDesignated Post (s)1Shripad Yesso Naik Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism2Faggansingh Kulaste Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development3Prahalad Singh Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries4Ashwini 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 Change5Arjun Ram Meghwal  Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of CultureGeneral (Retd.) V. K. Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation6Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries7Danve 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 Mines8Ramdas Athawale  Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment9Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development10Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying11Nityanand Rai  Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs12Pankaj Chaodhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance13Anupriya Singh Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry14S.P Singh Bhagel Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and JusticeMinister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice15Rajeev Chandrasekhar Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology16Shobha Karandlaje Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare17Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises18Dardhana Vikram Jardosh Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways19V. Muraleedharan  Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs20Meenakshi Lekhi Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture21Som Parkash Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry22Renuka Singh Saruta Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs24Rameswar Teli Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment25Kailash Choudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare26Annpurna Devi Minister of State in the Ministry of Education27 A Narayanaswamy Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment28Kaushal Kishore Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs29Ajay Bhatt Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism30BL Verma Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation31 Ajay Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs32Devusinh Chauhan Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications33Bhagwanth Khuba Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers34Kapil Moreshwas Patil Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj35Pratima Bhoumik Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment36Dr. Subhas Sarkar Minister of State in the Ministry of Education37Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance38Rajkumar Ranjan Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education39Bharati Pravin Pawar Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare40Bishweswar Tudu Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti41Shantanu Thakur Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways42Munjapara Mahendrabhai Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH43John Barla Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs44Dr L Murugan Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting45Nisith Pramanik   Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and SportsImage SourceAlso read: PM Modi applauds centre-state partnership during Covid-19Also read: Covid-19 second wave: PM Modi asks nation to ‘repair and prepare’

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