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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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- Modi Cabinet 2.0
- Narendra Modi cabinet ministers
- New Ministry of Cooperation
- Department of Atomic Energy
- Department of Space
- Ministry of Home Affairs
- Ministry of Women and Child Development
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Social Justice
- Ministry of Housing
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Ministry of Technology
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’