Full List Of Ministers In The Modi Government

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    New Delhi, July 08, 2021: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi effected a major overhaul of the Union cabinet, Mansukh Mandavia was appointed as the new Health Minister and bureaucrat-turned-politician Ashwini Vaishnaw the new Railway Minister on Wednesday.

    Jyotiraditya Scindia has been made the Civil Aviation Minister, while Home Minister Amit Shah has been given the charge of the newly-created Ministry of Cooperation. Piyush Goyal will now be the Minister of Textiles, while Dharmendra Pradhan has been given the portfolios of Education Ministry and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Kiren Rijiju will be the Minister of Law and Justice while Hardeep Singh Puri will be the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs Minister.

    Among the new ministers who were inducted into the Union Cabinet are BJP’s Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Bhatt, Bhupender Yadav, Shobha Karandlaje, Sunita Duggal, Meenakshi Lekhi, Bharati Pawar, Shantanu Thakur and Kapil Patil; JD(U)’s R C P Singh, LJP’s Pashupati Paras, and Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel.

    The seven ministers of state who were promoted are Anurag Thakur, G Kishan Reddy, Paroshottam Rupala, Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya and Raj Kumar Singh.

    Meanwhile, ahead of the much-anticipated reshuffle, twelve ministers resigned. Among the big names to resign are IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar.

    Other ministers who are out of the Cabinet are Babul Supriyo, Sadananda Gowda, Debasree Chaudhuri, Rattan Lal Kataria, Sanjay Dhotre, Thawarchand Gehlot, Pratap Chandra Sarangi (MoS) and Ashwini Chaubey (MoS) according to the reports published in indianexpress.com.

    Here is the complete list of ministers who were newly inducted into the Union Cabinet on Wednesday:

    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. Raj Nath Singh Minister of Defence
    2. Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs; andMinister of Cooperation
    3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways
    4. Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Finance; andMinister 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; andMinister 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; andMinister 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; andMinister 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. Pashu Pati 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; andMinister of New and Renewable Energy
    24. Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; andMinister of Housing and Urban Affairs
    25. Mansukh Mandaviya Minister of Health and Family Welfare; andMinister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
    26. Bhupender Yadav Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; andMinister 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; andMinister 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; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
    2. Faggansingh Kulaste Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
    3. Prahalad Singh Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; andMinister 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; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
    5. Arjun Ram Meghwal Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Culture
    6. General (Retd) V K Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
    7. Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; andMinister 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; andMinister 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 Chaowdhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
    14. Anupriya Singh Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
    15. S P 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; andMinister 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; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways
    20. V Muraleedharan Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
    21. Meenakashi Lekhi Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister 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; andMinister 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; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
    30. B L Verma Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; andMinister 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; andMinister 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; andMinister 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; andMinister 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; andMinister 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; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
    45. Nisith Pramanik Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

     

    What the cabinet looked like till July 6 

    Name Ministry
    Narendra Modi
    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
    Rajnath Singh Ministry of Defence
    Amit Shah Ministry of Home Affairs
    Nitin Gadkari Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
    Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
    Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
    Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Finance
    Ministry of Corporate Affairs
    Narendra Singh Tomar Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
    Ministry of Rural Development
    Ministry of Panchayati Raj
    Ministry of Food Processing Industries
    Ministry of Law and Justice
    Ministry of Communications
    Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
    Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
    Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Ministry of External Affairs
    Ministry of Education
    Arjun Munda Ministry of Tribal Affairs
    Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Women and Child Development
    Ministry of Textiles
    Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
    Ministry of Science and Technology
    Ministry of Earth Sciences
    Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
    Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
    Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
    Piyush Goyal Ministry of Railways
    Ministry of Commerce and Industry
    Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
    Dharmendra Pradhan Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
    Ministry of Steel
    Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ministry of Minority Affairs
    Pralhad Joshi Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
    Ministry of Coal
    Ministry of Mines
    Mahendra Nath Pandey Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
    Giriraj Singh Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
    Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ministry of Jal Shakti

    Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

    Name Ministry
    Ministry of Labour and Employment
    Rao Inderjit Singh
    Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
    Ministry of Planning
    Shripad Yesso Naik
    Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
    Jitendra Singh
    Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
    Kiren Rijiju Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
    Prahalad Singh Patel Ministry of Culture
    Ministry of Tourism
    Raj Kumar Singh Ministry of Power
    Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
    Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
    Ministry of Civil Aviation
    Mansukh L. Mandaviya Ministry of Shipping

    Ministers of State

    Name Ministry
    Shripad Yesso Naik Ministry of Defence
    Dr. Jitendra Singh
    Prime Minister’s Office
    Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
    Department of Atomic Energy
    Department of Space
    Kiren Rijiju Ministry of Minority Affairs
    Raj Kumar Singh
    Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
    Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Commerce and Industry
    Mansukh L. Mandaviya Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
    Faggansingh Kulaste Ministry of Steel
    Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
    Arjun Ram Meghwal
    Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
    Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
    General (Retd.) V.K. Singh
    Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
    Krishan Pal
    Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
    Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
    G. Kishan Reddy Ministry of Home Affairs
    Parshottam Rupala
    Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
    Ramdas Athawale
    Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
    Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Ministry of Rural Development
    Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
    Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
    Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
    Ministry of Education
    Ministry of Communications
    Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
    Anurag Singh Thakur Ministry of Finance
    Ministry of Corporate Affairs
    Nityanand Rai Ministry of Home Affairs
    Ministry of Jal Shakti
    Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
    V. Muraleedharan Ministry of External Affairs
    Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
    Renuka Singh Saruta Ministry of Tribal Affairs
    Som Parkash Ministry of Commerce and Industry
    Rameswar Teli Ministry of Food Processing Industries
    Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
    Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
    Kailash Choudhary
    Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
    Ministry of Women and Child Development