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The government has continuity with top BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S. Jaishankar continuing as the ministers of Defence, Home, Finance, and External Affairs, respectively.
Nitin Gadkari will also remain the Road Transport and Highways Minister, while Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been appointed as the Agriculture and Rural Development minister. Former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will take over as the Power Minister, and Piyush Goyal has been assigned the Commerce portfolio. Jyotiraditya Scindia will handle the Telecom and DoNER portfolios.
This announcement of portfolios concludes a crucial aspect of government formation. While the BJP has retained key ministries, it has made concessions to allies to strike a balance. The next political battle is likely to occur after the oath ceremony of the newly elected MPs in the Lok Sabha when the election for the new Speaker takes place.
Allies JD(U) and TDP have requested the position for their party representatives, and it remains unclear if the BJP will yield to this pressure.
A special session of the House has been called on June 18, during which the remaining procedures, including the inauguration of the 18th Lok Sabha, the President’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament, the oath-taking of new MPs, and a decision on the Budget date, are expected to be addressed
The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:
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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
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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
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1. |
Raj Nath Singh |
Minister of Defence. |
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2. |
Amit Shah |
Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation. |
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3. |
Nitin Jairam Gadkari |
Minister of Road Transport and Highways. |
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4. |
Jagat Prakash Nadda |
Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
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5. |
Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development. |
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6. |
Nirmala Sitharaman |
Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
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7. |
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar |
Minister of External Affairs. |
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8. |
Manohar Lal |
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power. |
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9. |
H. D. Kumaraswamy |
Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel. |
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10. |
Piyush Goyal |
Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
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11. |
Dharmendra Pradhan |
Minister of Education. |
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12. |
Jitan Ram Manjhi |
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
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13. |
Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh |
Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
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14. |
Sarbananda Sonowal |
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
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15. |
Dr. Virendra Kumar |
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
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16. |
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu |
Minister of Civil Aviation. |
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17. |
Pralhad Joshi |
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy. |
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18. |
Jual Oram |
Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
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19. |
Giriraj Singh |
Minister of Textiles. |
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20. |
Ashwini Vaishnaw |
Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
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21. |
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia |
Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. |
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22. |
Bhupender Yadav |
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
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23. |
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |
Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism. |
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24. |
Smt. Annpurna Devi |
Minister of Women and Child Development |
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25. |
Kiren Rijiju |
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs. |
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26. |
Hardeep Singh Puri |
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
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27. |
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya |
Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
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28. |
G. Kishan Reddy |
Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. |
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29. |
Chirag Paswan |
Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
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30. |
C R Patil |
Minister of Jal Shakti. |
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
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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 Culture. |
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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. |
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3. |
Arjun Ram Meghwal |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
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4. |
Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
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5. |
Jayant Chaudhary |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education. |
MINISTERS OF STATE
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1. |
Jitin Prasada |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. |
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2. |
Shripad Yesso Naik |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. |
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3. |
Pankaj Chaudhary |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. |
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4. |
Krishan Pal |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation. |
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5. |
Ramdas Athawale |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
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6. |
Ram Nath Thakur |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
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7. |
Nityanand Rai |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
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8. |
Anupriya Patel |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
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9. |
V. Somanna |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
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10. |
Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications. |
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11. |
Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. |
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12. |
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
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13. |
Kirtivardhan Singh |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
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14. |
Shri B. L. Verma |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
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15. |
Shantanu Thakur |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
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16. |
Suresh Gopi |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism. |
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17. |
Dr. L. Murugan |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
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18. |
Ajay Tamta |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
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19. |
Bandi Sanjay Kumar |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
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20. |
Kamlesh Paswan |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
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21. |
Bhagirath Choudhary |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
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22. |
Satish Chandra Dubey |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines. |
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23. |
Sanjay Seth |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
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24. |
Ravneet Singh |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
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25. |
Durgadas Uikey |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
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26. |
Raksha Nikhil Khadse |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
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27. |
Sukanta Majumdar |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. |
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28. |
Savitri Thakur |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
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29. |
Tokhan Sahu |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. |
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30. |
Raj Bhushan Choudhary |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti. |
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31. |
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
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32. |
Harsh Malhotra |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
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33. |
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
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34. |
Murlidhar Mohol |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. |
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35. |
George Kurian |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
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36. |
Pabitra Margherita |
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
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