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Modi Govt 3.O: India’s new cabinet ministers and their portfolios

The government has signaled 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.

By Ground report 29 Feb 2024 | Updated On 10 Jun 2024 23:08 IST

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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:

Prime Minister

Shri 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; and Minister of Cooperation.
3.	Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
4.	Jagat Prakash Nadda	Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
5.	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development.
6.	Nirmala Sitharaman	Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
7.	Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar	Minister of External Affairs.
8.	Manohar Lal	Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power.
9.	H. D. Kumaraswamy	Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel.
10.	Piyush Goyal	Minister of Commerce and Industry.
11.	Dharmendra Pradhan	Minister of Education.
12.	Jitan Ram Manjhi	Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
13.	Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh	Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
14.	Sarbananda Sonowal	Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
15.	Dr. Virendra Kumar	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
16.	Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu	Minister of Civil Aviation.
17.	Pralhad Joshi	Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy.
18.	Jual Oram	Minister of Tribal Affairs.
19.	Giriraj Singh	Minister of Textiles.
20.	Ashwini Vaishnaw	Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
21.	Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.
22.	Bhupender Yadav	Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
23.	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism.
24.	Smt. Annpurna Devi	Minister of Women and Child Development
25.	Kiren Rijiju	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs.
26.	Hardeep Singh Puri	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
27.	Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya	Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.
28.	G. Kishan Reddy	Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
29.	Chirag Paswan	Minister of Food Processing Industries.
30.	C R Patil	Minister of Jal Shakti.

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 Culture.
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.
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.
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.
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

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.
2.	Shripad Yesso Naik	Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
3.	Pankaj Chaudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
4.	Krishan Pal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation.
5.	Ramdas Athawale	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
6.	Ram Nath Thakur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
7.	Nityanand Rai	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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.
9.	V. Somanna	Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
10.	Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications.
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.
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.
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.
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.
15.	Shantanu Thakur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
16.	Suresh Gopi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism.
17.	Dr. L. Murugan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
18.	Ajay Tamta	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
19.	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
20.	Kamlesh Paswan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
21.	Bhagirath Choudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
22.	Satish Chandra Dubey	Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.
23.	Sanjay Seth	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
24.	Ravneet Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
25.	Durgadas Uikey	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
26.	Raksha Nikhil Khadse	Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
27.	Sukanta Majumdar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
28.	Savitri Thakur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
29.	Tokhan Sahu	Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
30.	Raj Bhushan Choudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
31.	Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma	Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
32.	Harsh Malhotra	Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
33.	Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya	Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
34.	Murlidhar Mohol	Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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.
36.	Pabitra Margherita	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.