The Narendra-Modi led government allocated portfolios to its new ministers on Wednesday. In a major reshuffle, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on brought in Sarbananda Sonowal, Narayan Rane and Jyotiraditya Scindia as Cabinet ministers while dropping as many as 12 ministers including Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar. About 15 Cabinet ministers, including some new faces, were sworn-in at the swearing in ceremony held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. This is the first reshuffle in the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019. With this reset, Modi has brought in young faces and has also given representation to various social groups and regions in the reshuffle.FULL LIST: PORTFOLIOSShri Narendra ModiPrime Minister and also in-charge of:Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;Department of Atomic Energy;Department of Space;All important policy issues; andAll other portfolios not allocated to any MinisterCABINET MINISTERS1.Shri Raj Nath SinghMinister of Defence2.Shri Amit ShahMinister of Home Affairs; andMinister of Cooperation3Shri Nitin Jairam GadkariMinister of Road Transport and Highways4.Smt. Nirmala SitharamanMinister of Finance; andMinister of Corporate Affairs5.Shri Narendra Singh TomarMinister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare6.Dr. Subrahmanyam JaishankarMinister of External Affairs7.Shri Arjun MundaMinister of Tribal Affairs8.Smt. Smriti Zubin IraniMinister of Women and Child Development9.Shri Piyush GoyalMinister of Commerce and Industry;Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of Textiles10.Shri Dharmendra PradhanMinister of Education; andMinister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship11.Shri Pralhad JoshiMinister ofParliamentary Affairs;Minister of Coal; andMinister of Mines12.Shri Narayan Tatu RaneMinister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises13.Shri Sarbananda SonowalMinister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; andMinister of AYUSH14.Shri Mukhtar Abbas NaqviMinister of Minority Affairs15.Dr. Virendra KumarMinister of Social Justice and Empowerment16.Shri Giriraj SinghMinister of Rural Development; andMinister of Panchayati Raj17.Shri Jyotiraditya M. ScindiaMinister of Civil Aviation18.Shri Ramchandra Prasad SinghMinister of Steel19.Shri Ashwini VaishnawMinister of Railways;Minister of Communications; andMinister of Electronics and Information Technology20.Shri Pashu Pati Kumar ParasMinister of Food Processing Industries21.Shri Gajendra Singh ShekhawatMinister of Jal Shakti22.Shri Kiren RijijuMinister of Law and Justice23.Shri Raj Kumar SinghMinister of Power; andMinister of New and Renewable Energy24.Shri Hardeep Singh PuriMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; andMinister of Housing and Urban Affairs25.Shri Mansukh MandaviyaMinister of Health and Family Welfare; andMinister of Chemicals and Fertilizers26.Shri Bhupender YadavMinister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; andMinister of Labour and Employment27.Dr. Mahendra Nath PandeyMinister of Heavy Industries28.Shri Parshottam RupalaMinister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying29.Shri G. Kishan ReddyMinister of Culture;Minister of Tourism; andMinister of Development of North Eastern Region30.Shri Anurag Singh ThakurMinister of Information and Broadcasting; andMinister of Youth Affairs and SportsMINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)1.Rao Inderjit SinghMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation;Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs2.Dr. 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; andMinister of State in the Department of SpaceMINISTERS OF STATE1.Shri Shripad Yesso NaikMinister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Tourism2.Shri Faggansingh KulasteMinister of State in the Ministry of Steel; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural DevelopmentMINISTERS OF STATE 3.Shri Prahalad Singh PatelMinister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries4Shri Ashwini Kumar ChoubeyMinister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change5.Shri Arjun Ram MeghwalMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Culture6.General (Retd.) V. K. SinghMinister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation7.Shri Krishan PalMinister of State in the Ministry of Power; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries8.Shri Danve Raosaheb DadaraoMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways;Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Mines9.Shri Ramdas AthawaleMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment10.Sadhvi Niranjan JyotiMinister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development11.Dr. Sanjeev Kumar BalyanMinister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and DairyingMINISTERS OF STATE 12.Shri Nityanand RaiMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs13.Shri Pankaj ChaowdharyMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance14.Smt. Anupriya Singh PatelMinister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry15.Prof. S. P. Singh BaghelMinister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice16.Shri Rajeev ChandrasekharMinister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology17.Sushri Shobha KarandlajeMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare18.Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh VermaMinister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises19.Smt. Darshana Vikram JardoshMinister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways20.Shri V. MuraleedharanMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs21.Smt. Meenakashi LekhiMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Culture22.Shri Som ParkashMinister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and IndustryMINISTERS OF STATE 23.Smt. Renuka Singh SarutaMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs24.Shri Rameswar TeliMinister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment25.Shri Kailash ChoudharyMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare26.Smt. Annpurna DeviMinister of State in the Ministry of Education27.Shri A. NarayanaswamyMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment28.Shri Kaushal KishoreMinister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs29.Shri Ajay BhattMinister of State in the Ministry of Defence; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Tourism30.Shri B. L. VermaMinister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation31.Shri Ajay KumarMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs32.Shri Devusinh ChauhanMinister of State in the Ministry of CommunicationsMINISTERS OF STATE (CONTD.)33.Shri Bhagwanth KhubaMinister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers34.Shri Kapil Moreshwar PatilMinister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj35.Sushri Pratima BhoumikMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment36.Dr. Subhas SarkarMinister of State in the Ministry of Education37.Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao KaradMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance38.Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan SinghMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Education39Dr. Bharati Pravin PawarMinister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare40.Shri Bishweswar TuduMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti41.Shri Shantanu ThakurMinister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways42.Dr. Munjapara MahendrabhaiMinister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; andMinister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH43.Shri John BarlaMinister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs44.Dr. L. MuruganMinister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting45.Shri Nisith PramanikMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
