Signalling continuity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday retained Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar in charge of the four high-profile ministries - Home, Defence, Finance and External Affairs - respectively in his new government.
Among new entrants to the Union Cabinet, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has got Agriculture and Rural Development Ministries, while BJP president J P Nadda has returned to the Health Ministry, a portfolio he had held in the Modi government's first term before he took charge of the ruling BJP first as working president in 2019 and then as the full-fledged president in 2020.
Credited with boosting the highway network across the country, Nitin Gadkari has retained the charge of the Road Transport and Highways Ministry. Former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been allocated Housing and Urban Affairs, and Power Ministries.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, a rising star in the government who was in charge of crucial Railways, and Electronics and Information Technology ministries, has not only retained these portfolios but has also been given the important Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
Dharmendra Pradhan and Piyush Goyal will also continue to be in charge of the Education, and Commerce and Industry ministries respectively. Hardeep Singh Puri has retained the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry but has shed the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.
Kiren Rijiju has been moved from Earth Sciences to the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, while Arjun Ram Meghwal will continue as Law Minister and Sarbananda Sonowal has retained the Shipping portfolio. Bhupender Yadav has retained the Environment Ministry.
Annapurna Devi is the new Women and Child Development Minister.
Modi Cabinet Minister List 2024 And Their Portfolios
Cabinet Ministers | Portfolio Allocated | |
---|---|---|
Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence | |
Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs | |
Minister of Cooperation | ||
Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways | |
Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers | ||
Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | |
Minister of Rural Development | ||
Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance | |
Minister of Corporate Affairs | ||
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs | |
Manohar Lal | Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs | |
Minister of Power | ||
H. D. Kumaraswamy | Minister of Heavy Industries | |
Minister of Steel | ||
Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education | |
Jitan Ram Manjhi | Minister of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises | |
Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh | Minister of Panchayati Raj | |
Minister of Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying | ||
Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports Shipping and Waterways | |
Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment | |
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu | Minister of Civil Aviation | |
Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution | |
Minister of New and Renewable Energy | ||
Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs | |
Giriraj Singh | Minister of Textiles | |
Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways | |
Minister of Information and Broadcasting | ||
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology | ||
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Communications | |
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region | ||
Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment Forest and Climate Change | |
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Culture and Minister of Tourism | |
Annpurna Devi | Minister of Women and Child Development | |
Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
Minister of Minority Affairs | ||
Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Labour and Employment | |
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports | ||
G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Coal | |
Minister of Mines | ||
Chirag Paswan | Minister of Food Processing Industries | |
C R Patil | Minister of Jal Shakti | |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) | ||
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 | ||
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture | ||
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 | ||
Minister of State in the Department of Space | ||
Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs | ||
Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | ||
Jayant Chaudhary | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education | ||
Ministers of State | ||
Jitin Prasada | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology | ||
Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy | ||
Pankaj Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance | |
Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation | |
Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | |
Ram Nath Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | |
Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs | |
Anupriya Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers | ||
V. Somanna | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways | ||
Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications | ||
S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj | ||
Sobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment | ||
Kirtivardhan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs | ||
B. L. Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | ||
Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports Shipping and Waterways | |
Suresh Gopi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism | ||
Dr. L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs | ||
Ajay Tamta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | |
Bandi Sanjay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs | |
Kamlesh Paswan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development | |
Bhagirath Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | |
Satish Chandra Dubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines | ||
Sanjay Seth | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence | |
Ravneet Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways | ||
Durgadas Uikey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs | |
Raksha Nikhil Khadse | Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | |
Sukanta Majumdar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region | ||
Savitri Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development | |
Tokhan Sahu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | |
Raj Bhushan Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti | |
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel | ||
Harsh Malhotra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | ||
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution | |
Murlidhar Mohol | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation | ||
George Kurian | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs | |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying | ||
Pabitra Margherita | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs |
Among the five members of the BJP's allies in the Union Cabinet, JD(Secular)'s H D Kumaraswamy has got Heavy Industries, and Steel ministries, Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM-Secular) has Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry, and Lalan Singh (Janata Dal-United) Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Ministries.
TDP's K Rammohan Naidu has got the Civil Aviation Ministry and LJP (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan has been allocated the Food Processing Industries Ministry.
BJP leader C R Patil has got the Jal Shakti Ministry, while another party leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who held the portfolio in the government's previous term, will be the Culture and Tourism Minister.
Amit Shah has also retained the Cooperation Ministry, while Sitharaman will continue to handle the Corporate Affairs.
Pralhad Joshi, who earlier held Coal and Mines, and Parliamentary Affairs ministry, has been made in charge of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and New and Renewable Energy Ministries. G Kishan Reddy has been handed over the Coal and Mines Ministry.
Giriraj Singh has been shifted from the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Ministries to Textiles. Jyotiraditya Scinda, former aviation minister, is now in charge of Communications, and Development of North Eastern Region Ministries.
(With PTI inputs)
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