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Cabinet Reshuffle: List of new ministers
A number of key portfolios – including health, law, information and technology, and railways – have gone to new ministers and junior ministers who have elevated in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet has got 36 new ministers on Wednesday after a mega reshuffle. A number of key portfolios – including health, law, information and technology, and railways – have gone to new ministers and junior ministers who have elevated in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers. The total strength of the Council of Ministers is now 78, including the Prime Minister.
The current reshuffle has boosted the number of cabinet ministers from 21 to 30 and the number of junior ministers from 23 to 45.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is the Home Minister and has got the charge of the newly-created Ministry of Cooperation.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, who recently left Congress and joined BJP has been given charge of the Civil aviation ministry at a time the sector is struggling under the Covid onslaught.
Anurag Singh Thakur has been given charge of the crucial Information and Broadcasting ministry and he will also handle Youth Affairs and Sports. He was a junior minister of finance and corporate affairs.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, has been given charge of the Railways and IT ministry.
Sarbananda Sonowal has been given charge of the Ports, Shipping and Waterways portfolio.
Kiren Rijiju, who earlier handled the Youth Affairs and Sports and the Ayush ministry and was also the Minister of State for Minority Affairs is now been given the crucial Law and Justice Ministry.
Dharmendra Pradhan is now the Education Minister.
Piyush Goyal has been given the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and ministry of Textiles
The reshuffle follows a protracted review exercise by PM Modi and the BJP top brass in a series of meetings with Ministers. These were held in the wake of the devastating Covid second wave that has set off widespread criticism of the Government for the mismanagement of the crisis.
RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN PRESS COMMUNIQUE
The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the council of Ministers
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 |
LIST OF 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. | Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and minister 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; and minister 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; and minister 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; administer 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; and minister of New and Renewable Energy |
24. | Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and minister of Housing and Urban Affairs |
25. | Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
26. | Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and minister 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; and minister 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; and minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
2. | Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
3. | Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and minister 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; and minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
5. | Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
6. | General (Retd) V K Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation |
7. | Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and minister 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; and minister 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 Chowdhary | 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; and minister 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; and minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
20. | V Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
21. | Meenakshi Lekhi | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and minister 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; and minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment |
25. | Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
26. | Annapurna 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; and minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
30. | B L Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and minister 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; and minister 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; and minister 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; and minister 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; and minister 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; and minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
45. | Nisith Pramanik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and minister 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 |
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