PM Modi Cabinet 2.0: New ministers take charge after mega reshuffle
First Published: 8th July, 2021 15:14 IST
A day after the mega reshuffle of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led cabinet, many of the newly inducted ministers took charge of their offices on Thursday. There was a slew
A day after the mega reshuffle of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led cabinet, many of the newly inducted ministers took charge of their offices on Thursday. There was a slew of activities in the power corridors of New Delhi this morning, as newly-elected ministers arrived at their offices to take charge.
Some of the leaders who have assumed their new office include – Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Railways and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Information and Broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju.
Taking to Twitter after taking charge as the new minister of Law and Justice, Kiren Rijiju wrote, “Took charge as Minister of Law and Justice along with my colleague MoS @spsinghbaghelpr Ji. Under the leadership of Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji, I look forward to fulfilling this new responsibility with full dedication and commitment.”
All the new ministers will meet BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda at party headquarters as they take charge of their new portfolios.
In first mega cabinet expansion, as many as 43 leaders including Jyotiraditya Scindia, Narayan Rane and Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday took oath as Ministers in the new cabinet. Fifteen cabinet ministers, including some new faces, were sworn in yesterday.
Four leaders from the Northeast also found place in PM Modi’s union cabinet and council of ministers. While former Assam Chief Minister Sarbanada Sonowal and MoS Kiren Rijiju have been sworn in as cabinet ministers. Manipur’s RK Ranjan Singh and Tripura MP Pratima Bhuamik were inducted in the union council of ministers.
Here is the full list of Modi govt ministers:
CABINET MINISTERS
| 1. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence |
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; and
Minister of Cooperation |
| 3. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways |
| 4. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs |
| 5. | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| 6. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs |
| 7. | Shri Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs |
| 8. | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development |
| 9. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry;
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles |
| 10. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education; and
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| 11. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of
Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
| 12. | Shri Narayan Tatu Rane | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| 13. | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and
Minister of AYUSH |
| 14. | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs |
| 15. | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 16. | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Rural Development; and
Minister of Panchayati Raj |
| 17. | Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Civil Aviation |
| 18. | Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh | Minister of Steel |
| 19. | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways;
Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
| 20. | Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras | Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| 21. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti |
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22. |
Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Law and Justice |
| 23. | Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of Power; and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy |
| 24. | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| 25. | Shri Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| 26. | Shri 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. | Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| 29. | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Culture;
Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
| 30. | Shri 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. | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
| 2. | Shri Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| 3. | Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| 4. | Shri 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. | Shri 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. | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries |
| 8. | Shri 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. | Shri 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. | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 13. | Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
| 14. | Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| 15. | Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice |
| 16. | Shri 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. | Sushri Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| 18. | Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| 19. | Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
| 20. | Shri V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 21. | Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
| 22. | Shri Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| 23. | Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| 24. | Shri 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. | Shri Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| 26. | Smt. Annpurna Devi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
| 27. | Shri A. Narayanaswamy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 28. | Shri Kaushal Kishore | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| 29. | Shri Ajay Bhatt | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
| 30. | Shri 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. | Shri Ajay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 32. | Shri Devusinh Chauhan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications |
| 33. | Shri 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. | Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil | Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| 35. | Sushri 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. | Shri Bishweswar Tudu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti |
| 41. | Shri 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. | Shri 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. | Shri Nisith Pramanik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
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