Having successfully garnered the
necessary support to form the government, the National Democratic Alliance
(NDA), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took the oath of office on June 9.
Prominent Union Ministers such as Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari
have retained their previous portfolios. New faces in the cabinet include
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, J.P. Nadda, and H.D. Kumaraswamy.
Both S. Jaishankar and Nirmala
Sitharaman continue to oversee the External Affairs and Finance portfolios,
respectively. However, notable absentees from the list include Anurag Thakur
and Smriti Irani.
Cabinet
Ministers:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Prime Minister; Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space;
all critical policy issues; and any portfolios not allocated to other
ministers.
- Rajnath Singh:
Defence.
- Amit Shah:
Home Affairs and Cooperation.
- Nitin Gadkari:
Road Transport and Highways.
- H.D. Kumaraswamy:
Heavy Industries and Steel.
- Pralhad Joshi:
Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution; New and Renewable Energy.
- J.P. Nadda:
Health and Family Welfare; Chemicals and Fertilizers.
- Piyush Goyal:
Commerce and Industry.
- Dharmendra Pradhan:
Education.
- Jitan Ram Manjhi:
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises.
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh): Panchayati Raj; Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying.
- Sarbananda Sonowal:
Ports, Shipping, and Waterways.
- Dr. Virendra Kumar:
Social Justice and Empowerment.
- Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: Civil Aviation.
- G. Kishan Reddy:
Coal; Mines.
- Chirag Paswan:
Food Processing Industries.
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan:
Agriculture, Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development.
- Nirmala Sitharaman:
Finance and Corporate Affairs.
- S. Jaishankar:
External Affairs.
- Bhupender Yadav:
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Culture; Tourism.
- Annpurna Devi:
Women and Child Development.
- Kiren Rijiju:
Parliamentary Affairs; Minority Affairs.
- Hardeep Singh Puri:
Petroleum and Natural Gas.
- Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya:
Labour and Employment; Youth Affairs and Sports.
- Manohar Lal Khattar:
Housing, Urban Affairs, and Power.
- Jual Oram:
Tribal Affairs.
- Giriraj Singh:
Textiles.
- Ashwini Vaishnaw:
Railways; Information and Broadcasting; Electronics and Information
Technology.
- Jyotiraditya M. Scindia: Communications; Development of North Eastern Region.
Ministers
of State (Independent Charge):
- Arjun Ram Meghwal:
Law and Justice; MoS Parliamentary Affairs.
- Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao: Ayush; MoS Health and Family Welfare.
- Rao Inderjit Singh:
Statistics and Programme Implementation; Planning; Culture.
- Dr. Jitendra Singh:
Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; Prime Minister’s Office;
Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions; Atomic Energy; Department of
Space.
- Jayant Chaudhary:
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; MoS Education.
Ministers
of State:
V. Somanna: Jal Shakti; Railways.
- Jitin Prasada:
Commerce and Industry; Electronics and Information Technology.
- Shripad Yesso Naik:
Power; New and Renewable Energy.
- Pankaj Chaudhary:
Finance.
- Krishan Pal:
Cooperation.
- Ramdas Athawale:
Social Justice and Empowerment.
- Ram Nath Thakur:
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
- Nityanand Rai:
Home Affairs.
- Shantanu Thakur:
Ports, Shipping, and Waterways.
- Suresh Gopi:
Petroleum and Natural Gas; Tourism.
- L. Murugan:
Information and Broadcasting; Parliamentary Affairs.
- Ajay Tamta:
Road Transport and Highways.
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary:
Jal Shakti.
- Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma: Heavy Industries; Steel.
- Harsh Malhotra:
Corporate Affairs; Road Transport and Highways.
- Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya: Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution.
- Murlidhar Mohol:
Cooperation; Civil Aviation.
- George Kurian:
Minority Affairs; Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying.
- Pabitra Margherita:
External Affairs; Textiles.
- Bandi Sanjay Kumar:
Home Affairs.
- Kamlesh Paswan:
Rural Development.
- Bhagirath Choudhary:
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
- Satish Chandra Dubey:
Coal; Mines.
- Sanjay Seth:
Defence.
- Anupriya Patel:
Health and Family Welfare; Chemicals and Fertilizers.
- Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani: Rural Development; Communications.
- Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel: Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying; Panchayati
Raj.
- Sushri Sobha Karandlaje: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises; Labour and
Employment.
- Kirtivardhan Singh:
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change; External Affairs.
- B. L. Verma:
Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution; Social Justice and
Empowerment.
- Ravneet Singh:
Food Processing Industries; Railways.
- Durgadas Uikey:
Tribal Affairs.
- Raksha Nikhil Khadse:
Youth Affairs and Sports.
- Sukanta Majumdar:
Education; Development of North Eastern Region.
- Savitri Thakur:
Women and Child Development.
- Tokhan Sahu:
Housing and Urban Affairs.

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