New Indian Cabinet: A Comprehensive Overview
In a recent order issued by the President of India (Droupadi Murmu), the President, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed that the allocation of portfolios among the members of the Union Council of Ministers will be as under: It is a welcome sign of the federal government’s commitment to tackling several important national challenges that the new cabinet is comprised of a range of talented individuals heading different ministries.
Prime Minister: Shri Narendra Modi
Portfolios: Prime Minister (including all important policy issues), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
Cabinet Ministers:
1. Shri Raj Nath Singh – Minister of Defence
2. Shri Amit Shah – Minister of Home Affairs; Minister of Cooperation
3. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari – Minister of Road Transport and Highways
4. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda – Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
5. Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan – Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development
6. Smt.Nirmala Sitharaman – Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
7. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Minister of External Affairs
8. Shri Manohar Lal – Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of Power
9. Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy – Minister of Heavy Industries; Minister of Steel
10. Shri Piyush Goyal – Minister of Commerce and Industry
11. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan – Minister of Education
12. Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi – Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
13. Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh – Minister of Panchayati Raj; Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying
14. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal – Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
15. Dr. Virendra Kumar – Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
16. Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu – Minister of Civil Aviation
17. Shri Pralhad Joshi – Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Minister of New and Renewable Energy
18. Shri Jual Oram – Minister of Tribal Affairs
19. Shri Giriraj Singh – Minister of Textiles
20. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw – Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
21. Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia – Minister of Communications; Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
22. Shri Bhupender Yadav – Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
23. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism
24. Smt. Annpurna Devi – Minister of Women and Child Development
25. Shri Kiren Rijiju – Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Minority Affairs
26. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri – Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
27. Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya – Minister of Labour and Employment; Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
28. Shri G. Kishan Reddy – Minister of Coal; Minister of Mines
29. Shri Chirag Paswan – Minister of Food Processing Industries
30. Shri C R Patil – Minister of Jal Shakti
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1. Rao Inderjit Singh
- Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- Ministry of Planning
- Ministry of Culture
2. Dr. Jitendra Singh
- Ministry of Science and Technology
- Ministry of Earth Sciences
- Prime Minister’s OfficeMinistry of Personnel
- Public Grievances and Pensions
- Department of Atomic Energy
- Department of Space
3. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
- Ministry of Law and Justice
- Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
4. Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao:
- Ministry of Ayush
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
5. Shri Jayant Chaudhary
- Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- Ministry of Education
Ministers of States
1. Shri Jitin Prasada
- Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
2. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
- Ministry of Power
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
3. Shri Pankaj Chaudhary
- Ministry of Finance
4. Shri Krishan Pal
- Ministry of Cooperation
5. Shri Ramdas Athawale
- Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
6. Shri Ram Nath Thakur
- Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
7. Shri Nityanand Rai
- Ministry of Home Affairs
8. Smt. Anupriya Patel
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
9. Shri V. Somanna
- Ministry of Jal Shakti
- Ministry of Railways
10. Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
- Ministry of Rural Development
- Ministry of Communications
11. Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel
- Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Ministry of Panchayati Raj
12. Sushri Sobha Karandlaje
- Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Ministry of Labour and Employment
13. Shri Kirtivardhan Singh
- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Ministry of External Affairs
14. Shri B. L. Verma
- Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
15. Shri Shantanu Thakur
- Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
16. Shri Suresh Gopi
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Ministry of Tourism
17. Dr. L. Murugan
- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
- Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
18. Shri Ajay Tamta
- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
19. Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar
- Ministry of Home Affairs
20. Shri Kamlesh Paswan
- Ministry of Rural Development
21. Shri Bhagirath Choudhary
- Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
22. Shri Satish Chandra Dubey
- Ministry of Coal
- Ministry of Mines
23. Shri Sanjay Seth
- Ministry of Defence
24. Shri Ravneet Singh
- Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- Ministry of Railways
25. Shri Durgadas Uikey
- Ministry of Tribal Affairs
26. Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse
- Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
27. Shri Sukanta Majumdar
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
28. Smt. Savitri Thakur
- Ministry of Women and Child Development
29. Shri Tokhan Sahu
- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
30. Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary
- Ministry of Jal Shakti
31. Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
- Ministry of Heavy Industries
- Ministry of Steel
32. Shri Harsh Malhotra
- Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
33. Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya
- Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
34. Shri Murlidhar Mohol
- Ministry of Cooperation
- Ministry of Civil Aviation
35. Shri George Kurian
- Ministry of Minority Affairs
- Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
36. Shri Pabitra Margherita
- Ministry of External Affairs
- Ministry of Textiles
