In a grand swearing-in ceremony on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term witnessed the induction of 71 ministers, each entrusted with specific responsibilities to steer India through its next phase of development and governance. Here’s an exhaustive breakdown of who has been entrusted with which ministry:
- Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
- Department of Atomic Energy
- Department of Space
- All significant policy matters and portfolios not allocated to any minister
- Union Minister: Amit Shah
- Minister of State: Nityanad Rai, Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Ministry of Cooperation:
- Union Minister: Amit Shah
- Minister of State: Krishan Pal, Murlidhar Mohol
Ministry of Defence:
- Union Minister: Rajnath Singh
- Minister of State: Sanjay Seth
Ministry of External Affairs:
- Union Minister: S Jaishankar
- Minister of State: Kirtivardhan Singh, Pabitra Margherita
Ministry of Finance:
- Union Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman
- Minister of State: Pankaj Chaudhury
Ministry of Corporate Affairs:
- Union Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman
- Minister of State: Harsh Malhotra
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways:
- Union Minister: Nitin Gadkari
- Minister of State: Ajay Tamta, Harsh Malhotra
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare:
- Union Minister: JP Nadda
- Minister of State: Anupriya Patel, Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers:
- Union Minister: JP Nadda
- Minister of State: Anupriya Patel
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports:
- Union Minister: Mansukh Mandaviya
- Minister of State: Raksha Nikhil Khadse
Ministry of Labour and Employment:
- Union Minister: Mansukh Mandaviya
- Minister of State: Shobha Karandlaje
Ministry of Food Processing Industries:
- Union Minister: Chirag Paswan
- Minister of State: Ravneet Singh
Ministry of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare:
- Union Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
- Minister of State: Ram Nath Thakur, Bhagirath Choudhary
Ministry of Rural Development:
- Union Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
- Minister of State: Dr Chandra Shekhar Pemmasani, Kamlesh Paswan
Ministry of Power:
- Union Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar
- Minister of State: Shripad Naik
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs:
- Union Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar
- Minister of State: Tokhan Sahu
Ministry of Tourism:
- Union Minister: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- Minister of State: Suresh Gopi
Ministry of Culture:
- Union Minister: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- Minister of State: Rao Inderjit Singh
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting:
- Union Minister: Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Minister of State: L Murugan
Ministry of Railways:
- Union Minister: Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Minister of State: Ravneet Singh, V Somanna
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology:
- Union Minister: Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Minister of State: Jitin Prasada
Ministry of Civil Aviation:
- Union Minister: Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Murlidhar Mohol
Ministry of Education:
- Union Minister: Dharmendra Pradhan
- Minister of State: Sukanta Majumdar, Jayant Chaudhary
Ministry of Women and Child Development:
- Union Minister: Annapurna Devi
- Minister of State: Savitri Thakur
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change:
- Union Minister: Bhupendra Yadav
- Minister of State: Kirtivardhan Singh
Ministry of Jal Shakti:
- Union Minister: CR Paatil
- Minister of State: V Somanna, Raj Bhushan Choudhary
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs:
- Union Minister: Kiren Rijiju
- Minister of State: L Murugan, Arjun Ram Meghwal
Ministry of Minority Affairs:
- Union Minister: Kiren Rijiju
- Minister of State: George Kurian
Ministry of Heavy Industries:
- Union Minister: HD Kumaraswamy
- Minister of State: Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
Ministry of Steel:
- Union Minister: HD Kumaraswamy
- Minister of State: Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
Ministry Of Communication:
- Union Minister: Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Minister of State: Dr Chandra Shekhar Pemmasani
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region:
- Union Minister: Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Minister of State: Sukanta Majumdar
Ministry of Textiles:
- Union Minister: Giriraj Singh
- Minister of State: Pabitra Margherita
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution:
- Union Minister: Prahlad Joshi
- Minister of State: BL Verma, Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy:
- Union Minister: Prahlad Joshi
- Minister of State: Shripad Naik
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas:
- Union Minister: Hardeep Singh Puri
- Minister of State: Suresh Gopi
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises:
- Union Minister: Jitan Ram Manjhi
- Minister of State: Shobha Karandlaje
Ministry of Panchayati Raj:
- Union Minister: Lallan Singh
- Minister of State: SP Singh Baghel
Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy:
- Union Minister: Lallan Singh
- Minister of State: SP Singh Baghel
(With inputs from agencies)
