Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi effected a major overhaul of the Union cabinet, Mansukh Mandavia was appointed as the new Health Minister and bureaucrat-turned-politician Ashwini Vaishnaw the new Railway Minister on Wednesday. Jyotiraditya Scindia has been made the Civil Aviation Minister, while Home Minister Amit Shah has been given the charge of the newly-created Ministry of Cooperation. Piyush Goyal will now be the Minister of Textiles, while Dharmendra Pradhan has been given the portfolios of Education Ministry and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. While Hardeep Singh Puri will be the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs Minister. Kiren Rijiju, who was assigned the law ministry, was moved to Earth Sciences on May 18, 2023, and replaced by Arjun Ram Meghwal. Among the new ministers who were inducted into the Union Cabinet are BJP’s Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Bhatt, Bhupender Yadav, Shobha Karandlaje, Sunita Duggal, Meenakshi Lekhi, Bharati Pawar, Shantanu Thakur and Kapil Patil; JD(U)’s R C P Singh, LJP’s Pashupati Paras, and Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel. The seven ministers of state who were promoted are Anurag Thakur, G Kishan Reddy, Paroshottam Rupala, Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya and Raj Kumar Singh. Meanwhile, ahead of the much-anticipated reshuffle, twelve ministers resigned. Among the big names to resign are IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar. Other ministers who are out of the Cabinet are Babul Supriyo, Sadananda Gowda, Debasree Chaudhuri, Rattan Lal Kataria, Sanjay Dhotre, Thawarchand Gehlot, Pratap Chandra Sarangi (MoS) and Ashwini Chaubey (MoS). Here is the complete list of ministers who were newly inducted into the Union Cabinet on Wednesday: 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 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 Minister of Minority Affairs 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. Dr Virendra Kumar Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 15. Giriraj Singh Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj 16. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia Minister of Civil Aviation 17. Ramchandra Prasad Singh Minister of Steel 18. Ashwini Vaishnaw Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology 19. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras Minister of Food Processing Industries 20. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Minister of Jal Shakti 21. Kiren Rijiju Minister of Earth Sciences 22. Raj Kumar Singh Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy 23. Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs 24. Mansukh Mandaviya Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 25. Bhupender Yadav Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment 26. Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey Minister of Heavy Industries 27. Parshottam Rupala Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 28. G Kishan Reddy Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region 29. Anurag Singh Thakur Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports 30. Arjun Ram Meghwal Minister of Law and Justice Also, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture 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 Also, Minister of Law and Justice 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 Chaowdhary 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. Meenakashi 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. Annpurna 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
