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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 Story continues below this ad 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 Story continues below this ad 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 Story continues below this ad 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; Story continues below this ad 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 Story continues below this ad 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
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| 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)
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| Jitendra Singh |
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
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| 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
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| Krishan Pal |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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| G. Kishan Reddy | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Parshottam Rupala |
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
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| Ramdas Athawale |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
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| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Ministry of Rural Development |
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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| Sanjeev Kumar Balyan |
Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
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Ministry of Education
Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
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| Anurag Singh Thakur | Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Nityanand Rai | Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Ministry of Jal Shakti
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
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| 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 |
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Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
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| Kailash Choudhary |
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
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Ministry of Women and Child Development
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