Modi Sarkar Cabinet Formation Key Highlights: Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister at Rashtrapati Bhavan Sunday, only the second after Jawaharlal Nehru to secure a third consecutive term. The 72-member Union Council of Ministers which was administered the oath of office by President Droupadi Murmu included 30 Cabinet Ministers and 5 Ministers of State (independent charge). With the BJP no longer in majority in Lok Sabha and dependent on allies including TDP and JD(U), the NDA Council of Ministers signalled both continuity and change – veteran leaders Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar and Piyush Goyal were among 19 retained as Cabinet Ministers. Others back in Cabinet were Dharmendra Pradhan, Pralhad Joshi, Sarbananda Sonowal, Virendra Kumar, Giriraj Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya, Bhupender Yadav and G Kishan Reddy. New entrants in the Cabinet included J P Nadda, whose term as BJP president ends this month, and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Gujarat BJP president C R Paatil. In case you are tuning in now, here’s a full list of which minister got which ministry: SN Portfolio Minister Party 1 PMO Narendra Modi BJP 2 Minister of Defence 3 Minister of Home Affairs 4 Minister of Co-operation 5 Minister of Road Transport and Highways 6 Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 7 Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 8 Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs 9 Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 10 Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare 11 Minister of Rural Development Minister of Panchayati Raj 12 Minister of Law and Justice 13 Minister of Communications Minister of Electronics and Information Technology 14 Minister of Food Processing Industries 15 Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 16 Minister of External Affairs 17 Minister of Education 18 Minister of Tribal Affairs 19 Minister of Women and Child Development 20 Minister of Textiles 21 Minister of Health and Family Welfare 22 Minister of Science and Technology 23 Minister of Earth Sciences 24 Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 25 Minister of Information and Broadcasting 26 Minister of Railways 27 Minister of Commerce and Industry 28 Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas 29 Minister of Steel 30 Minister of Minority Affairs 31 Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Coal Minister of Mines 32 Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 33 Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 34 Minister of Heavy Industries 35 Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 36 Minister of Jal Shakti 37 Minister of Labour and Employment 38 Minister of AYUSH 39 Minister of Development of North Eastern Region 40 Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports 41 Minister of Culture Minister of Tourism 42 Minister of Power Minister of New and Renewable Energy 43 Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs 44 Minister of Civil Aviation 45 Minister of Shipping 46 Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways 47 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Statistics and Programme Implementation Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Planning 48 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 Minister of State in the Department of Space 49 Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs 50 Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence 51 Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel 52 Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development 53 Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development 54 Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti 55 Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti 56 Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries 57 Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 58 Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 59 Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 60 Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 61 Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 62 Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 63 Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries 64 Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways 65 Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways 66 Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 67 Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 68 Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 69 Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 70 Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 71 Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 72 Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 73 Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 74 Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance 75 Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance 76 Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry 77 Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry 78 Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 79 Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 80 Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare 81 Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare 82 Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 83 Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs 84 Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs 85 Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs 86 Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs 87 Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs 88 Minister of State in the Ministry of Education 89 Minister of State in the Ministry of Education 90 Minister of State in the Ministry of Education 91 Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications 92 Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers 93 Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 94 Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 95 Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs 96 Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development 97 Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development 98 Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways 99 Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways 100 Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism 101 Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism 102 Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture 103 Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture 104 Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation 105 Minister of State in the Ministry of Power 106 Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines 107 Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice 108 Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles 109 Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment 110 Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 111 Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Minister of State in the Ministry of Co-operation 112 Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy 113 Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj 114 Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH 115 Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 116 Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
