In pictures: PM Modi’s new Cabinet assumes charge

Raosaheb Dadarao Danve, Union Minister of State for Railways assumed office in Rail Bhawan on Thursday.

Former IAS officer and Rajya Sabha MP Ashwini Vaishnaw took over as the new Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, and Railways.

Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge as Minister of Health and Family Welfare. (Twitter/Mansukh Mandaviya)

Ramchandra Prasad Singh assumed office as the new as the new Union Minister of Steel. He was welcomed by Minister of State for Steel, Faggan Singh Kulaste. (Twitter/ Ministry of Steel)

Anurag Thakur took charge as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting on Thursday. (Twitter/PIB_India)

Former Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri took charge of charge of the Petroleum Ministry and Urban Development Ministry.

BJP leader Jitendra Singh took charge as new Union Minister for Science and Technology. (Twitter/PTI_India)

Tamil Nadu BJP President L Murugan takes charge as Minister of State for Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in the presence of Union Minister Anurag Thakur. (Twitter/PIB_India)

Parshottam Rupala takes charge as new Union Minister of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and dairying. (Twitter/PIB_India)

Kiren Rijiju takes charge as Union minister for Law and Justice in New Delhi on Thursday. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Piyush Goel takes charge of the Textile ministry from his predecessor Smriti Irani, as newly nominated MOS Textile Darshana watches on, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Former Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has now been given the portfolio of Ministry of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. (Twitter/PIB_India)