India - June 10, 2024

“Modi 3.0: Cabinet Portfolios Revealed!”

June 10, 2024

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has retained 34 ministers from his previous Cabinet, including 19 Cabinet ministers, as he begins his third term. Prominent leaders such as Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S. Jaishankar have kept their previous portfolios. The new Council of Ministers was unveiled a day after the swearing-in ceremony, where a total of 71 leaders from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) took the oath of office. The restructured ministries reflect Modi’s vision and priorities for his third tenure as Prime Minister.

The Telugu Desam Party, a key NDA member, secured the Union Civil Aviation Ministry with Ram Mohan Naidu in charge. Another key ally, Janata Dal (United), got the Panchayati Raj Ministry, headed by Rajiv Ranjan Singh, also known as Lalan Singh.

In total, the government includes 30 ministers in the Union Cabinet. Additionally, there are 5 Ministers of State with independent charge and 36 Ministers of State.

The Modi government has allocated portfolios to the 71 ministers who took oath along with the Prime Minister

PM chairs a first Union Cabinet meeting, in New Delhi on June 10, 2024.

Sr. No	Name	Portfolio
1	Prime Minister 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.
2	Rajnath Singh	Defence
3	Amit Shah	Home Affairs and Cooperation
4	Nitin Gadkari	Road Transport and Highways
5	J.P. Nadda	Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
6	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Rural Development.
7	Nirmala Sitharaman	Finance and Corporate Affairs
8	S. Jaishankar	External Affairs
9	Manohar Lal Khattar	Housing, Urban Affairs and Power.
10	H. D. Kumaraswamy	Ministry of Heavy Industries and Steel
11	Piyush Goyal	Commerce and Industry
12	Dharmendra Pradhan	Education
13	Jitan Ram Manjhi	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
14	Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh	Panchayati Raj; and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
15	Sarbananda Sonowal	Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
16	Dr. Virendra Kumar	Social Justice and Empowerment.
17	Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu	Civil Aviation
18	Pralhad Joshi	Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and New and Renewable Energy.
19	Jual Oram	Tribal Affairs
20	Giriraj Singh	Textiles
21	Ashwini Vaishnaw	Railways; Information and Broadcasting; and Electronics and Information Technology.
22	Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	Communications; and Development of North Eastern Region.
23	Bhupender Yadav	Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
24	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Culture; and Tourism.
25	Annpurna Devi	Women and Child Development
26	Kiren Rijiju	Parliamentary Affairs; and Minority Affairs.
27	Hardeep Singh Puri	Petroleum and Natural Gas
28	Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya	Labour and Employment; and Youth Affairs and Sports.
29	G. Kishan Reddy	Coal; and Mines
30	Chirag Paswan	Food Processing Industries.
31	C R Patil	Jal Shakti

	Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Sr. No	Name	Portfolio
1	Rao Inderjit Singh	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Ministry of Planning; and Culture.
2	Dr. Jitendra Singh	Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; Prime Minister’s Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Atomic Energy; and Department of Space.
3	Arjun Ram Meghwal	Law and Justice; and MoS of Parliamentary Affairs.
4	Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao	Ministry of Ayush; and MoS Health and Family Welfare.
5	Jayant Chaudhary	Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and MoS in Education

	Ministers of State
Sr. No	Name	Portfolio
1	Jitin Prasada	Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
2	Shripad Yesso Naik	Ministry of Power; and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
3	Pankaj Chaudhary	Finance
4	Krishan Pal	Cooperation
5	Ramdas Athawale	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
6	Ram Nath Thakur	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
7	Nityanand Rai	Home Affairs
8	Anupriya Patel	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
9	V. Somanna	Jal Shakti; and Ministry of Railways.
10	Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani	Ministry of Rural Development; and Ministry of Communications.
11	Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel	Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
12	Sushri Sobha Karandlaje	Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Ministry of Labour and Employment.
13	Kirtivardhan Singh	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Ministry of External Affairs.
14	B. L. Verma	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
15	Shantanu Thakur	Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
16	Suresh Gopi	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Ministry of Tourism.
17	L. Murugan	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
18	Ajay Tamta	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
19	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	Ministry of Home Affairs.
20	Kamlesh Paswan	Ministry of Rural Development.
21	Bhagirath Choudhary	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
22	Satish Chandra Dubey	Ministry of Coal; and Ministry of Mines.
23	Sanjay Seth	Ministry of Defence.
24	Ravneet Singh	Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Ministry of Railways.
25	Durgadas Uikey	Ministry of Tribal Affairs
26	Raksha Nikhil Khadse	Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
27	Sukanta Majumdar	Ministry of Education; and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
28	Savitri Thakur	Ministry of Women and Child Development.
29	Tokhan Sahu	Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
30	Raj Bhushan Choudhary	Ministry of Jal Shakti.
31	Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma	Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Ministry of Steel.
32	Harsh Malhotra	Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
33	Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
34	Murlidhar Mohol	Ministry of Cooperation; and Ministry of Civil Aviation.
35	George Kurian	Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
36	Pabitra Margherita	Ministry of External Affairs; and Ministry of Textiles.