Prime Minister Narendra Modi took an oath yesterday at Rashtrapati Bhavan in front of 8,000 guests and foreign delegacy, along with his Union Cabinet of 58 ministers.
On Friday, the new government will be meeting for the first time at the South Block around 5 pm.
The portfolios of the newly inducted government (is now announced). Most of them have retained their previous files. However, there will be some shuffling due to some fresh faces being sworn-in.
A day before the swearing-in, Prime Minister Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, who is now part of the Modi cabinet, met in a closed-door meeting and deliberated over portfolios for over 2 hours.
After the path of PM Modi, 25 MPs took the oath of office as Cabinet ministers while nine were sworn in as Ministers of State with Independent charge and another 24 as Ministers of State.
Most surprising faces are BJP Chief Amit Shah and former foreign secretary S Jaishankar.
Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had gven up their ministerial duties due to ill health.
Cabinet Ministers
1. Shri Raj Nath Singh
Minister of Defence.
2. Shri Amit Shah
Minister of Home Affairs.
3. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
4. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
5. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs.
6. Shri Ramvilas Paswan
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
7. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare;
Minister of Rural Development; and
Minister of Panchayati Raj.
8. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister of Law and Justice;
Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
9. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Minister of Food Processing Industries.
10. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
11. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Minister of External Affairs.
12. Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
Minister of Human Resource Development.
13. Shri Arjun Munda
Minister of Tribal Affairs.
14. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani
Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.
15. Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Minister of Health and Family Welfare;
Minister of Science and Technology; and
Minister of Earth Sciences.
16. Shri Prakash Javadekar
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and
Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
17. Shri Piyush Goyal
Minister of Railways; and
Minister of Commerce and Industry.
18. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Steel.
19. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Minister of Minority Affairs.
20. Shri Pralhad Joshi
Minister of
Parliamentary Affairs;
Minister of Coal; and
Minister of Mines.
21. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
22. Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.
23.Shri Giriraj Singh
Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
24. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Minister of Jal Shakti.
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
2. Rao Inderjit Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning.
3. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
4. Dr. Jitendra Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region;
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.
5. Shri Kiren Rijiju
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
6. Shri Prahalad Singh Patel
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.
7. Shri Raj Kumar Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
8. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
9. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Ministers of State
1. Shri Faggansingh Kulaste
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
2. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
3. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
4. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
5. Shri Krishan Pal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
6. Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
7. Shri G. Kishan Reddy
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
8. Shri Parshottam Rupala
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
9. Shri Ramdas Athawale
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
11. Shri Babul Supriyo
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
12. Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
13. Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
14. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
15. Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
16. Shri Nityanand Rai
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
17. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
18. Shri V. Muraleedharan
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
19. Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
20. Shri Som Parkash
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
21. Shri Rameswar Teli
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
22. Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
23. Shri Kailash Choudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
24. Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri
Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
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