Updated July 7th, 2021 at 23:11 IST
Full List of PM Modi's Cabinet portfolios OUT: Scindia, Rijiju, Thakur get key Ministries
Marking a significant revamp to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Union Cabinet, 36 new Ministers were sworn in on Wednesday at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Marking a significant revamp to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Union Cabinet, 36 new Ministers were sworn in on Wednesday at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The revamped Cabinet, touted to the youngest-ever in India's history, is also said to have equitable representation of caste, gender and from regions across the country. The rejig brought about also marks the first expansion of the Union Cabinet after the BJP-led Centre returned to power in 2019 and recently completed 2 years coinciding with the reshuffling with the same time when PM Modi had expanded it in his first term at the Centre.
With the entry of 36 new Ministers in PM Modi's team, the Cabinet expansion has also witnessed a significant change in portfolios as 12 sitting Union Ministers tendered their resignations earlier today to make way for the new faces. Several Union Ministers were also divested of their additional Ministries for the same purpose as well. Moreover, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also introduced the first-ever Ministry of Co-operation to provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country.
Here's an overlook at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reshuffled Cabinet and the new portfolios:
Sr. | Union Minister | Ministry in-charge of | Preceded by |
1. | Amit Shah | Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Co-operation | No change |
2. | Rajnath Singh | Ministry of Defence |
No change |
3. | Nitin Gadkari | Ministry of Road Transport & Highways | No change |
4. | Nirmala Sitharaman | Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
No change |
5. | Narendra Tomar | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
No change |
6. | S Jaishankar | Ministry of External Affairs |
No change |
7. | Arjun Munda | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
No change |
8. | Pralhad Joshi | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Coal & Mines |
No change |
9. | Mansukh Mandviya | Ministry of Health and Chemicals & Fertilizers | Dr. Harsh Vardhan |
10. | Smriti Irani | Ministry of Women & Child Development | Smriti Irani |
11. | Piyush Goyal | Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Textiles | Piyush Goyal & Smriti Irani |
12. |
Ashwini Vaishnaw | Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Communications and Information | Piyush Goyal, RS Prasad |
13. | Dharmendra Pradhan | Ministry of Education, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship | Ramesh Pokhriyal |
14. | Hardeep Singh Puri | Ministry of Urban Development, Housing & Petroleum (Clubbed) | Dharmendra Pradhan |
15. | Jyotiraditya Scindia | Ministry of Civil Aviation | Hardeep Singh Puri |
16. | Parsottam Rupala | Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying | Giriraj Singh |
17. | Narayan Tatu Rane | Ministry of of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
Nitin Gadkari |
18. | Sarbananda Sonowal | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; & Ministry of AYUSH | Mansukh Mandviya |
19. | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Ministry of Minority Affairs | No change |
20. | Giriraj Singh |
Ministry of Rural Development; and Ministry of Panchayati Raj | Narendra Tomar |
21. | Ramchandra Prasad Singh | Ministry of Steel | Birender Singh |
22. | Pashu Pati Kumar Paras | Ministry of Food Processing Industries | - |
23. | Kiren Rijiju | Ministry of Law & Justice | RS Prasad |
24. | Raj Kumar Singh |
Ministry of Power; and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy | No change |
25. | Bhupender Yadav |
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Ministry of Labour and Employment | Prakash Javadekar; Santosh Gangwar |
26. | Mahendra Nath Pandey | Ministry of Heavy Industries |
Prakash Javadekar |
27. | G. Kishan Reddy |
Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region | Prahlad Singh Patel |
28. | Anurag Singh Thakur | Ministry of Information & Broadcasting; and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Prakash Javadekar, Kiren Rijiju |
29. | Virendra Kumar | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Krishan Pal |
30. | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Ministry of Jal Shakti | No change |
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; 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
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Published July 7th, 2021 at 22:23 IST
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