New Delhi: Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term on Sunday, marking a historic milestone. Only Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of Independent India, had achieved this feat before him. After PM Modi was sworn in, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, and JP Nadda were administered the oath of office by President Droupadi Murmu. The swearing-in ceremony witnessed a total of 72 leaders taking the oath to join Modi 3.0 Cabinet. 

List of Ministers Sworn-in In Modi 3.0 Cabinet   

Narendra Modi - Prime Minister (BJP)

1. Rajnath Singh  - BJP
2. Amit Shah  - BJP
3. Nitin Gadkari - BJP
4. JP Nadda - BJP
5. Shivraj Singh Chouhan - BJP
6. Nirmala Sitharaman - BJP
7. Dr S Jaishankar - BJP
8. Manohar Lal Khattar - BJP
9. HD Kumaraswamy - JDS
10. Piyush Goyal - BJP
11. Dharmendra Pradhan - BJP
12. Jitan Ram Manjhi-Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM)
13. Rajeev Ranjan Singh (Lallan Singh)  - JDU
14. Sarbananda Sonowal - BJP
15. Dr. Virendra Kumar - BJP
16. Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu- TDP
17. Prahlad Joshi- BJP   
18. Jual Oram - BJP
19. Giriraj Singh - BJP
20. Ashwini Vaishnaw - BJP 
21. Jyotiraditya M Scindia - BJP
22. Bhupender Yadav - BJP
23. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - BJP
24. Annpurna Devi - BJP
25. Kiren Rijiju - BJP 
26. Hardeep Singh Puri- BJP
27. Mansukh Mandaviya - BJP
28. G Kishan Reddy - BJP
29. Chirag Paswan - LJP 
30. CR Patil - BJP 

Minister of State (Independent Charge)

1. Rao Inderjit Singh - BJP
2. Dr. Jitendra Singh - BJP
3. Arjun Ram Meghwal - BJP 
4. Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav - Shiv Sena 
5. Jayant Chaudhary - RLD
6. Jitin Prasada - BJP
7. Shripad Yesso Naik - BJP
8. Pankaj Chaudhary -BJP 
9. Krishan Pal - BJP
10. Ramdas Athawale - Republican Party of India (RPI)
11. Ramnath Thakur - JDU
12. Nityanand Rai - BJP
13. Anupriya Patel - Apna Dal 
14. V Somanna - BJP
15. Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani - TDP
16. Prof. SP Singh Baghel - BJP 
17. Shobha Karandlaje - BJP
18. Kirti Vardhan Singh - BJP
19. BL Verma - BJP
20. Shantanu Thakur - BJP
21. Suresh Gopi - BJP
22. L Murugan - BJP
23. Ajay Tamta - BJP 
24. Bandi Sanjay Kumar - BJP
25. Kamlesh  Paswan - BJP
26. Bhagirath Choudhary - BJP
27. Satish Chandra Dubey - BJP
28. Sanjay Seth - BJP
29. Ravneet Singh Bittu - BJP
30.  Durga Das Uikey - BJP
31. Raksha Khadse - BJP
32. Sukanta Majumdar - BJP 
33. Savitri Thakur - BJP
34. Tokhan Sahu - BJP
35.  Raj Bhushan Choudhary - Vikassheel Insaan Party
36.  Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma - BJP
37.  Harsh Malhotra - BJP
38. Nimuben Bambhaniya - BJP
39. Murlidhar Mohol - BJP  
40.  George Kurian - BJP 
41.  Pabitra Margherita - BJP    

Modi secured his return as Prime Minister as the NDA clinched victory in 293 out of the 543 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. However, the BJP fell short of the majority mark on its own, securing 240 seats. With the magic number in the Lok Sabha being 272, coalition dynamics became pivotal for governance.