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Cabinet Reshuffle: 43 leaders take oath as ministers

 •The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expanded its council of ministers. The names in the cabinet reshuffle include several new entrants as well as existing ministers who will be reassigned. The swearing-in ceremony of 43 Ministers was held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on July 7, 2021. In total, 15 Ministers were inducted into the Union Cabinet and 28 Ministers were inducted as Ministers of State. This is the first cabinet reshuffle since the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) retained power in 2019.


•The Union Cabinet can have 81 members, as per the rule. There were 53 ministers in PM Modi’s cabinet but a series of them, including Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, resigned hours before the names were announced.


•PM Modi will continue to head the following – 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

Here is the list of New Cabinet ministers:

SI. No

Minister

Ministry

1

Rajnath Singh

Minister of Defence

2

Amit Shah

Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation

3

Mansukh Mandaviya

Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

4

Nitin Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways

5

 Nirmala Sitharaman

Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs

6

Narendra Singh Tomar

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

7

Dr S. Jaishankar

Minister of External Affairs

8

Arjun Munda

Minister of Tribal Affairs

9

Smriti Irani

Minister of Women and Child Development

10

Piyush Goyal

Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles

11

Dharmendra Pradhan

Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

12

Pralhad Joshi

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines

13

Narayan Rane

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

14

Sarbananda Sonowal

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH

15

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Minister of Minority Affairs

16

Dr. Virendra Kumar

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

17

Giriraj Singh

Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj

18

Jyotiraditya M. Scindia

Minister of Civil Aviation

19

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

20

Ramchandra Prasad Singh

Minister of Steel

21

Pashu Pati Kumar Paras

Pashu Pati Kumar Paras

22

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Minister of Jal Shakti

23

Kiren Rijiju

Minister of Law and Justice

24

Ra Kumar Singh

Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy

25

Hardeep Singh Puri

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs

26

Bhupender Yadav

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment

27

Mahendra Nath Pandey

Minister of Heavy Industries

28

Parshottam Rupala

Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

29

G. Kishan Reddy

Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

30

Anurag Singh Thakur

Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

SI. No

Minister

Ministry

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

Ministers of State

SI. No

Minister

Ministry

1

Shripad Yesso Naik

Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

2

Faggansingh Kulaste

Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

3

Prahalad Singh Patel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

4

Ashwini Kumar Choubey

Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

5

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

6

General (Retd.) V. K. Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation

7

Krishan Pal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries

8

Danve Raosaheb Dadarao

Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines

9

Ramdas Athawale

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

10

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

11

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

12

Nityanand Rai

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

13

Pankaj Chaowdhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

14

Anupriya Singh Patel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

15

Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice

16

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

17

Shobha Karandlaje

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

18

Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma

Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

19

Darshana Vikram Jardosh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

20

V. Muraleedharan

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

21

Meenakashi Lekhi

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

22

Som Parkash

Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

23

Renuka Singh Saruta

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

24

Rameswar Teli

Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment

25

Kailash Choudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

26

Annpurna Devi

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

27

A. Narayanaswamy

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

28

Kaushal Kishore

Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

29

Ajay Bhatt

Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

30

B. L. Verma

Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation

31

Ajay Kumar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

32

Devusinh Chauhan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications

33

Bhagwanth Khuba

Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

34

Kapil Moreshwar Patil

Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

35

Pratima Bhoumik

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

36

Dr. Subhas Sarkar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

37

Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

38

Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

39

Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

40

Bishweswar Tudu

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti

41

Shantanu Thakur

Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

42

Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai

Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH

43

John Barla

Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs

44

Dr. L. Murugan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

45

Nisith Pramanik

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports