Complete list of ministers & portfolios in Narendra Modi government
HIGHLIGHTS
• BJP President Amit Shah being named home minister and Rajnath Singh will be defence minister
• Nirmala Sitharaman is the new finance minister while former foreign secretary S Jaishankar will be the new External Affairs Minister
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NEW DELHI: The government on Friday announced the portfolios of the Union ministers with BJP President Amit Shah being named home minister, Rajnath Singh defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman finance minister and former foreign secretary S Jaishankar external affairs minister.
Here is the full list of the Union council of ministers with portfolios:
Cabinet ministers
|
NAME OF MINISTER |
PORTFOLIO |
Narendra Modi
|
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 |
Rajnath Singh
|
Minister of defence |
Amit Shah
|
Minister of home affairs |
Nitin Gadkari
|
Minister of road transport and highways
Minister of micro, small and medium enterprises |
D V Sadananda Gowda
|
Minister of chemical and fertilizers |
Nirmala Sitharaman
|
Minister of finance
Minister of corporate affairs |
Ram Vilas Paswan
|
Minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution |
Narendra Singh Tomar
|
Minister of agriculture and farmers welfare
Minister of rural development
Minister of panchayati raj |
Ravi Shankar Prasad
|
Minister of law and justice
Minister of communications
Minister of electronics and information technology |
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
|
Minister of food processing industries |
Thaawar Chand Gehlot
|
Minister of social justice and empowerment |
Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
|
Minister of external affairs |
Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'
|
Minister of human resource development |
Arjun Munda
|
Minister of tribal affairs |
Smriti Zubin Irani
|
Minister of women and child development; and
Minister of textiles |
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
|
Minister of health and family welfare;
Minister of science and technology; and
Minister of Earth sciences |
Prakash Javadekar
|
Minister of environment, forest and climate change; and
Minister of information and broadcasting |
Piyush Goyal
|
Minister of railways; and
Minister of commerce and industry |
Dharmendra Pradhan
|
Minister of petroleum and natural gas; and
Minister of steel. |
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
|
Minister of minority affairs |
Pralhad Joshi
|
Minister of parliamentary affairs;
Minister of coal; and
Minister of mines. |
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey
|
Minister of skill development and entrepreneurship |
Arvind Ganpat Sawant
|
Minister of heavy industries and public enterprise
|
Giriraj Singh
|
Minister of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries |
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
|
Minister of jal shakti |
Ministers of State (independent charge)
|
NAME OF MINISTER |
PORTFOLIO |
|
Santosh Gangwar |
MoS (independent charge) of ministry of labour
and employment |
|
Rao Inderjit Singh |
MoS (independent charge) of ministry of statistics
and programme implementation |
|
Shripad Yesso Naik |
MoS (independent charge) of ministry of AYUSH
MoS in the ministry of defence |
|
Dr Jitendra Singh |
MoS (independent charge) of ministry of development
of North Eastern region
MoS in the Prime Minister’s Office;
MoS in the ministry of personnel, public grievances
and pensions;
MoS in the department of atomic energy; and
MoS in the department of space |
|
Kiren Rijiju |
MoS (independent charge) of the ministry of youth affairs
and sports;
MoS in the ministry of minority affairs |
|
Prahalad Singh Patel |
MoS (independent charge) of the ministry of culture;
MoS (independent charge) of the ministry of tourism |
|
Raj Kumar Singh |
MoS (independent charge) of the ministry of power;
MoS (independent charge) of the ministry of new
and renewable energy;
MoS in the ministry of skill development
and entrepreneurship |
|
Hardeep Singh Puri |
MoS (independent charge) of the ministry of housing
and urban affairs;
MoS (independent charge) of the ministry of civil aviation;
MoS in the ministry of commerce and industry |
|
Mansukh L. Mandaviya |
MoS (independent charge) of the ministry of shipping;
MoS in the ministry of chemicals and fertilizers
|
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Ministers of State
|
Name of Minister |
PORTFOLIO |
|
Faggansingh Kulaste |
MoS ministry of Steel |
|
Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
MoS ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
|
Arjun Ram Meghwal |
MoS ministry of Parliamentary Affairs;
MoS ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
|
General (Retd) V. K. Singh |
MoS ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
|
Krishan Pal |
MoS ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
|
Danve Raosaheb Dadarao |
MoS ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
|
G. Kishan Reddy |
MoS ministry of Home Affairs |
|
Parshottam Rupala |
MoS ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
|
Ramdas Athawale |
MoS ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
|
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |
MoS ministry of Rural Development |
|
Babul Supriyo |
MoS ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
|
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan |
MoS ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
|
Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao |
MoS ministry of Human Resource Development;
MoS ministry of Communications; and
MoS ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
|
Anurag Singh Thakur |
MoS ministry of Finance; and
MoS ministry of Corporate Affairs |
|
Angadi Suresh Channabasappa |
MoS ministry of Railways |
|
Nityanand Rai |
MoS ministry of Home Affairs |
|
Shri. Rattan Lal Kataria |
MoS ministry of Jal Shakti; and
MoS ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
|
V. Muraleedharan |
MoS ministry of External Affairs; and
MoS ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
|
Renuka Singh Saruta |
MoS ministry of Tribal Affairs |
|
Som Parkash |
MoS ministry of Commerce and Industry |
|
Rameswar Teli |
MoS ministry of Food Processing Industries |
|
Pratap Chandra Sarangi |
MoS ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and
MoS ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
|
Kailash Choudhary |
MoS ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
|
Debasree Chaudhuri |
MoS ministry of Women and Child Development
|
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