Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the first meeting of his Union Cabinet on Monday and allocated portfolios to ministers a day after taking oath in a glittering ceremony at Rashtrapathi Bhavan. Key ministries in the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government were allocated to senior leaders of the BJP: Home Affairs to Amit Shah, Defence to Rajnath Singh, External Affairs to S Jaishankar, Road Transport to Nitin Gadkari and Finance to Nirmala Sitharaman. The allocations target continuity and were largely on the lines of the previous NDA government.
CABINET MINISTERS
- Rajnath Singh – Ministry of Defence
- Amit Shah – Home Ministry and Minister of Cooperation
- Nitin Gadkari – Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
- JP Nadda – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Chemicals and Fertilisers
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan – Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development
- Nirmala Sitharaman – Ministry of Finance, Corporate Affairs
- S Jaishankar – Minister of External Affairs
- Manohar Lal Khattar – Power Ministry, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
- HD Kumaraswamy – Ministry of Heavy Industry and Steel
- Piyush Goyal – Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Dharmendra Pradhan – Ministry of Education
- Jitan Ram Manjhi – Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh – Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy
- Sarbananda Sonowal – Ministry of Shipping
- Dr Virendra Kumar – Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu – Ministry of Civil Aviation
- Pralhad Joshi – Food, Consumer Affairs and Renewable Energy Ministry
- Jual Oram – Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- Giriraj Singh – Textile Ministry
- Ashwini Vaishnaw – Ministry of Railways, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology
- Jyotiraditya Scindia – Ministry of Communications, Development of North Eastern Region
- Bhupender Yadav – Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Annapurna Devi – Ministry of Women and Child Development
- Kiren Rijiju – Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Minority Affairs
- Hardeep Singh Puri – Petroleum Ministry
- Mansukh Mandaviya – Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- G Kishan Reddy – Minister of Coal and Minister of Mines
- Chirag Paswan – Ministry of Food Processing
- CR Patil – Ministry of Jal Shakti
MINISTERS OF STATE
1. Jitin Prasada – Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
2. Shripad Yesso Naik – Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
3. Pankaj Chaudhary – Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
4. Krishan Pal – Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
5. Ramdas Athawale – Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
6. Ram Nath Thakur – Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
7. Nityanand Rai – Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
8. Anupriya Patel – Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
9. V. Somanna – Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
10. Dr. Chandra Sekhar – Pemmasani Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications.
11. Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel – Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
12. Sushri Sobha Karandlaje – Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
13. Kirtivardhan Singh – Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
14. B. L. Verma – Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
15. Shantanu Thakur – Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
16. Suresh Gopi – Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism.
17. Dr. L. Murugan – Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
18. Ajay Tamta – Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. 19. Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
20. Kamlesh Paswan – Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
21. Bhagirath Choudhary – Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
22. Satish Chandra Dubey – Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.
23. Sanjay Seth – Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
24. Ravneet Singh – Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
25. Durgadas Uikey – Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
26. Raksha Nikhil Khadse – Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
27. Sukanta Majumdar – Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. 28. Savitri Thakur Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
29. Tokhan Sahu – Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. 30. Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
31. Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma – Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
32. Harsh Malhotra – Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
33. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya – Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
34. Murlidhar Mohol – Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
35. George Kurian – Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
36. Pabitra Margherita – Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
