Maximum government: Check who got what in PM Narendra Modi’s revamped Cabinet

By Express News Service
Aiming image makeover and poll readiness with caste equations, PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday carried out a major shakeout of his council of ministers.

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic apparently accounted for 12 ministers, including heavyweights Harsh Vardhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javdekar, dropped as Modi sought to shake off inertia by infusing fresh bloods to rejuvenate the NDA government at the Centre.

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The axe also fell on Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (Education), Sadananda Gauda (Chemical and fertilizer), and six Ministers of states, which included the likes of Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Babul Suprio. With Thaverchand Gehlot, the Prime Minister got rid of six Cabinet ministers.

Anurag Thakur, Hardeep Puri, G Kishen Reddy, Kiren Rijiju. R K Singh, Mansukh Mandavia, Purushottam Rupala were promoted to the Cabinet ranks, seemingly as rewards for their combativeness and political significance in their respective states, while 43 ministers were administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind.

Here’s the list:

Shri Narendra Modi:

Prime Minister and also in-charge of:

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Atomic Energy

Department of Space

All important policy issues

All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

CABINET MINISTERS

1

Shri Rajnath Singh

Minister of Defence

2

Shri Amit Shah

Minister of Home Affairs; and

Minister of Cooperation

3

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways

4

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

Minister of Finance; and

Minister of Corporate Affairs

5

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

6

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Minister of External Affairs

7

Shri Arjun Munda

Minister of Tribal Affairs

8

Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

Minister of Women and Child Development

9

Shri Piyush Goyal

Minister of Commerce and Industry;

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and

Minister of Textiles

10

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Minister of Education; and

Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

11

Shri Pralhad Joshi

Minister ofParliamentary Affairs;

Minister of Coal; and

Minister of Mines

12

Shri Narayan Tatu Rane

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

13

Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and

Minister of AYUSH

14

Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Minister of Minority Affairs

15

Dr. Virendra Kumar

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

16

Shri Giriraj Singh

Minister of Rural Development; and

Minister of Panchayati Raj

17

Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia

Minister of Civil Aviation

18

Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh

Minister of Steel

19

Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

Minister of Railways;

Minister of Communications; and

Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

20

Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras

Minister of Food Processing Industries

21

Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Minister of Jal Shakti

22

Shri Kiren Rijiju

Minister of Law and Justice

23

Shri Raj Kumar Singh

Minister of Power; and

Minister of New and Renewable Energy

24

Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and

Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs

25

Shri Mansukh Mandaviya

Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

26

Shri Bhupender Yadav

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and

Minister of Labour and Employment

27

Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey

Minister of Heavy Industries

28

Shri Parshottam Rupala

Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

29

Shri G. Kishan Reddy

Minister of Culture;

Minister of Tourism; and

Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

30

Shri Anurag Singh Thakur

Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

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

MINISTERS OF STATE

1

Shri Shripad Yesso Naik

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

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

2

Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

3

Shri Prahalad Singh Patel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

4

Shri 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

Shri 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

Shri Krishan Pal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries

8

Shri 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

Shri 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

Shri Nityanand Rai

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

13

Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

14

Smt. 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

Shri 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

Sushri Shobha Karandlaje

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

18

Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma

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

19

Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

20

Shri V. Muraleedharan

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

21

Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

22

Shri Som Parkash

Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

23

Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

24

Shri 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

Shri Kailash Choudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

26

Smt. Annpurna Devi

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

27

Shri A. Narayanaswamy

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

28

Shri Kaushal Kishore

Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

29

Shri Ajay Bhatt

Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

30

Shri 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

Shri Ajay Kumar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

32

Shri Devusinh Chauhan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications

33

Shri 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

Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil

Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

35

Sushri 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

Shri Bishweswar Tudu

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti

41

Shri 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

Shri 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

Shri Nisith Pramanik

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

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