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
