A day after the swearing-in ceremony of the National Democratic Alliance cabinet including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the central government will today allocate portfolios to its ministers. The BJP is likely to retain key ministries like Home Ministry, Finance, External Affairs and Defence. The NDA allies like the JDS, JDU, LJP-RV and Shiv Sena have also likely to get their fare share of the ministries as per the alliance deal.
President of India Droupadi Murmu administered oath of office to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 71 Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhawan yesterday in presence of some global leaders and people from all walks of life who were invited to the grand ceremony.
The new Modi 3.0 Cabinet includes 30 Cabinet Ministers, five Ministers of State with Independent Charge, and 36 Ministers of State. PM Modi is the second Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to serve three consecutive terms. The key faces in the Modi cabinet include Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, S Jaishankar while allies who got Cabinet Minister berths include H. D. Kumaraswamy (JDS), Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu (TDP), Chirag Paswan (LJP-RV) and Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM) and Lalan Singh (JDU).
Of all the allies of the NDA, only NCP-Ajit Pawar was left out of the cabinet as the party rejected the offer of Minister of State with Independent Charge saying it would be a demotion for its candidate Praful Patel. Patel had earlier served as cabinet minister in the UPA government. The BJP has assured the NCP of resolving the issue in the coming days.
Since the first meeting of the Union Cabinet is likeky to be held this evening, it’s being speculated that the cabinet portfolio allocation will be cleared before the meeting. Induction of Rajya Sabha MPs like JP Nadda, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar show that these leaders are likely to get big responsibilities.
Below is the full list of the minister and their cabinet portfolio:
(**This list will be updated once portfolios are allocated)
Minister
Portfolio
Party
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister
Cabinet Ministers
Raj Nath Singh
Amit Shah
Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Jagat Prakash Nadda
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Nirmala Sitharaman
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Manohar Lal
H. D. Kumaraswamy
Piyush Goyal
Dharmendra Pradhan
Jitan Ram Manjhi
Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Sarbananda Sonowal
Dr. Virendra Kumar
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu
Pralhad Joshi
Jual Oram
Giriraj Singh
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
Bhupender Yadav
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Annpurna Devi
Kiren Rijiju
Hardeep Singh Puri
Mansukh Mandaviya
G. Kishan Reddy
Chirag Paswan
C R Patil
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Rao Inderjit Singh
Dr. Jitendra Singh
Arjun Ram Meghwal
Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao
Jayant Chaudhary
Ministers of State
Jitin Prasada
Shripad Yesso Naik
Pankaj Chaudhary
Krishan Pal
Ramdas Athawale
Ram Nath Thakur
Nityanand Rai
Anupriya Patel
V. Somanna
Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
SP Singh Baghel
Sobha Krandlaje
BL Verma
Shantanu Thakur
Suresh Gopi
Dr L Murugan
Ajay Tamta
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Kamlesh Paswan
Bhagirath Choudhary
Satish Chandra Dubey
Sanjay Seth
Ravneet Singh
Drugadas Uikey
Raksha Khadse
Sukanta Majumdar
Savitri Thakur
Tokhan Sahu
Raj Bhushan Choudhary
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
Harsh Malhotra
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya
Murlidhar Mohol
George Kurian
Pabitra Margherita
Leaders from India’s neighbourhood – Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh joined PM Modi at the stage in Rashtrapati Bhavan after he took oath as the Prime Minister. Speaking to leaders of the neighbouring countries who attended the swearing-in ceremony, PM Modi said that participation of the foreign dignitaries reaffirm India’s commitment to its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy. PM Modi shared his dedication to serving the vast population of India, aiming to propel the nation to greater heights of progress.
“Took oath as Prime Minister at the ceremony earlier this evening. I look forward to serving 140 crore Indians and working with the Council of Ministers to take India to new heights of progress. Congratulations to all those who have taken oath today. This team of Ministers is a great blend of youth and experience, and we will leave no stone unturned in improving the lives of people,” said PM Modi in a post on X.