The new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi aimed for continuity while trying to strike a balance between giving space to BJP bigwigs and accommodating NDA allies.
The top four remain unchanged with Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S Jaishankar retaining their ministries.
Here’s the full list of ministers and portfolios allocated to them:
CABINET MINSTERS
Rajnath Singh retains Ministry of Defence
Amit Shah retains Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Co-operation
Nitin Gadkari retains the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
JP Nadda gets Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, and Ministry of Rural Development
Nirmala Sitharaman retains the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Dr S Jaishankar retains Ministry of External Affairs
Manohar Lal Khattar gets Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Ministry of Power
HD Kumaraswamy gets Ministry of Heavy Industries, and Ministry of Steel
Piyush Goyal gets Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Dharmendra Pradhan assigned Ministry of Education.
Jitan Ram Manjhi gets Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh allocated Ministry of Panchayati Raj; and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Sarbananda Sonowal gets Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu gets Ministry of Civil Aviation
Dr. Virendra Kumar assigned Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Jual Oram gets Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Pralhad Joshi allocated Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Ashwini Vaishnaw retains Ministry of Railways, and is assigned Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Giriraj Singh assigned Ministry of Textiles
Jyotiraditya Scindia gets Ministry of Communications; and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Bhupendra Yadav gets Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat allocated Ministry of Culture; and Ministry of Tourism
Annapurna Devi allocated Ministry of Women and Child Development
Kiren Rijiju gets Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Minority Affairs
Mansukh Mandaviya assigned Ministry of Labour and Employment; and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Hardeep Singh Puri retains Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
G Kishan Reddy allocated Ministry of Coal; and Ministry of Mines
Chirag Paswan gets Ministry of Food Processing Industries
CR Patil gets Ministry of Jal Shakti
MINISTERS OF STATE WITH INDEPENDENT CHARGE
Rao Inderjit Singh is MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and MoS in the Ministry of Culture.
Dr. Jitendra Singh is MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; 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.
Arjun Ram Meghwal is MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and MoS in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao is MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; and MoS in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Jayant Chaudhary is MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and MoS in the Ministry of Education.
MINISTERS OF STATE
Jitin Prasada is MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and MoS in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Shripad Yesso Naik is MoS in the Ministry of Power; and MoS in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Pankaj Chaudhary is MoS in the Ministry of Finance.
Krishan Pal is MoS in the Ministry of Cooperation.
Ramdas Athawale is MoS in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Ram Nath Thakur is MoS in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Nityanand Rai is MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Anupriya Patel is MoS in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and MoS in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
V Somanna is MoS in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and MoS in the Ministry of Railways.
Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani is MoS in the Ministry of Rural Development; and MoS in the Ministry of Communications.
SP Singh Baghel is MoS in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and MoS in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Sushri Sobha Karandlaje is MoS in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and MoS in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Kirtivardhan Singh is MoS in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and MoS in the Ministry of External Affairs.
BL Verma is MoS in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and MoS in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Shantanu Thakur is MoS in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
Suresh Gopi is MoS in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and MoS in the Ministry of Tourism.
Dr L Murugan is MoS in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and MoS in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Ajay Tamta is MoS in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Bandi Sanjay Kumar is MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Kamlesh Paswan is MoS in the Ministry of Rural Development.
Bhagirath Choudhary is MoS in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Satish Chandra Dubey is MoS in the Ministry of Coal; and MoS in the Ministry of Mines.
Sanjay Seth is MoS in the Ministry of Defence.
Ravneet Singh is MoS in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and MoS in the Ministry of Railways.
Durgadas Uikey is MoS in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Raksha Nikhil Khadse is MoS in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Sukanta Majumdar is MoS in the Ministry of Education; and MoS in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
Savitri Thakur is MoS in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Tokhan Sahu is MoS in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Raj Bhushan Choudhary is MoS in the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma is MoS in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and MoS in the Ministry of Steel.
Harsh Malhotra is MoS in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and MoS in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya is MoS in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Murlidhar Mohol is MoS in the Ministry of Cooperation; and MoS in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
George Kurian is MoS in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and MoS in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Pabitra Margherita is MoS in the Ministry of External Affairs; and MoS in the Ministry of Textiles.
Narendra Modi took oath as Prime Minister for a record third term after the NDA won 293 of the 543 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The BJP, however, was short of the majority mark in the Lok Sabha on its own, winning 240 seats. The magic number in the Lok Sabha is 272.