Cabinet ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new administration have been sworn in following the NDA’s successful election. The ceremony took place on June 9. Key figures such as Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari have kept their portfolios, while new faces like Shivraj Singh Chouhan, J.P. Nadda, and H.D. Kumaraswamy have been introduced. Notably absent are former cabinet ministers Smriti Irani and Anurag Thakur
Current Cabinet Ministers
Narendra Modi continues as Prime Minister with additional responsibilities including the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, the Department of Atomic Energy, and the Department of Space.
Key Cabinet Retaining Portfolios:
- Rajnath Singh: Defence
- Amit Shah: Home Affairs and Cooperation
- Nitin Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways
- Nirmala Sitharaman: Finance and Corporate Affairs
- S. Jaishankar: External Affairs
Newly Appointed Cabinet Ministers:
- J.P. Nadda: Health and Family Welfare; Chemicals and Fertilizers
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Agriculture, Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development
- H.D. Kumaraswamy: Heavy Industries and Steel
- Manohar Lal Khattar: Housing, Urban Affairs, and Power
Other Key Cabinet Ministers:
- Piyush Goyal: Commerce and Industry
- Dharmendra Pradhan: Education
- Jitan Ram Manjhi: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh): Panchayati Raj; Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying
- Sarbananda Sonowal: Ports, Shipping, and Waterways
- Dr. Virendra Kumar: Social Justice and Empowerment
- Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: Civil Aviation
- Pralhad Joshi: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; New and Renewable Energy
- Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs
- Giriraj Singh: Textiles
- Ashwini Vaishnaw: Railways; Information and Broadcasting; Electronics and Information Technology
- Jyotiraditya M. Scindia: Communications; Development of North Eastern Region
- Bhupender Yadav: Environment, Forest, and Climate Change
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Culture; Tourism
- Annpurna Devi: Women and Child Development
- Kiren Rijiju: Parliamentary Affairs; Minority Affairs
- Hardeep Singh Puri: Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya: Labour and Employment; Youth Affairs and Sports
- G. Kishan Reddy: Coal; Mines
- Chirag Paswan: Food Processing Industries
- C.R. Patil: Jal Shakti
Ministers of State (Independent Charge):
- Rao Inderjit Singh: Statistics and Programme Implementation; Planning; Culture
- Dr. Jitendra Singh: Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; Prime Minister’s Office; Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions; Atomic Energy; Space
- Arjun Ram Meghwal: Law and Justice; Parliamentary Affairs
- Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao: Ayush; Health and Family Welfare
- Jayant Chaudhary: Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Education
Ministers of State:
- Jitin Prasada: Commerce and Industry; Electronics and IT
- Shripad Yesso Naik: Power; New and Renewable Energy
- Pankaj Chaudhary: Finance
- Krishan Pal: Cooperation
- Ramdas Athawale: Social Justice and Empowerment
- Ram Nath Thakur: Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Nityanand Rai: Home Affairs
- Anupriya Patel: Health and Family Welfare; Chemicals and Fertilizers
- V. Somanna: Jal Shakti; Railways
- Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani: Rural Development; Communications
- Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel: Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; Panchayati Raj
- Sushri Sobha Karandlaje: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Labour and Employment
- Kirtivardhan Singh: Environment, Forest and Climate Change; External Affairs
- B. L. Verma: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Social Justice and Empowerment
- Shantanu Thakur: Ports, Shipping, and Waterways
- Suresh Gopi: Petroleum and Natural Gas; Tourism
- L. Murugan: Information and Broadcasting; Parliamentary Affairs
- Ajay Tamta: Road Transport and Highways
- Bandi Sanjay Kumar: Home Affairs
- Kamlesh Paswan: Rural Development
- Bhagirath Choudhary: Coal; Mines
- Sanjay Seth: Defence
- Ravneet Singh: Food Processing Industries; Railways
- Durgadas Uikey: Tribal Affairs
- Raksha Nikhil Khadse: Youth Affairs and Sports
- Sukanta Majumdar: Education; Development of North Eastern Region
- Savitri Thakur: Women and Child Development
- Tokhan Sahu: HousinFg and Urban Affairs
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary: Jal Shakti
- Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma: Heavy Industries; Steel
- Harsh Malhotra: Corporate Affairs; Road Transport and Highways
- Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Murlidhar Mohol: Cooperation; Civil Aviation
- George Kurian: Minority Affairs; Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Pabitra Margherita: External Affairs; Textiles
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