Union Cabinet Expansion: Here’s Details of Portfolio Allocation

By The Newsroom Network On Jul 7, 2021

New Delhi: The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Council of Ministers :-

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; and

All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

CABINET MINISTERS

1.	Raj Nath Singh	Minister of Defence
2.	Amit Shah	Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
3.	Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Minister of Road Transport and Highways
4.	Nirmala Sitharaman	Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
5.	Narendra Singh Tomar	Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
6.	Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar	Minister of External Affairs
7.	Arjun Munda	Minister of Tribal Affairs
8.	Smriti Zubin Irani	Minister of Women and Child Development

9.	Piyush Goyal	Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles
10.	Dharmendra Pradhan	Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
11.	Pralhad Joshi	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines
12.	Narayan Tatu Rane	Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
13.	Sarbananda Sonowal	Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH
14.	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	Minister of Minority Affairs
15.	Dr. Virendra Kumar	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
16.	Giriraj Singh	Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj
17.	Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	Minister of Civil Aviation
18.	Ramchandra Prasad Singh	Minister of Steel
19.	Ashwini Vaishnaw	Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

CABINET MINISTERS (CONTD.)

20.	Pashu Pati Kumar Paras	Minister of Food Processing Industries
21.	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Minister of Jal Shakti
22.	Kiren Rijiju	Minister of Law and Justice
23.	Raj Kumar Singh	Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
24.	Hardeep Singh Puri	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
25.	Mansukh Mandaviya	Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
26.	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.	Parshottam Rupala	Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
29.	G. Kishan Reddy	Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
30.	Anurag Singh Thakur	Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

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

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

Shripad Yesso Naik

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

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

Faggansingh Kulaste

Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development