New Delhi: The allocation of the portfolios among the members of the Union Council of Ministers in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third government has been announced.
Here are details:
Prime Minister 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. Jagat Prakash Nadda: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
5. Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development.
6. Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
7. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs.
8. Manohar Lal: Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power.
9. H. D. Kumaraswamy: Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel.
10. Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce and Industry.
11. Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Education
12. Jitan Ram Manjhi: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
13. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh: Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
14. Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
15. Dr. Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
16. Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: Minister of Civil Aviation.
17. Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy.
18. Jual Oram: Minister of Tribal Affairs.
19. Giriraj Singh: Minister of Textiles.
20. Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; And Minister of Electronics and InformationTechnology.
21. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia: Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North EasternRegion.
22. Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
23. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism.
24. Annpurna Devi: Minister of Women and Child Development
25. Kiren Rijiju: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs.
26. Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
27. Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.
28. G. Kishan Reddy: Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
29. Chirag Paswan: Minister of Food Processing Industries.
30. C R Patil: Minister of Jal Shakti.
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 Culture.
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.
3. Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
4. Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
5. Jayant Chaudhary: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.
MINISTERS OF STATE
1. Jitin Prasada: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
2. Shripad Yesso Naik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
3. Pankaj Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
4. Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation.
5. Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
6. Ram Nath Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
7. Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
8. Anupriya Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
9. V. Somanna: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
10. Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications.
11. Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
12. Sushri Shobha Karandlaje: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
13. Kirtivardhan Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
14. B. L. Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
15. Shantanu Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
16. Suresh Gopi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism.
17. Dr. L. Murugan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
18. Ajay Tamta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
19. Bandi Sanjay Kumar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
20. Kamlesh Paswan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
21. Bhagirath Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
22. Satish Chandra Dubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.
23. Sanjay Seth: Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
24. Ravneet Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
25. Durgadas Uikey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
26. Raksha Nikhil Khadse: Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
27. Sukanta Majumdar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
28. Savitri Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
29. Tokhan Sahu: Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
30. Raj Bhushan Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
31. Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
32. Harsh Malhotra: Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
33. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
34. Murlidhar Mohol: Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
35. George Kurian: Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
36. Pabitra Margherita: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.