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Modi 2.0: Cabinet portfolios announced, complete list of who got what

Modi 2.0: Cabinet portfolios announced, complete list of who got what
Modi 2.0: Cabinet portfolios announced, complete list of who got what

Along with PM Modi, 24 Cabinet ministers, nine Ministers of State (Independent charge) and 24 Ministers of State took oath yesterday

The final allocation of cabinet portfolios was announced on Friday, a day after Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India for the second time by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Along with PM Modi, 24 Cabinet ministers, nine Ministers of State (Independent charge) and 24 Ministers of State took the oath.

PM Modi will personally handle the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and other important policy issues.

The remaining cabinet positions were filled by senior leaders of the BJP and its allies in theNational Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Of all 58 leaders sworn-in as Union ministers, 54 are from the BJP while the remaining are from the four NDA allies – Shiv Sena, Shiromani Akali Dal, Lok Janshakti Party, and Republican Party of India (A).

Other NDA partners like Nitish Kumar-led JD (U) and Anupriya Patel’s Apna Dal have no ministers in the new cabinet as they were unhappy with the proposed allocations.

In a landslide victory, the BJP managed to secure 303 seats on its own in the 545-member house in the recently concluded seven-phased 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The tally of the BJP-led NDA stood at 353 seats.

The final list of ministers and their designated portfolios in Modi 2.0 cabinet are given below.

Cabinet Ministers

Sr. NoMinisterPortfolio
1Shri Raj Nath SinghMinister of Defence
2Shri Amit ShahMinister of Home Affairs
3Shri Nitin Jairam GadkariMinister of Road Transport and Highways + Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
4Shri D.V. Sadananda GowdaMinister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
5Smt. Nirmala SitharamanMinister of Finance + Minister of Corporate Affairs
6Shri Ramvilas PaswanMinister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
7Shri Narendra Singh TomarMinister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare + Minister of Rural Development + Minister of Panchayati Raj
8Shri Ravi Shankar PrasadMinister of Law and Justice + Minister of Communications + Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
9Smt. Harsimrat Kaur BadalMinister of Food Processing Industries
10Shri Thaawar Chand GehlotMinister of Social Justice and Empowerment
11Dr. Subrahmanyam JaishankarMinister of External Affairs
12Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’Minister of Human Resource Development
13Shri Arjun MundaMinister of Tribal Affairs
14Smt. Smriti Zubin IraniMinister of Women and Child Development + Minister of Textiles
15Dr. Harsh VardhanMinister of Health and Family Welfare + Minister of Science and Technology + Minister of Earth Sciences
16Shri Prakash JavadekarMinister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change + Minister of Information and Broadcasting
17Shri Piyush GoyalMinister of Railways + Minister of Commerce and Industry
18Shri Dharmendra PradhanMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas + Minister of Steel
19Shri Mukhtar Abbas NaqviMinister of Minority Affairs
20Shri Pralhad JoshiMinister of Parliamentary Affairs + Minister of Coal + Minister of Mines
21Dr. Mahendra Nath PandeyMinister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
22Shri Arvind Ganpat SawantMinister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
23Shri Giriraj SinghMinister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
24Shri Gajendra Singh ShekhawatMinister of Jal Shakti

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Sr. NoMinisterPortfolio
1Shri Santosh Kumar GangwarMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
2Rao Inderjit SinghMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation + Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning
3Shri Shripad Yesso NaikMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) + Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
4Dr. Jitendra SinghMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region + 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 + Minister of State in the Department of Space
5Shri Kiren RijijuMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports + Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
6Shri Prahalad Singh PatelMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture + Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism
7Shri Raj Kumar SinghMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power + Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy + Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
8Shri Hardeep Singh PuriMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs + Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation + Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
9Shri Mansukh L. MandaviyaMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping + Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ministers of State

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Some Notable Points:

* The new council of ministers comprises of 26 first-timers.

* The council of ministers includes six women, three of whom were sworn in as cabinet ministers.

* A total of 45 candidates from the Lok Sabha have got cabinet berths.

* The new cabinet has 10 members from Uttar Pradesh, followed by seven from Maharashtra and six from Bihar.

* The new Council of Ministers has representation from almost all the states, except Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura.

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