Cabinet reshuffle: Portfolios of Modi’s ministers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejigged his council of ministers on Tuesday, inducting 19 new ministers in an exercise aimed both at pleasing voters in states headed for elections next year as well as speeding up efforts to boost economic growth. He also dropped five ministers.
Smriti Irani was removed as the HRD minister following a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, with Prakash Javadekar being given the post.
Irani has been given the textiles ministry.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejigged his council of ministers on Tuesday, inducting 19 new ministers in an exercise aimed both at pleasing voters in states headed for elections next year as well as speeding up efforts to boost economic growth. He also dropped five ministers.
Below are the portfolios of the Union Council of Ministers:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, All important policy issues, and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister
Cabinet Ministers | Portfolios |
Rajnath Singh | Home Affairs |
Sushma Swaraj | External Affairs |
Arun Jaitley | Finance and Corporate Affairs |
M. Venkaiah Naidu | Information & Broadcasting |
Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Road Transport and Highways |
Manohar Parrikar | Defence |
Suresh Prabhu | Railways |
D. V. Sadananda Gowda | Statistics & Programme Implementation |
Uma Bharati | Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation |
Dr. Najma A. Heptulla | Minority Affairs |
Ramvilas Paswan | Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution |
Kalraj Mishra | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises |
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | Women & Child Development |
Ananthkumar | Parliamentary Affairs |
Ravi Shankar Prasad | Law & Justice |
Jagat Prakash Nadda | Health & Family Welfare |
Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati | Civil Aviation |
Anant Geete | Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Food Processing Industries |
Narendra Singh Tomar | Rural Development, |
Chaudhary Birender Singh | Steel |
Jual Oram | Tribal Affairs |
Radha Mohan Singh | Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Social Justice and Empowerment |
Smriti Zubin Irani | Textiles |
Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Science & Technology, Earth Sciences |
Prakash Javadekar | Human Resource Development |
Ministers of State | Portfolios |
Rao Inderjit Singh | Planning (Independent Charge) |
Bandaru Dattatreya | Labour & Employment (Independent Charge) |
Rajiv Pratap Rudy | Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) |
Vijay Goel | Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) |
Shripad Yesso Naik | AAYUSH (Independent Charge) |
Dharmendra Pradhan | Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) |
Piyush Goyal | Power (Independent Charge) |
Dr. Jitendra Singh | Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) |
Nirmala Sitharaman | Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) |
Dr. Mahesh Sharma | Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge) |
Manoj Sinha | Communications (Independent Charge) |
Anil Madhav Dave | Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) |
General V. K. Singh | External Affairs |
Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Finance |
Faggan Singh Kulaste | Health & Family Welfare |
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minority Affairs |
S. S. Ahluwalia | Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
Ramdas Athawale | Social Justice & Empowerment |
Ram Kripal Yadav | Rural Development |
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises |
Giriraj Singh | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises |
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir | Home Affairs |
G. M. Siddeshwara | Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi | Drinking Water & Sanitation |
Rajen Gohain | Railways |
Parshottam Rupala | Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
M. J. Akbar | External Affairs |
Upendra Kushwaha | Human Resources Development |
Radhakrishnan P | Road Transport & Highways |
Kiren Rijiju | Home Affairs |
Krishan Pal | Social Justice & Empowerment |
Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor | Tribal Affairs |
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation |
Vishnu Deo Sai | Steel |
Sudarshan Bhagat | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
Y. S. Chowdary | Science & Technology |
Jayant Sinha | Civil Aviation |
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Information & Broadcasting |
Babul Supriyo | Urban Development |
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Food Processing Industries |
Vijay Sampla | Social Justice & Empowerment |
Arjun Ram Meghwal | Finance |
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Human Resource Development |
Ajay Tamta | Textiles |
Krishna Raj | Women & Child Development |
Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Road Transport & Highways, |
Anupriya Patel | Health & Family Welfare |
C. R. Chaudhary | Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution |
P. P. Chaudhary | Law & Justice |
Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre | Defence |