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Narendra Modi Cabinet highlight: Finance Ministry announces ₹1.39 lakh cr tax devolution to states
Narendra Modi Cabinet highlight: Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, S Jaishankar and Nirmala Sitharaman have retained their respective portfolios.
- 10:16 PM IST, June 10FM announced major tax devolution to states in June
- 8:18 PM IST, June 10PM calls up Manmohan Singh, Deve Gowda
- 7:28 PM IST, June 10JP Nadda gets health ministry
- 7:14 PM IST, June 10Manohar Lal Khattar gets power, urban affairs
- 7:12 PM IST, June 10Ashwini Vaishnaw gets Information and Broadcasting Ministry
- 7:10 PM IST, June 10Shivraj Singh Chouhan gets agriculture and rural development
- 6:44 PM IST, June 10Nitin Gadkari retains Road Transport & Highways, reports say
- 5:21 PM IST, June 10Cabinet meeting at PM's residence to commence soon
- 1:57 PM IST, June 10S Jaishankar holds talks with Sri Lankan, Maldivian, and Bangladeshi leaders
- 1:34 PM IST, June 10Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets former President a day after swearing-in ceremony
- 1:24 PM IST, June 10‘Grateful to PM for two Union Minister posts for Kerala,’ says state BJP chief
- 12:41 PM IST, June 10First Cabinet meeting likely at 5 pm today
- 12:28 PM IST, June 10What is PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme?
- 12:07 PM IST, June 10‘Will work on expectations of the public,’ says newly sworn-in Union minister Murlidhar Mohol
- 11:55 AM IST, June 10In a first after forming new govt, Prime Minister signs on PM Kisan Nidhi' release
- 11:34 AM IST, June 10PM arrives at Delhi's South Block; allocation of portfolios expected soon
- 11:25 AM IST, June 10UP CM Yogi Adityanath calls on Cabinet Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah
- 10:42 AM IST, June 10Canadian PM congratulates the new Indian government; Modi replies
- 10:28 AM IST, June 10Telangana CM Revanth Reddy congratulates new Union Ministers from Telugu states
- 10:07 AM IST, June 10TDP's Chandrababu Naidu congratulates PM for the third term
- 9:54 AM IST, June 10Cong's Jairam Ramesh takes dig at BJP over 'Katchateevu row' as Sri Lankan President visits for PM's oath ceremony
- 8:22 AM IST, June 10Here's the list of Union ministers who took oath on Sunday
- 8:00 AM IST, June 10‘Sheikh Hasina invited PM Modi to visit Bangladesh,’ says Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud
- 7:46 AM IST, June 1034 ministers retain berth, including 19 in Cabinet
Narendra Modi Cabinet highlight: The portfolio distribution in the NDA government was announced after the first Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi. A total of 30 MPs took oath as Cabinet ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening. Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed the first file of his third tenure on Monday which pertains to releasing the 17th instalment of the PM Kisan Nidhi....Read More
Narendra Modi took oath as Prime Minister for the third consecutive time along with his new Cabinet and council of ministers at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening. The oath was administered by President Droupadi Murmu in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan during the ceremony that began at 7.15 pm. Modi's oath-taking was followed immediately by top BJP aides Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari – the defence, home and transport ministers in his last government, respectively.
The new government team includes 30 Cabinet ministers, 5 Ministers of State with Independent Charge and 36 Ministers of State.
Members of Parliament (MPs) who took oath as members of the Council of Ministers include Narendra Modi, JP Nadda, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal, and Jyotiraditya Scindia. Other appointees include HD Kumaraswamy of (JDS), Chirag Paswan (LJP), Ram Nath Thakur JD(U), Jitan Ram Manji (HAM-S), Jayant Chaudhary (RLD), Anupriya Patel (Apna Dal (Soneylal)), Rammohan Naidu (TDP), and Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani (TDP). Pratap Rao Jadhav of the Shiv Sena was also inducted into the new government as Union Minister of State.
Who was in attendance at the swearing-in ceremony?
- Industrialists like Mukesh Ambani attended with his sons Anant and Akash and son-in-law Anand Piramal, while Gautam Adani was there with his wife Priti and brother Rajesh Adani.
- Actors Shah Rukh Khan, Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon, Anupam Kher, Vikrant Massey, and singer Kailash Kher were present.
- Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud attended the event with his wife, and former President Ram Nath Kovind also attended.
- Seven heads of state attended the event as part of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy - Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu, Vice-President of Seychelles Ahmed Afif, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay.
Lok Sabha election result numbers
The BJP bagged 240 seats in the recently held Lok Sabha election, and the National Democratic Alliance secured a majority of 293 seats out of 543 Lok Sabha seats. On the other hand, the Congress won 99 seats in the general election, while the INDIA bloc bagged 234 seats.
PinnedNarendra Modi Cabinet Live Updates: List of Ministers of State (MoS)
Jitin Prasada - Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Shripad Yesso Naik - Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Pankaj Chaudhary - Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
Krishan Pal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation.
Ramdas Athawale - Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Ram Nath Thakur - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Nityanand Rai - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Anupriya Patel - Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
V. Somanna - Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani - Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications.
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.
Sobha Karandlaje - Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Kirtivardhan Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
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.
Shantanu Thakur - Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
Suresh Gopi - Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism.
Dr. L. Murugan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Ajay Tamta - Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Bandi Sanjay Kumar - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Kamlesh Paswan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
Bhagirath Choudhary - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Satish Chandra Dubey - Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.
Sanjay Seth - Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
Ravneet Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
Durgadas Uikey - Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Raksha Nikhil Khadse - Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Sukanta Majumdar - Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
Savitri Thakur - Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Tokhan Sahu - Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Raj Bhushan Choudhary - Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma - Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
Harsh Malhotra - Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya - Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Murlidhar Mohol- Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
George Kurian - Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Pabitra Margherita - Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
Narendra Modi Cabinet Live Updates: List of MoS (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 Culture.
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.
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.
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.
Jayant Chaudhary - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.
Narendra Modi Cabinet Live Updates: Full list of cabinet ministers
Rajnath Singh - Minister of Defence
Amit Shah - Minister of Home Affairs; Minister of Cooperation.
Nitin Jairam Gadkari - Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
Jagat Prakash Nadda - Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan - Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and
Minister of Rural Development.
Nirmala Sitharaman - Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Minister of External Affairs.
Manohar Lal Khattar - Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and
Minister of Power.
H. D. Kumaraswamy - Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel.
Piyush Goyal - Minister of Commerce and Industry.
Dharmendra Pradhan - Minister of Education
Jitan Ram Manjhi - Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh - Minister of Panchayati Raj; and
Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Sarbananda Sonowal - Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
Virendra Kumar - Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu - Minister of Civil Aviation.
Pralhad Joshi - Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy.
Jual Oram - Minister of Tribal Affairs.
Giriraj Singh - Minister of Textiles.
Ashwini Vaishnaw - Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia - Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.
Bhupender Yadav - Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism.
Annpurna Devi - Minister of Women and Child Development
Kiren Rijiju - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs.
Hardeep Singh Puri - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Mansukh Mandaviya - Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.
G. Kishan Reddy - Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
Chirag Paswan - Minister of Food Processing Industries.
C R Patil - Minister of Jal Shakti
