Portfolios for PM Modi-led Union Cabinet announced, who got what? Check full list
Portfolios of all the cabinet ministers and ministers of state were announced by the Office of President.
Ministerial portfolios for the PM Modi led union cabinet were announced a short while ago in a communication from the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
There has been no change in the big four ministries. As expected, the top four ministries were retained by Amit Shah (Home), Rajnath Singh (Defence), Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance) and S Jaishankar (External Affairs).
BJP president J P Nadda, recently inducted into the Cabinet, will lead the Health and Family Welfare ministry and the Chemicals and Fertilizers ministry.
Key ministers retaining their portfolios include Hardeep Singh Puri (Petroleum), Nitin Gadkari (Road Transport and Highways), and Piyush Goyal (Commerce).
Ashwini Vaishnaw will continue as the Railways minister while also taking on the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will manage the Agriculture ministry, and Kiren Rijiju has been assigned the Parliamentary Affairs ministry.
Former Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar will oversee the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry and the Power Ministry.
Among NDA allies, TDP’s Ram Mohan Naidu, the youngest minister in the Cabinet, will handle the Civil Aviation Ministry, while JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy will be in charge of Steel and Heavy Industries.
The Civil Aviation Ministry, previously managed by Jyotiraditya Scindia, is now under Ram Mohan Naidu, with Scindia taking over the Telecom ministry.
Prime Minister Modi retains control of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, and any other portfolios not assigned to other ministers.
The Cabinet consists of 71 members in addition to the Prime Minister. This includes 30 cabinet ministers, five ministers of state (independent charge), and 36 ministers of state.
Uttar Pradesh has the highest representation with 11 ministers, followed by Bihar with eight. Maharashtra and Gujarat each have six ministers, while Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh each have five.
Detailed List of Portfolios in Modi Cabinet
Cabinet Ministers
| # | Minister’s Name | Portfolio(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| 2 | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation. |
| 3 | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 4 | Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5 | Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development. |
| 6 | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 7 | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 8 | Shri Manohar Lal | Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power. |
| 9 | Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy | Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel. |
| 10 | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 11 | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education. |
| 12 | Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 13 | Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh | Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 14 | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 15 | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 16 | Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu | Minister of Civil Aviation. |
| 17 | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 18 | Shri Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 19 | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Textiles. |
| 20 | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 21 | Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 22 | Shri Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 23 | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism. |
| 24 | Smt. Annpurna Devi | Minister of Women and Child Development. |
| 25 | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| 26 | Shri 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 | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. |
| 29 | Shri Chirag Paswan | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 30 | Shri C R Patil | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
Ministers of Sate (Independent Charge)
| # | Minister’s Name | Portfolio(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Shri 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 | Shri 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 | Shri 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
| # | Minister’s Name | Portfolio(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shri Jitin Prasada | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. | ||
| 2 | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. | ||
| 3 | Shri Pankaj Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. |
| 4 | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation. |
| 5 | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6 | Shri Ram Nath Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 7 | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 8 | Smt. Anupriya Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. | ||
| 9 | Shri V. Somanna | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. | ||
| 10 | Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; |
| 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; |
| 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; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. | ||
| 13 | Shri Kirtivardhan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. | ||
| 14 | Shri B. L. Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. | ||
| 15 | Shri Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 16 | Shri Suresh Gopi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism. | ||
| 17 | Dr. L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. | ||
| 18 | Shri Ajay Tamta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 19 | Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 20 | Shri Kamlesh Paswan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 21 | Shri Bhagirath Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 22 | Shri Satish Chandra Dubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines. | ||
| 23 | Shri Sanjay Seth | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| 24 | Shri Ravneet Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. | ||
| 25 | Shri Durgadas Uikey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 26 | Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse | Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 27 | Shri Sukanta Majumdar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. | ||
| 28 | Smt. Savitri Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
| 29 | Shri Tokhan Sahu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. |
| 30 | Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti. |
| 31 | Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. | ||
| 32 | Shri Harsh Malhotra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. | ||
| 33 | Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 34 | Shri Murlidhar Mohol | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. | ||
| 35 | Shri George Kurian | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. | ||
| 36 | Shri Pabitra Margherita | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; |
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
The first cabinet meeting was held today at 5 pm chaired by PM Narendra Modi.
