Modi Cabinet 2024: PM's core team retains Home, Defence, Finance, External Affairs

Modi Cabinet 2024: PM's core team retains Home, Defence, Finance, External Affairs

Suresh Gopi    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism.

George Kurian    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

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PRIME Minister Narendra Modi has retained 34 ministers from his previous council, including 19 with Cabinet berths, as he begins his third term. 

Prominent names include Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar who have retained their previous portfolios.

The ministries were unveiled the day after the oath ceremony where 71 leaders from the NDA bloc took the oath to be included in the council of ministers. 

Cabinet Ministers

Names    Party    Portfolio

  1. Rajnath Singh    BJP    Minister of Defence.
    2. Amit Shah    BJP    Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation.
    3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari    BJP    Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
    4. Jagat Prakash Nadda    BJP    Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
    5. Shivraj Singh Chouhan    BJP    Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development.
    6. Nirmala Sitharaman    BJP    Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
    7. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar    BJP    Minister of External Affairs.
    8. Manohar Lal Khattar    BJP    Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power.
    9. H. D. Kumaraswamy    JD(S)    Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel.
    10. Piyush Goyal    BJP    Minister of Commerce and Industry.
    11. Dharmendra Pradhan    BJP    Minister of Education.
    12. Jitan Ram Manjhi    HAM    Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
    13. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh    JD(U)    Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
    14. Sarbananda Sonowal    BJP    Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
    15. Virendra Kumar    BJP    Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
    16. Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu    TDP    Minister of Civil Aviation.
    17. Pralhad Joshi    BJP    Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy.
    18. Jual Oram    BJP    Minister of Tribal Affairs.
    19. Giriraj Singh    BJP    Minister of Textiles.
    20. Ashwini Vaishnaw    BJP    Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
    21. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia    BJP    Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.
    22. Bhupender Yadav    BJP    Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
    23. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat    BJP    Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism.
    24. Annpurna Devi    BJP    Minister of Women and Child Development
    25. Kiren Rijiju    BJP    Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and  Minister of Minority Affairs.
    26. Hardeep Singh Puri    BJP    Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
    27. Mansukh Mandaviya    BJP    Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.
    28. G. Kishan Reddy    BJP    Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
    29. Chirag Paswan    LJP (Ram Vilas)    Minister of Food Processing Industries.
    30. C R Paatil    BJP    Minister of Jal Shakti.
  2. Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

1. Rao Inderjit Singh    BJP    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. Jitendra Singh    BJP    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    BJP    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    Shiv Sena    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    RLD    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    BJP    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    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
3. Pankaj Chaudhary    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
 4. Krishan Pal Gurjar    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation.
5. Ramdas Athawale    RPI    Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
6.Ram Nath Thakur    JD(U)    Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
7. Nityanand Rai    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
8. Anupriya Patel    Apna Dal (Soneylal)    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    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
10. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani    TDP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications.
11. Satya Pal Singh Baghel    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
12. Shobha Karandlaje    BJP    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    BJP    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    BJP    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    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
16. Suresh Gopi    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism.
17. L. Murugan    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
18. Ajay Tamta    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
19. Bandi Sanjay Kumar    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
20. Kamlesh Paswan    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
21. Bhagirath Choudhary    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
22. Satish Chandra Dubey    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.
23. Sanjay Seth    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
24. Ravneet Singh Bittu    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
25. Durgadas Uikey    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
26. Raksha Nikhil Khadse    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
27. Sukanta Majumdar    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
28. Savitri Thakur    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
29. Tokhan Sahu    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
30. Raj Bhushan Choudhary    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
31. Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
32. Harsh Malhotra    BJP    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    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
34. Murlidhar Mohol    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
35. George Kurian    BJP    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    BJP    Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.