NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his Union Cabinet on Wednesday, bringing in 36 new faces and promoting seven existing ministers.
As many as 12 top ministers were dropped from the new Cabinet.
This is the first Cabinet reshuffle since PM Modi assumed charge for a second term in May 2019.
As many as 43 ministers were sworn in at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, including 15 as Cabinet ministers and 28 as ministers of state.
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Seven ministers who were already a part of Modi’s Cabinet have been promoted.
The seven are Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, G Kishan Reddy, Mansukh Mandaviya, Anurag Thakur, G Kishan Reddy,Former IAS officer Ashwini Vaishnaw is the new railways and IT minister while Mansukh Mandaviya has been made the health minister in the new Union Cabinet.
Jyotiraditya Scindia will be taking charge of the civil aviation ministry while Kiren Rijiju will be the new law minister.
Here’s the full list of portfolios after the Cabinet rejig: Narendra Modi: Prime Minister and also in charge of:Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister Cabinet ministers1.
Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence 2.
Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation 3.
Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways 4.
Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs 5.
Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 6.
S Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs 7.
Arjun Munda: Minister of Tribal Affairs 8.
Smriti Zubin Irani: Minister of Women and Child Development 9.
Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles 10.
Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 11.
Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines 12.
Narayan Tatu Rane: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 13.
Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH 14.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs 15.
Dr Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 16.
Giriraj Singh: Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj 17.
Jyotiraditya Scindia: Minister of Civil Aviation 18.
Ramchandra Prasad Singh: Minister of Steel 19.
Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology 20.
Pashu Pati Kumar Paras: Minister of Food Processing Industries 21.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Jal Shakti 22.
Kiren Rijiju: Minister of Law and Justice 23.
Raj Kumar Singh: Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy 24.
Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs 25.
Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 26.
Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment 27.
Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Heavy Industries 28.
Parshottam Rupala: Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 29.
G Kishan Reddy: Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region 30.
Anurag Singh Thakur: Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Read AlsoOBCs, women, youth: Details of PM Modi’s new ‘rainbow’ CabinetNEW DELHI: As many as 43 leaders took oath as ministers on Wednesday in the new and expanded Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The 43 ministers who took oath today include seven incumbent ministers who have been elevated as well as 36 new inductees.
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Here are some key numbers from PM Modi’s big Cabinet reshuffle …
* 36 Ministers of state (Independent charge)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 Corporate Affairs 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 Read AlsoSurprise exits: Several top ministers dropped from PM Modi’s CabinetNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mega Cabinet expansion on Wednesday was packed with surprises.
Ironically though, it was the high-profile sackings from the Cabinet that surprised more than the inclusion of new faces in the Union council of ministers.
Hours before the scheduled CabinetMinisters of state1.
Shripad Yesso Naik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism 2.
Faggansingh Kulaste: Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development 3.
Prahalad Singh Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries 4.
Ashwini Kumar Choubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 5.
Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture 6.
General (Retd.) VK Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation 7.
Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries 8.
Danve Raosaheb Dadarao: Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines 9.
Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 10.
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development 11.
Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 12.
Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 13.
Pankaj Chaowdhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance 14.
Anupriya Singh Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry 15.
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S P Singh Baghel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice 16.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 17.
Shobha Karandlaje: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 18.
Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 19.
Darshana Vikram Jardosh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways 20.
V Muraleedharan: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 21.
Meenakashi Lekhi: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture 22.
Som Parkash: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry 23.
Renuka Singh Saruta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs 24.
Rameswar Teli: Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment 25.
Kailash Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 26.
Annpurna Devi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education 27.
A Narayanaswamy: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 28.
Kaushal Kishore: Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 29.
Ajay Bhatt: Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism 30.
B L Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation 31.
Ajay Kumar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 32.
Devusinh Chauhan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications 33.
Bhagwanth Khuba: Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers 34.
Kapil Moreshwar Patil: Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj 35.
Pratima Bhoumik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 36.
Dr Subhas Sarkar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education 37.
Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance 38.
Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education 39.
Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 40.
Bishweswar Tudu: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti 41.
Shantanu Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways 42.
Dr Munjapara Mahendrabhai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH 43.
John Barla: Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs 44.
Dr L Murugan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 45.
Nisith Pramanik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports