New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will retain their respective portfolios in the Modi 3.0 government. The BJP has decided to keep all four major cabinet positions within its fold.
Additionally, allies like TDP, JD(U), LJP (RV), and JD(S) have been assigned significant portfolios in the new Cabinet. TDP's Ram Mohan Naidu will serve as the new Civil Aviation Minister, JD(U)'s Lalan Singh has been appointed Minister of Panchayati Raj, and Chirag Paswan will head the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. JD(S)' HD Kumaraswamy will assume the roles of Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister of Steel.
The much-anticipated portfolio allocation, announced following the first Cabinet meeting of the new Modi government, emphasizes continuity. The NDA 3.0, under Prime Minister Modi, aims to maintain growth momentum and synergy in its third consecutive term at the Centre.
Here's the full list of ministers and their respective portfolios:
1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi: 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.
2. Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence
3. Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
4. Nitin Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways
5. Jagat Prakash Nadda: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
6. Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development
7. Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
8. Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs
9. Manohar Lal Khattar: Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power
10. HD Kumaraswamy: Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel
11. Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce and Industry
12. Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Education
13. Jitan Ram Manjhi: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
14. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh: Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
15. Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
16. Dr Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
17. Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: Minister of Civil Aviation
Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
18. Jual Oram: Minister of Tribal Affairs
19. Giriraj Singh: Minister of Textiles
20. Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
21. Jyotiraditya M Scindia: Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
22. Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
23. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism
24. Annpurna Devi: Minister of Women and Child Development
25. Kiren Rijiju: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs
26. 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. G Kishan Reddy Minister of Coal: and Minister of Mines
29. Chirag Paswan: Minister of Food Processing Industries
30. 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
31. 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 Ministers 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. Jitin Prasada: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
35. Shripad Yesso Naik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
36. Pankaj Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
37. Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
38. Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
39. Ram Nath Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
40. Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
41. Anupriya Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
42. V Somanna: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
43. Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
44. 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
45. 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
46. Kirtivardhan Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
47. 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
48. Shantanu Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
49. Suresh Gopi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
50. Dr L Murugan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
51. Ajay Tamta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
52. Bandi Sanjay Kumar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
53. Kamlesh Paswan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
54. Bhagirath Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
55. Satish Chandra Dubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
56. Sanjay Seth: Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
57. Ravneet Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
58. Durgadas Uikey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
59. Raksha Nikhil Khadse: Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
60. Sukanta Majumdar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
61. Savitri Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development
62. Tokhan Sahu : Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
63. Raj Bhushan Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
64. Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
65. Harsh Malhotra: Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
66. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
67. Murlidhar Mohol: Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
68. George Kurian: Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
69. Pabitra Margherita: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
