The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:-
Earlier Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made some major changes in his cabinet on the basis of performance of ministers. He also inducted 19 new ministers to his government.
HRD minister Smirti Irani has been stripped of her ministry and allotted Textile ministry to her. Parkash Javedkar will be new HRD minister.
Venkaiah Naidu is the new I&B Minister. Sadananda Gowda given Statistics and Programme Implementation. Ravi Shankar Prasad given Law and Justice Department.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
| 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 MINISTERS
1. | Raj Nath Singh | Home Affairs |
2. | Smt. Sushma Swaraj | External Affairs |
3. | Arun Jaitley | Finance Corporate Affairs |
4. | M. Venkaiah Naidu | Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Information & Broadcasting |
5. | Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Road Transport and Highways Shipping |
6. | Manohar Parrikar | Defence |
7. | Suresh Prabhu | Railways |
8. | D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Statistics & Programme Implementation |
9. | Sushri Uma Bharati | Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation |
10. | Dr. Najma A. Heptulla | Minority Affairs |
11. | Ramvilas Paswan | Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
12. | Kalraj Mishra | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
13. | Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | Women and Child Development |
14. | Ananthkumar | Chemicals and Fertilizers Parliamentary Affairs |
15. | Ravi Shankar Prasad | Law & Justice Electronics & Information Technology |
16. | Jagat Prakash Nadda | Health & Family Welfare |
17. | Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati | Civil Aviation |
18. | Anant Geete | Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
19. | . Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Food Processing Industries |
20. | Narendra Singh Tomar | Rural Development Panchayati Raj Drinking Water and Sanitation |
21. | Chaudhary Birender Singh | Steel |
22. | Jual Oram | Tribal Affairs |
23. | Radha Mohan Singh | Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
24. | Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Social Justice and Empowerment |
25. | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Textiles |
26. | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Science and Technology Earth Sciences |
27. | Prakash Javadekar | Human Resource Development |
MINISTERS OF STATE
1. | Rao Inderjit Singh | Planning (Independent Charge) Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation |
2. | Bandaru Dattatreya | Labour and Employment (Independent Charge) |
3. | Rajiv Pratap Rudy | Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) |
4. | Vijay Goel | Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation |
5. | Shripad Yesso Naik | AAYUSH (Independent Charge) |
6. | Dharmendra Pradhan | Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) |
7. | Piyush Goyal | Power (Independent Charge) Coal (Independent Charge) New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) Mines (Independent Charge) |
8. | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) Prime Minister’s Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space |
9. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) |
10. | Dr. Mahesh Sharma | Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge) |
11. | Manoj Sinha | Communications (Independent Charge) Railways |
12. | Anil Madhav Dave | Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) |
13. | General V.K. Singh | External Affairs |
14. | Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Finance |
15. | Faggan Singh Kulaste | Health & Family Welfare |
16. | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minority Affairs Parliamentary Affairs |
17. | S.S. Ahluwalia | Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Parliamentary Affairs |
18. | Ramdas Athawale | Social Justice & Empowerment |
19. | Ram Kripal Yadav | Rural Development |
20. | Haribhai Parthbhai Chaudhary | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises |
21. | Giriraj Singh | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises |
22. | Hansraj Gangaram Ahir | Home Affairs |
23. | G.M. Siddeshwara | Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
24. | Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi | Drinking Water & Sanitation |
25. | Rajen Gohain | Railways |
26. | Parshottam Rupala | Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Panchayati Raj |
27. | M.J. Akbar | External Affairs |
28. | Upendra Kushwaha | Human Resources Development |
29. | Radhakrishnan P. | Road Transport & Highways Shipping |
30. | Kiren Rijiju | Home Affairs |
31. | Krishan Pal | Social Justice & Empowerment |
32. | Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor | Tribal Affairs |
33. | Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation |
34. | Shri Vishnu Deo Sai |