Modi Govt's revamped Cabinet: Full list of new Ministers

07 Jul 2021

On Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi expanded his Union Cabinet, bringing in 36 new faces & promoting seven existing Ministers. As many as twelve top Ministers were dropped from the new Cabinet. This is the first Cabinet reshuffle since PM Narendra 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 & 28 as Ministers of state.

Ex-IAS officer Ashwini Vaishnaw is the new Railways & 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 & also in charge of:

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;

Department of Atomic Energy;

Department of Space;

All important policy issues; and

All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

Cabinet Ministers
1. Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence
2. Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs; & Minister of Cooperation
3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport & Highways
4. Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; & Minister of Corporate Affairs
5. Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
6. S Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs
7. Arjun Munda: Minister of Tribal Affairs
8. Smriti Zubin Irani: Minister of Women & Child Development
9. Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce & Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution; & Minister of Textiles
10. Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Education; & Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
11. Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; & Minister of Mines
12. Narayan Tatu Rane: Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
13. Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways; & Minister of AYUSH
14. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs
15. Dr Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment
16. Giriraj Singh: Minister of Rural Development; & 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; & Minister of Electronics & 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 & Justice
23. Raj Kumar Singh: Minister of Power; & Minister of New & Renewable Energy
24. Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas; & Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs
25. Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Health & Family Welfare; & Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
26. Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; & Minister of Labour & Employment
27. Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Heavy Industries
28. Parshottam Rupala: Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
29. G Kishan Reddy: Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; & Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
30. Anurag Singh Thakur: Minister of Information & Broadcasting; & Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports