Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet for his third term maintains several key ministers in their existing roles for continuity. Here are the notable assignments:
Prime Minister:
- Narendra Modi: Prime Minister and in charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, all important policy issues, and any other unallocated portfolios.
Cabinet Ministers:
- Raj Nath Singh: Minister of Defence.
- Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation.
- Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
- Jagat Prakash Nadda: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development.
- Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs.
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs.
- Manohar Lal: Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of Power.
- H. D. Kumaraswamy: Minister of Heavy Industries; Minister of Steel.
- Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce and Industry.
- Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Education.
- Jitan Ram Manjhi: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh: Minister of Panchayati Raj; Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
- Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
- Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
- Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: Minister of Civil Aviation.
- Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Minister of New and Renewable Energy.
- Jual Oram: Minister of Tribal Affairs.
- Giriraj Singh: Minister of Textiles.
- Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
- Jyotiraditya M. Scindia: Minister of Communications; Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.
- Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism.
- Annpurna Devi: Minister of Women and Child Development.
- Kiren Rijiju: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Minority Affairs.
- Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
- Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Labour and Employment; Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- G. Kishan Reddy: Minister of Coal; Minister of Mines.
- Chirag Paswan: Minister of Food Processing Industries.
- C R Patil: Minister of Jal Shakti.
Ministers of State (Independent Charge):
- 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; Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture.
- 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; Minister of State in the Department of Space.
- Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
- Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Jayant Chaudhary: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.
Ministers of State include notable names like Jitin Prasada, Shripad Yesso Naik, Pankaj Chaudhary, Ramdas Athawale, Nityanand Rai, Anupriya Patel, and Ravneet Singh Bittu, who will serve as junior ministers across various ministries, supporting the senior cabinet members.
This arrangement is aimed at ensuring a blend of experience and fresh perspectives in addressing the country’s governance needs
