Shillong, July 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday night allocated portfolios to ministers after inducting 36 new faces in the Council of Ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle and elevating 7 Ministers of State (MoS) to Cabinet Ministers.
All together 43 leaders took oath to office and secrecy on Wednesday evening, which included four leaders from the North East. The four new Union Ministers are: Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal Pradesh, Sarbananda Sonowal from Assam, Dr. R.K. Ranjan Singh from Manipur, and Pratima Bhowmik from Tripura. Each leader represents a state ruled by the BJP in the region.
Sonowal and Rijiju have been inducted as Cabinet Ministers while Dr. Singh and Bhowmik have been inducted as Ministers of State.
Former Assam Chief Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal has been allocated the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Ministry of AYUSH.
Kiren Rijiju has been given Ministry of Law and Justice.
Dr. R.K. Ranjan Singh has been given the role of Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.
Pratima Bhowmik has been made the Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Meanwhile, Rameswar Teli, who was earlier the Minister of State for food processing, has now been tasked to work as MoS with Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Ministry of Labour and Employment.
5 Union Ministers from North East
The current Council of Ministers headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has five representatives from the north eastern region. Earlier, there was a bit of confusion on the status of Teli when his name could not be found in the new list, just like many others who were retained in the current capacity.
The list of 43 inductees only contained the name of those that were either elevated into Cabinet Minister from MoS level or were new faces. It meant that Kiren Rijiju’s name featured because he had to resign as MoS of Sports and Youth Affairs to be re-inducted as a Cabinet Minister. Whereas Sonowal, Dr. Singh and Bhowmik were new faces.
As for Teli, he was retained as MoS but shifted to new departments.
Meanwhile, the region has five leaders in the Union Council of Ministers, the highest representation for the region since independence.
New Council of Ministers Structure
After the cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, the Council of Ministers has swelled to 77.
Modi has appointed 30 Cabinet Ministers, 2 Ministers of State (Independent Charge), and 45 Ministers of State.
Full list of Union Ministers with their portfolios
| Shri 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 MINISTERS
| 1. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence |
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; and
Minister of Cooperation |
| 3. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways |
| 4. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs |
| 5. | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| 6. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs |
| 7. | Shri Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs |
| 8. | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development |
| 9. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry;
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles |
| 10. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education; and
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| 11. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of
Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
| 12. | Shri Narayan Tatu Rane | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| 13. | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and
Minister of AYUSH |
| 14. | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs |
| 15. | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 16. | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Rural Development; and
Minister of Panchayati Raj |
| 17. | Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Civil Aviation |
| 18. | Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh | Minister of Steel |
| 19. | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways;
Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
| 20. | Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras | Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| 21. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti |
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22. |
Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Law and Justice |
| 23. | Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of Power; and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy |
| 24. | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| 25. | Shri Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| 26. | Shri 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. | Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| 29. | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Culture;
Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
| 30. | Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports |
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 |
MINISTERS OF STATE
| 1. | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
| 2. | Shri Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| 3. | Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| 4. | Shri 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. | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
| 6. | General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation |
| 7. | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries |
| 8. | Shri 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. | Shri 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. | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 13. | Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
| 14. | Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| 15. | Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice |
| 16. | Shri 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. | Sushri Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| 18. | Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| 19. | Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
| 20. | Shri V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| 21. | Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
| 22. | Shri Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| 23. | Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| 24. | Shri 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. | Shri Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| 26. | Smt. Annpurna Devi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
| 27. | Shri A. Narayanaswamy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| 28. | Shri Kaushal Kishore | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| 29. | Shri Ajay Bhatt | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
| 30. | Shri 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. | Shri Ajay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| 32. | Shri Devusinh Chauhan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications |
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| 33. | Shri 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. | Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil | Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
| 35. | Sushri 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. | Shri Bishweswar Tudu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti |
| 41. | Shri 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. | Shri 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. | Shri Nisith Pramanik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
