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Cabinet expansion - Old and New Ministers with new portfolio

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, SEPT 04, 2017: 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:

 

 

 

 

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister and also in-charge of:

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy;
Department of Space; and
All important policy issues; and
All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

   
  CABINET MINISTERS
   

1

Shri Raj Nath Singh

Minister of Home Affairs

2

Smt. Sushma Swaraj

Minister of External Affairs

3

Shri Arun Jaitley

Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs

4

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways;
Minister of Shipping; and
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

5

Shri Suresh Prabhu

Minister of Commerce and Industry

6

Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda

Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation

7

Sushri Uma Bharati

Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation

8

Shri Ramvilas Paswan

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

9

Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

Minister of Women and Child Development

10

Shri Ananthkumar

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

11

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

Minister of Law and Justice; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

12

Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda

Minister of Health and Family Welfare

13

Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati

Minister of Civil Aviation

14

Shri Anant Geete

Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

15

Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Minister of Food Processing Industries

16

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

Minister of Rural Development;
Minister of Panchayati Raj; and
Minister of Mines

17

Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh

Minister of Steel

18

Shri Jual Oram

Minister of Tribal Affairs

19

Shri Radha Mohan Singh

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

20

Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

21

Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

Minister of Textiles; and
Minister of Information and Broadcasting

22

Dr. Harsh Vardhan

Minister of Science and Technology;
Minister of Earth Sciences; and
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

23

Shri Prakash Javadekar

Minister of Human Resource Development

24

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

25

Shri Piyush Goyal

Minister of Railways; and

Minister of Coal

26

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

Minister of Defence

27

Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Minister of Minority Affairs

  MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
   

1

Shri Vijay Goel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

2

Shri Radhakrishnan P.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping

3

Shri S.S. Ahluwalia

Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

4

Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi

Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

5

Shri Ramdas Athawale

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

6

Shri Vishnu Deo Sai

Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel

7

Shri Ram Kripal Yadav

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

8

Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

9

Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal

10

Shri Rajen Gohain

Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

11

General (Retd.) V. K. Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

12

Shri Parshottam Rupala

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

13

Shri Krishan Pal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

14

Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

15

Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

16

Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

17

Shri Sudarshan Bhagat

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

18

Shri Upendra Kushwaha

Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development

19

Shri Kiren Rijiju

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

 20

Dr. Virendra Kumar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs

21

Shri Anantkumar Hegde

Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

22

Shri M. J. Akbar

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

23

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

24

Shri Y. S. Chowdary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences

25

Shri Jayant Sinha

Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation

26

Shri Babul Supriyo

Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

27

Shri Vijay Sampla

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

28

Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

29

Shri Ajay Tamta

Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles

30

Smt. Krishna Raj

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

31

Shri Mansukh  L. Mandaviya

Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

32

Smt. Anupriya Patel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

33

Shri C.R. Chaudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

34

Shri P.P. Chaudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs

35

Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence

36

Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

37

Dr. Satya Pal Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation


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