Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a major cabinet reshuffle. Four junior ministers -- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal elevated to the cabinet rank and nine fresh faces inducted as Ministers of State.
Here is the complete list:
Prime Minister 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
# Raj Nath Singh: Minister of Home Affairs.
# Sushma Swaraj: Minister of External Affairs.
# Arun Jaitley: Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
# Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Shipping; and Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
# Suresh Prabhu: Minister of Commerce and Industry.
# D.V. Sadananda Gowda: Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
# Uma Bharati: Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
# Ramvilas Paswan: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
# Maneka Sanjay Gandhi: Minister of Women and Child Development.
# Ananthkumar: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
# Ravi Shankar Prasad: Minister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
# Jagat Prakash Nadda: Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
# Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati: Minister of Civil Aviation.
# Anant Geete: Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
# Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Minister of Food Processing Industries.
# Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Mines.
# Chaudhary Birender Singh: Minister of Steel.
# Jual Oram: Minister of Tribal Affairs.
# Radha Mohan Singh: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
# Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
# Smriti Zubin Irani: Minister of Textiles; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
# Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Minister of Science and Technology; Minister of Earth Sciences; and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
# Prakash Javadekar: Minister of Human Resource Development.
# Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
# Piyush Goyal: Minister of Railways; and Minister of Coal.
# Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Defence.
# Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs.
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
# Rao Inderjit Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
# Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
# Shripad Yesso Naik: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).
# Dr. Jitendra Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; 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.
# Dr. Mahesh Sharma: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
# Giriraj Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
# Manoj Sinha: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
# Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
# Raj Kumar Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
# Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
# Alphons Kannanthanam: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
MINISTERS OF STATE
# Vijay Goel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
# Radhakrishnan P.: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.
# S.S. Ahluwalia: Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
# Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
# Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
# Vishnu Deo Sai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
# Ram Kripal Yadav: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
# Hansraj Gangaram Ahir: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
# Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.
# Rajen Gohain: Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
# General (Retd.) V. K. Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
# Parshottam Rupala: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
# Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
# Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
# Shiv Pratap Shukla: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
# Ashwini Kumar Choubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
# Sudarshan Bhagat: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
# Upendra Kushwaha: Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
# Kiren Rijiju; Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
# Dr. Virendra Kumar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
# Anantkumar Hegde: Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
# M. J. Akbar: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
# Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti: Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
# Y. S. Chowdary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
# Jayant Sinha: Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
# Babul Supriyo: Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
# Vijay Sampla: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
# 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.
# Ajay Tamta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
# Krishna Raj: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
# 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.
# Anupriya Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
# 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.
# P.P. Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
# Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre: Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
# Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.