Modi cabinet 2.0: Amit Shah takes Home, Rajnath in Defence, Nirmala gets Finance
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): Amit Shah, the architect of a spectacular victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections, is India's new Home Minister while his predecessor Rajnath Singh gets Defence as the portfolios of the lists of ministers in the Narendra Modi government 2.0 were announced on Friday.
Shah bagged the Home Ministry as was widely speculated when it was first known that he would join the cabinet in the second term of Modi.
Rajnath Singh, a BJP veteran, has been handed over the Defence Ministry which was earlier held by Nirmala Sitharaman.
In absence of Arun Jaitley, who has opted out of the government owing to health issues, Nirmala Sitharaman has been given the responsibility of the Finance Ministry and Corporate Affairs Ministry.
Sitharaman, who had strongly reacted to the Opposition's Rafale allegations in the parliament in last 18 months, was the Defence Minister since 2017.
Former Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who took oath as the minister a day ago, has been given the charge of Ministry of External Affairs on expected lines.
Sushma Swaraj, who didn't contest the Lok Sabha polls and was not keeping too well, was not in the list of 58 ministers who sworn in at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday.
Swaraj had endeared entire India and people from across the world with her humane approach to extending assistance in every crisis of even individuals by using the social media tool of Twitter.
She became such a popular minister for her Twitter engagements that many were seen grieving her absence in the External Affairs Ministry and urging through tweets the new Modi government to reinstate her.
Among other cabinet ministers, Piyush Goyal will continue as the Railway Minister; Nitin Gadkari as Road, Transport and Highway Minister, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Ravi Shankar Prasad as Ministries of Law and Justice, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology; Smriti Irani as Minister of Women and Child Development and Textiles.
General VK Singh has been the charge of Minister of State in the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways.
In total, the Modi government consists of 25 cabinet ministries, nine Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 24 Ministers of State (MoS).
The Complete List of Ministers with Portfolios:
Cabinet Ministers
1. Narendra Modi - Prime Minister, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space
2. Rajnath Singh - Minister of Defence
3. Amit Shah - Minister of Home Affairs.
4. Nitin Gadkari - Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
5. DV Sadananda Gowda - Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
6. Nirmala Sitharaman - Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
7. Ramvilas Paswan - Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
8. Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
9. Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
10. Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Minister of Food Processing Industries.
11. Thaawar Chand Gehlot - Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
12. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Minister of External Affairs.
13. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' - Minister of Human Resource Development.
14. Arjun Munda - Minister of Tribal Affairs.
15. Smriti Irani - Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.
16. Dr. Harsh Vardhan - Minister of Health and Family Welfare;Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences.
17. Prakash Javadekar - Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
18. Piyush Goyal - Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry.
19. Dharmendra Pradhan - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel.
20. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Minister of Minority Affairs.
21. Pralhad Joshi - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
22. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey - Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
23. Arvind Ganpat Sawant - Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
24. Giriraj Singh - Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
25. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Minister of Jal Shakti
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1. Santosh Kumar Gangwar - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
2. Rao Inderjit Singh - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning.
3. Shripad Naik - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
4. 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.
5. Kiren Rijiju - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
6. Prahalad Singh Patel - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.
7. Raj Kumar Singh - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
8. Hardeep Singh Puri - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
9. Mansukh L. Mandaviya - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Ministers of State
1. Faggansingh Kulaste - Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
2. Ashwini Kumar Choubey - Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
3. Arjun Ram Meghwal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
4. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
5. Krishan Pal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
6. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao - Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
7. G Kishan Reddy - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
8. Parshottam Rupala - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
9. Ramdas Athawale - Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowermen
10. Niranjan Jyoti - Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
11. Babul Supriyo - Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
12. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
13. Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao - Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
14. Anurag Singh Thakur - Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
15. Angadi Suresh Channabasappa - Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
16. Nityanand Rai - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
17. Rattan Lal Kataria - Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
18. V Muraleedharan - Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
19. Renuka Singh Saruta - Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affair
20. Som Parkash - Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
21. Rameswar Teli - Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
22. Pratap Chandra Sarangi - Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
23. Kailash Choudhary -Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
24. Debasree Chaudhuri - Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development
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