Full List of Ministers with Portfolios in Modi 3.0 Government
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Narendra Modi’s Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), has assumed power at the federal level of government in India after winning a third straight term in the 18th Lok Sabha elections.
On June 10, PM Modi assigned portfolios to his 71 Council of Ministers. With a few exceptions, notable major BJP leaders will retain their previous roles under the Modi 3.0 administration. Senior BJP party leaders Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S. Jaishankar will continue to lead the four key ministries of Home, Défense, Finance, and External Affairs, respectively.
Prime Minister Modi took the oath at the presidential palace in New Delhi on June 9. The swearing-in event drew thousands of invited attendees, including leaders from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, a testament to India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy.
The two members of the BJP, namely L. Murugan from Tamil Nadu and Ravneet Singh from Punjab, are included in the recently announced cabinet despite their respective losses in elections.
Article 75 of the Indian Constitution talks about the office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers in India. Provisions mentioned in Article 75 for the Council of Ministers.
Cabinet ministers
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi – Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy.
- Rajnath Singh – Ministry of Defence.
- Amit Shah – Ministry of Home Affairs; Ministry of Cooperation.
- Nitin Gadkari – Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Ministry of chemicals & fertilizers.
- JP Nadda – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan – Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer Welfare; Ministry of Rural Development
- Nirmala Sitharaman – Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Corporate affairs
- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Ministry of External Affairs
- Manohar Lal Khattar – Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Ministry of Power
- JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy – Ministry of Heavy Industries; Ministry of Steel
- Piyush Goyal – Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Dharmendra Pradhan – Ministry of Education
- HAM leader Jitan Ram Manjhi – Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
- JD(U) leader Lalan Singh – Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Sarbananda Sonowal – Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
- Virendra Kumar – Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- TDP leader Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu – Ministry of Civil Aviation
- Prahlad Joshi – Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- Jual Oram – Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- Giriraj Singh – Ministry of Textiles
- Ashwini Vaishnaw – Ministry of Railways; Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Ministry of Electronics and Information technology
- Jyotiraditya Scindia – Ministry of Communications; Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
- Bhupendra Yadav – Ministry of Environment and Forests
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – Ministry of Tourism; Ministry of Culture
- Annpurna Devi – Ministry of Women & Child Development
- Hardeep Singh Puri – Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Kiren Rijiju – Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Ministry Ministry of Minority Affairs
- Mansukh Mandaviya – Ministry of Labour & Employment; Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- G Kishan Reddy – Ministry of Coal; Ministry of Mines
- LJP(RV) Chirag Paswan – Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- C R Patil – Ministry of Jal Shakti
Ministers of State (Independent charge)
- Rao Inderjit Singh: Minister of State of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture.
- Dr Jitendra Singh: Minister of State of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State 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
- Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
- Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao: Minister of State of the Ministry of Ayush; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary – Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.
Ministers of state
- Jitin Prasada: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- Shripad Yesso Naik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- Pankaj Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
- Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
- Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Ram Nath Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
- Anupriya Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- V Somanna: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
- Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
- Prof S P Singh Baghel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- Sobha Karandlaje: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
- Kirtivardhan Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
- B L Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Shantanu Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
- Suresh Gopi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
- Dr L Murugan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
- Ajay Tamta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
- Bandi Sanjay Kumar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
- Kamlesh Paswan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
- Bhagirath Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Satish Chandra Dubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
- Sanjay Seth: Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
- Ravneet Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
- Durgadas Uikey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- Raksha Nikhil Khadse: Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- Sukanta Majumdar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
- Savitri Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development
- Tokhan Sahu : Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
- Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
- Harsh Malhotra: Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
- Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Murlidhar Mohol: Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
- George Kurian: Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Pabitra Margherita: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles