Modi Cabinet Unveiled: Amit Shah Takes Home Portfolio, Key NDA Posts Held by BJP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his third term, allocated portfolios in the Union Cabinet largely on the lines of the previous NDA government
Prime minister Narendra Modi chaired the first meeting of his Union Cabinet on Monday and allocated portfolios to ministers a day after taking oath in a glittering ceremony at Rashtrapathi Bhavan. Key ministries in the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government were allocated to senior leaders of the BJP: Home Affairs to Amit Shah, Defence to Rajnath Singh, External Affairs to S Jaishankar, Road Transport to Nitin Gadkari and Finance to Nirmala Sitharaman. The allocations target continuity and were largely on the lines of the previous NDA government.
First time MP and four time chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been made the Union Agriculture Minister. BJP president JP Nadda has been named Union Health Minister.
The BJP had to rely on its NDA allies to form the government after securing 240 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, way less than was projected by exit polls. In the week after the election, speculation speculation was rife that the TDP, with 16 seats and the JD(U) with 12 would get crucial cabinet posts in return for supporting the government. The NDA has 293 seats in the Lok Sabha . The Opposition INDIA alliance has 234 seats.
Among the allies, TDP’s K Ram Mohan Naidu has become the Union Civil Aviation minister. JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh aka Lalan Singh has become the Minister for Panchayati Raj. JD (S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has been allocated the Heavy Industries and steel ministry.
The Union cabinet in the Narendra Modi government has 30 ministers. In addition, the Union council of ministers has 5 Ministers of state with independent charge and 36 Ministers of state.
According to an official press release, Prime minister Narendra Modi will be also in-charge of the 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.
Here is the list of Union ministries allocated:
| Minister | Portfolio | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defense. |
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; and
Minister of Cooperation. |
| 3. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 4. | Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5. | Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and
Minister of Rural Development. |
| 6. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 7. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 8. | Shri Manohar Lal | Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and
Minister of Power. |
| 9. | Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy | Minister of Heavy Industries; and
Minister of Steel. |
| 10. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 11. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education. |
| 12. | Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 13. | Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh | Minister of Panchayati Raj; and
Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 14. | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 15. | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 16. | Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu | Minister of Civil Aviation. |
| 17. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 18. | Shri Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 19. | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Textiles. |
| 20. | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways;
Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 21. | Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 22. | Shri Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 23. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Culture; and
Minister of Tourism. |
| 24. | Smt. Annpurna Devi | Minister of Women and Child Development |
| 25. | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| 26. | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 27. | Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Labour and Employment; and
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 28. | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Coal; and
Minister of Mines. |
| 29. | Shri Chirag Paswan | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 30. | Shri C R Patil | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
| 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 Culture. |
| 1. | Shri Jitin Prasada | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 2. | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 3. | Shri Pankaj Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. |
| 4. | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation. |
| 5. | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6. | Shri Ram Nath Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 7. | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 8. | Smt. Anupriya Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 9. | Shri V. Somanna | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 10. | Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications. |
| 11. | 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. |
| 12. | Sushri 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. |
| 13. | Shri Kirtivardhan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
| 14. | Shri 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. |
| 15. | Shri Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 16. | Shri Suresh Gopi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism. |
| 17. | Dr. L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 18. | Shri Ajay Tamta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 19. | Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Kamlesh Paswan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 21. | Shri Bhagirath Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 22. | Shri Satish Chandra Dubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines. |
| 23. | Shri Sanjay Seth | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| 24. | Shri Ravneet Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 25. | Shri Durgadas Uikey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 26. | Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse | Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 27. | Shri Sukanta Majumdar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 28. | Smt. Savitri Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
| 29. | Shri Tokhan Sahu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. |
| 30. | Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti. |
| 31. | Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 32. | Shri Harsh Malhotra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 33. | Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 34. | Shri Murlidhar Mohol | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. |
| 35. | Shri George Kurian | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 36. | Shri Pabitra Margherita | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
| 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. |
| 3. | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 4. | Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 5. | Shri Jayant Chaudhary | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education. |