BJP president Amit Shah is the new Home Minister in the second Modi government while Rajnath Singh will be the new Defence Minister.
Agencies
New Delhi, May 31:
President Ram Nath Kovind has announced the list of ministries on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP president Amit Shah is the new Home Minister replacing Rajnath Singh while Rajnath Singh will be replacing Arun Jaitley as the Finance Minister.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold the 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
Rajnath Singh, who held the Home Minister in the previous Modi government is the new Defence Minister replacing Nirmala Sitharaman.
Amit Shah
Minister of Home Affairs.
3.
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
4.
Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
5.
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs.
6.
Shri Ramvilas Paswan
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
7.
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare;
Minister of Rural Development; and
Minister of Panchayati Raj.
8.
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister of Law and Justice;
Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
9.
Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Minister of Food Processing Industries.
10.
Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
11.
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Minister of External Affairs.
12.
Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
Minister of Human Resource Development.
13.
Shri Arjun Munda
Minister of Tribal Affairs.
14.
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani
Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.
15.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Minister of Health and Family Welfare;
Minister of Science and Technology; and
Minister of Earth Sciences.
16.
Shri Prakash Javadekar
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and
Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
17.
Shri Piyush Goyal
Minister of Railways; and
Minister of Commerce and Industry.
18.
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Steel.
19.
Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Minister of Minority Affairs.
20.
Shri Pralhad Joshi
Minister of
Parliamentary Affairs;
Minister of Coal; and
Minister of Mines.
21.
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
