Team 'Modi-fication' released by PMO; Modi's first day as PM gets a steady start

Updated: Tuesday, May 27, 2014, 12:40 [IST]

New Delhi, May 27: It's the first day in office and Narendra Modi is already in his seat, releasing the official council of ministers' portfolio, which includes both the Cabinet and the Independent group of ministers.

Interestingly, there was no change in the daily routine of Narendra Modi, which starts with Yoga and meditation. Following this, he reached office at 8:00 am sharp for a packed day ahead.

The first thing that he did was pay tribute to a picture of Mahatma Gandhi for a fruitful start of the day. The file for the cabinet portfolio was presented, he signed and released the official letter. However, the best part was that everything was spot on time.

Earlier the photo ops had been cancelled since the final portfolio names had not been announced, but they are in place now.

According to reports, there are several bilateral meetings ahead in the day, which may include Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajpakse and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at around 12:10 pm.

The above key bilateral meetings intend to strengthen the relations between the three countries. The discussions with Sharif and Karzai would address the peace ties. With Rajapakse, the PM may strike a conversation regarding the captivated Indian fishermen.

The final list of portfolio according to a press release by the PM's office is as follows:

Cabinet

1	Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister	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
CABINET MINISTERS
1.	Shri Raj Nath Singh	Home Affairs
2.	Smt. Sushma Swaraj	External Affairs Overseas Indian Affairs
3.	Shri Arun Jaitley	Finance Corporate Affairs Defence
4.	Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu	Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Parliamentary Affairs
5.	Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Road Transport and Highways Shipping
6.	Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda	Railways
7.	Sushri Uma Bharati	Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
8.	Dr. Najma A. Heptulla	Minority Affairs
9.	Shri Gopinathrao Munde	Rural Development Panchayati Raj Drinking Water and Sanitation
10.	Shri Ramvilas Paswan	Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
11.	Shri Kalraj Mishra	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
12.	Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi	Women and Child Development
13.	Shri Ananthkumar	Chemicals and Fertilizers
14.	Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad	Communications and Information Technology Law and Justice
15.	Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati	Civil Aviation
16.	Shri Anant Geete	Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
17.	Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal	Food Processing Industries
18.	Shri Narendra Singh Tomar	Mines Steel Labour and Employment
19.	Shri Jual Oram	Tribal Affairs
20.	Shri Radha Mohan Singh	Agriculture
21.	Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot	Social Justice and Empowerment
22.	Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani	Human Resource Development
23.	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	Health and Family Welfare
MINISTERS OF STATE
1.	General V.K. Singh	Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) External Affairs Overseas Indian Affairs
2.	Shri Inderjit Singh Rao	Planning (Independent Charge) Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge) Defence
3.	Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar	Textiles (Independent Charge) Parliamentary Affairs Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
4.	Shri Shripad Yesso Naik	Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge)
5.	Shri Dharmendra Pradhan	Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
6.	Shri Sarbananda Sonowal	Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)
7.	Shri Prakash Javadekar	Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge) Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Parliamentary Affairs
8.	Shri Piyush Goyal	Power (Independent Charge) Coal (Independent Charge) New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)
9.	Dr. Jitendra Singh	Science and Technology (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences (Independent Charge) Prime Minister Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space
10.	Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman	Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) Finance Corporate Affairs
11.	Shri G.M. Siddeshwara	Civil Aviation
12.	Shri Manoj Sinha	Railways
13.	Shri Nihalchand	Chemicals and Fertilizers
14.	Shri Upendra Kushwaha	Rural Development Panchayati Raj Drinking Water and Sanitation
15.	Shri Radhakrishnan P	Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
16.	Shri Kiren Rijiju	Home Affairs
17.	Shri Krishan Pal	Road Transport and Highways Shipping
18.	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan	Agriculture Food Processing Industries
19.	Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava	Tribal Affairs
20.	Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve	Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
21.	Shri Vishnu Deo Sai	Mines Steel Labour and Employment
22.	Shri Sudarshan Bhagat	Social Justice and Empowerment