Narendra Modi's new ministry: Full list

Updated: Friday, September 8, 2017, 12:34 [IST]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inducted nine new members to his Council of Ministers this morning. Here is the list of nine new entrants into the Modi cabinet:

LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

	Shri Narendra Modi	Prime Minister and also in-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
S.No	NAMES	Department
1	Shri Raj Nath Singh	Minister of Home Affairs
2	Smt. Sushma Swaraj	Minister of External Affairs
3	Shri Arun Jaitley	Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
4	Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Shipping; and Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
5	Shri Suresh Prabhu	Minister of Commerce and Industry
6	Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda	Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
7	Sushri Uma Bharati	Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation
8	Shri Ramvilas Paswan	Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
9	Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi	Minister of Women and Child Development
10	Shri Ananthkumar	Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
11	Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad	Minister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
12	Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda	Minister of Health and Family Welfare
13	Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati	Minister of Civil Aviation
14	Shri Anant Geete	Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
15	Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal	Minister of Food Processing Industries
16	Shri Narendra Singh Tomar	Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Mines
17	Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh	Minister of Steel
18	Shri Jual Oram	Minister of Tribal Affairs
19	Shri Radha Mohan Singh	Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
20	Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
21	Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani	Minister of Textiles; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting
22	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	Minister of Science and Technology; Minister of Earth Sciences; and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
23	Shri Prakash Javadekar	Minister of Human Resource Development
24	Shri Dharmendra Pradhan	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
25	Shri Piyush Goyal	Minister of Railways; and Minister of Coal
26	Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman	Minister of Defence
27	Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	Minister of Minority Affairs

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

S.No	NAMES	Department
1	Rao Inderjit Singh	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
2	Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
3	Shri Shripad Yesso Naik	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
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	Dr. Mahesh Sharma	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
6	Shri Giriraj Singh	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
7	Shri Manoj Sinha	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
8	Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
9	Shri Raj Kumar Singh	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
10	Shri Hardeep Singh Puri	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
11	Shri Alphons Kannanthanam	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

MINISTERS OF STATE

S.No	NAMES	Department
1	Shri Vijay Goel	Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
2	Shri Radhakrishnan P.	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping
3	Shri S.S. Ahluwalia	Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
4	Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
5	Shri Ramdas Athawale	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
6	Shri Vishnu Deo Sai	Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
7	Shri Ram Kripal Yadav	Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
8	Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
9	Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal
10	Shri Rajen Gohain	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
11	General (Retd.) V. K. Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
12	Shri Parshottam Rupala	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
13	Shri Krishan Pal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
14	Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
15	Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
16	Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
17	Shri Sudarshan Bhagat	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
18	Shri Upendra Kushwaha	Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development
19	Shri Kiren Rijiju	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
20	Dr. Virendra Kumar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
21	Shri Anantkumar Hegde	Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
22	Shri M. J. Akbar	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
23	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti	Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
24	Shri Y. S. Chowdary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences
25	Shri Jayant Sinha	Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
26	Shri Babul Supriyo	Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
27	Shri Vijay Sampla	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28	Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
29	Shri Ajay Tamta	Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
30	Smt. Krishna Raj	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
31	Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
32	Smt. Anupriya Patel	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
33	Shri C.R. Chaudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
34	Shri P.P. Chaudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
35	Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
36	Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
37	Dr. Satya Pal Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation