Who's In, Who's Out? Key Takeaways From PM Modi's Cabinet Portfolio Allocation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third government has prioritised continuity while also accommodating its coalition partners in the allocation of crucial Cabinet portfolios. The key portfolios of the newly-formed government appear more or less similar to the previous Cabinet, with Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, S Jaishankar, and Rajnath Singh retaining their ministries.

Here are the key takeaways from the recent portfolio allocation:

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Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)

The CCS remains unchanged with Rajnath Singh (Defence), Amit Shah (Home), Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance), and S Jaishankar (External Affairs) retaining their portfolios.

New Inductions

New faces include JP Nadda (Health), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Agriculture), and Manohar Lal Khattar (Housing and Urban Affairs, Power).

Portfolio Changes

Mansukh Mandaviya: Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Pralhad Joshi: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Jyotiraditya Scindia: Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism.

Kiren Rijiju: Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Minority Affairs.

Prime Minister's Portfolios

Narendra Modi will oversee the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, and Department of Space.

Key Ministers Retaining Portfolios

Nitin Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways.

Sarbananda Sonowal: Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

Bhupendra Yadav: Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Virendra Kumar: Social Justice and Empowerment.

Ashwini Vaishnaw: Railways, Electronics and Information Technology, Information and Broadcasting.

Piyush Goyal: Commerce and Industry.

Dharmendra Pradhan: Education.

Hardeep Singh Puri: Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Allies' Representation

Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (TDP): Civil Aviation.

Chirag Paswan (Lok Janshakti Party): Food Processing Industries.

Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao (Shiv Sena): MoS (Independent Charge) Ministry of Ayush, MoS Health and Family Welfare.

HD Kumaraswamy (JD-S): Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Ministry of Steel.

Jitan Ram (Hindustani Awam Morcha): Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Rajiv Ranjan Singh (JD-U): Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

Jayant Chaudhary: Independent charge of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar (TDP): MoS Rural Development and Communications.

Ram Nath Thakur (JD-U): MoS Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

First-time MPs

Suresh Gopi (BJP): MoS Petroleum and Natural Gas, MoS Tourism.

Ravneet Singh Bittu (BJP): MoS Food Processing Industries, MoS Railways.

(With agency inputs)