Portfolios of the Council of Ministers| Narendra Modi Cabinet reshuffled- 9 New Faces as Ministers |

Dear Readers,

As a fresh set of ministers have been inducted into the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, the third reshuffle since 2014. Nine new ministers were into the council of ministers and four have been promoted to the Union Cabinet.

Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the Union Railway Minister after being inducted into the Union Cabinet. He replaced former Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, who had earlier offered to resign following multiple train derailments. Further, Nirmala Sitharaman was given the Defence Ministry, becoming only the second woman to hold the post after Indira Gandhi.

Here is a table on the recent shuffle up in the Cabinet portfolios.

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.

Cabinet Ministers

S.No.	Minister	Ministry
1.	Shri Raj Nath Singh	Minister of Home Affairs.
2.	Smt. Sushma Swaraj	Minister of External Affairs.
3.	Shri Arun Jaitley	Minister of Finance Minister of Corporate Affairs.
4.	Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Minister of Road Transport and Highways Minister of Shipping 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 Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
11.	Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad	Minister of Law and Justice 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 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 Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
22.	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	Minister of Science and Technology Minister of Earth Sciences 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 Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
25.	Shri Piyush Goyal*	Minister of Railways Minister of Coal.
26.	Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman*	Minister of Defence.
27.	Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi*	Minister of Minority Affairs.

* Ministers who have been promoted from MoS to Cabinet Ministers

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

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

* Ministers who are newly inducted in Portfolios

Ministers of State

S. No.	Minister	Ministry
1.	Shri Vijay Goel	Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
2.	Shri Radhakrishnan P.	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance 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 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 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 Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
21.	Shri Anant Kumar 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 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 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 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 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 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 Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.