Modi 2.0: Scene I, Act II. Who all are part of the ‘Cabinet’ cast?

The list of names in Modi's new Cabinet emerged just hours before he was supposed to take oath and featured a number of first-time ministers

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind administered oath of office and secrecy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second term at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday in the presence of around 8,000 guests. The list of names in Modi's new Cabinet emerged just hours before he was supposed to take an oath and featured a number of first-time ministers, including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah.

The list of ministers

Here's a list of the names on the list:

1. Amit Shah (first time)
2. Ravi Shankar Prasad
3. Piyush Goyal
4. Smriti Irani
5. Nirmala Sitharaman
6. Kiren Rijiju
7. Rajnath Singh
8. Nitin Gadkari
9. Dharmendra Pradhan
10. Dr Harshavardhan
11. S Jaishankar
12. Krishan Pal Gurjar
13. Shripad Naik
14. Narendra Singh Tomar
15. Suresh Prabhu
16. Rao Inderjit Singh
17. VK Singh
18. Arjun Ram Meghwal
19. Ram Vilas Paswan
20. Harsimrat KaurRita
21. DV Sadananda Gowda
22. Babul Supriyo
23. Prakash Javadekar
24. Ramdas Athavale
25. Jitender Singh
26. Niranjan Jyoti
27. Parshottam Rupala
28. Thawar Chand Gehlot
29. Rattan Lal Kataria (first time)
30. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (first time)
31. RCP Singh (first time)
32. G Kishan Reddy (first time)
33. Suresh Angadi (first time)
34. A Ravindranath
35. Kailash Choudhary (first time)
36. Pralhad Joshi (first time)
37. Som Parkash (first time)
38. Rameshwar Teli (first time)
39. Subrat Pathak (first time)
40. Deboshree Choudhury (first time)
41. Rita Bahuguna Joshi (first time)

Portfolios yet to be announced

Even as the much-awaited list has emerged, portfolios and names of ministers of states are yet to be announced.

Jaitley bows out

Meanwhile, putting an end to speculations, former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that he was withdrawing from the government due to serious illness. While the nature of his ailments is not known, he released a letter he wrote to the Prime Minister in which he made it clear that he has been hampered by ill-health for the past year and a half, and would like time off.