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New Delhi: Indicating continuity from the previous regime, several ministers have retained their portfolios in Modi Cabinet 3.0. The portfolio allocation for the newly-sworn-in ministers was announced by the Narendra Modi government late evening on Monday. A total of 13 ministers have retained their portfolios. The list includes, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Ashwini Chauhan, Dr S Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Hardeep Singh Puri, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Sarbananda Sonowal, Virendra Kumar and Bhupender Yadav.
Here's the full list of ministers and the ministries allocated to them in Modi Cabinet 3.0:
Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence
Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation
Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Jagat Prakash Nadda: Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Minister of Rural Development
Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs
Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs
Manohar Lal Khattar: Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Minister of Power
HD Kumaraswamy: Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister of Steel
Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce and Industry
Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Education
Jitan Ram Manjhi: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Rajiv Ranjan Singh: Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Dr Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: Minister of Civil Aviation
Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
Jual Oram: Minister of Tribal Affairs
Giriraj Singh: Minister of Textiles
Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
Jyotiraditya M Scindia: Minister of Communications and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Culture and Minister of Tourism
Annpurna Devi: Minister of Women and Child Development
Kiren Rijiju: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Minority Affairs
Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
G Kishan Reddy: Minister of Coal and Minister of Mines
Chirag Paswan: Minister of Food Processing Industries
CR Patil: Minister of Jal Shakti
Rao Inderjit Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
Dr. Jitendra Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, 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
Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Jadhav Prataprao: Ganpatrao Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Jayant Chaudhary: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
Among the new entrants to the Union Cabinet are former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP president JP Nadda and former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Modi and his 71 ministers took oath of office and secrecy on June 9 at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government occupy 293 seats in the Lok Sabha.
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