Portfolio allocation 2024: In Modi 3.0, 13 ministers retain old portfolios, others get new ones

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.

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Portfolio allocation 2024

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

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

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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