Ministers allotted portfolios-Rajnath gets Defence, Amit Shah Home, Nirmala Finance
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The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:-
| 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
| 1. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs. |
| 3. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 4. | Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 6. | Shri Ramvilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 7. | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
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| 8. | Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 9. | Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 10. | Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 11. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 12. | Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ | Minister of Human Resource Development. |
| 13. | Shri Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 14. | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles. |
| 15. | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences. |
| 16. | Shri Prakash Javadekar | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 17. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 18. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel. |
| 19. | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. |
| 21. | Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 22. | Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. |
| 23. | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 24. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
| 1. | Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
| 2. | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning. |
| 3. | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| 4. | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) 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; and Minister of State in the Department of Space. |
| 5. | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. |
| 6. | Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism. |
| 7. | Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 8. | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| 9. | Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
Ministers of State
| 1. | Shri Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 2. | Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 3. | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
| 4. | General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 5. | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6. | Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 7. | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 8. | Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 9. | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 10. | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 11. | Shri Babul Supriyo | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 12. | Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 13. | Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 14. | Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. |
| 15. | Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 16. | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 17. | Shri Rattan Lal Kataria | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 18. | Shri V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 19. | Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| 21. | Shri Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. |
| 22. | Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 23. | Shri Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 24. | Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
