President Murmu allocates portfolios to PM Modi Union Council of Ministers

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New Delhi: The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, has allocated portfolios to members of the Union Council of Ministers as advised by Narendra Modi, who swore in as the Prime Minister of India for a third term on June 9, 2024. Modi will also be in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

The portfolio allocation of the Cabinet Ministers are as follows:

Raj Nath 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 Fertilisers
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 – 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 (alias Lalan 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 Vaishanaw – 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
Annapurna 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
Dr 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 and Industries
CR Patil – Minister of Jal Shakti.

Following are the 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 the 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 Choudhary – Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.

Below are the Ministers of State:

Jitin Prasada – Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Shripad Yesso Naik – Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Pankaj Choudhary – Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Krishan Pal – Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
Ramdas Athawale – Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Ram Nath Thakur – Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Nityanand Rai – Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Anupriya Patel – Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
V Somanna – Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani – Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
Prof SP Singh Baghel – Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Shobha Karandlaje – Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
Kirtivardhan Singh – Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
BL Verma – Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shantanu Thakur – Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Suresh Gopi – Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
L Murugan – Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Ajay Tamta – Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Bandi Sanjay Kumar – Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Kamlesh Paswan – Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
Bhagirath Choudhary – Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Satish Chandra Dubey – Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
Sanjay Seth – Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
Ravneet Singh – Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Durgadas Uikey – Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Raksha Nikhil Khadse – Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sukanta Majumdar – Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Savitri Thakur – Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development
Tokhan Sahu – Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Raj Bhushan Choudhary – Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma – Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
Harsh Malhotra – Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya – Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Muralidhar Mohol – Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
George Kurian – Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Pavitra Margherita – Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles