After the grand swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, the new Council of Ministers have been allotted portfolios as the newly elected Government gets down to work.
The Former President of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) – Amit Shah is the New Home Minister of India. Rajnath Singh, who served as Home Minister from 2014-2019, is now the Defence Minister of India. The Former Defence Minister of India – Nirmala Sitharaman has been made the Finance Minister of India. Nirmala Sitharaman was given the Finance portfolio after the Former Finance Minister of India – Arun Jaitley decided to call it a day and not to take any active responsibility in the newly formed Government, due to his health conditions.
The Prime Minister of India – Narendra Modi has kept Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space with himself.
Former Foreign Secretary of India – S. Jaishankar is the new Minister of External Affairs, who replaces Sushma Swaraj. For the records, Sushma Swaraj is not a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers. Smriti Irani who shocked everyone by defeating the President of Indian National Congress (INC) – Rahul Gandhi from Amethi is the Minister of Child and Women Development. Besides, she will also retain her portfolio of Minister of Textiles.
Nitin Gadkari has retained his Ministry and will continue to serve as Minister of Road Transport and Highways. He has also been made the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Piyush Goyal will lead the Railways and Commerce Ministry. Ravi Shankar Prasad, in his new role, will betaking care of Ministry of Law, Ministry of Telecom and Ministry of Information Technologies.
Besides, a new Ministry of Jal Shakti has been created under the leadership of Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Former Minister of State for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, former Minister for Women and Child Development – Maneka Gandhi and Former railway Minister – Suresh prabhu have been left out.
Here’s the list of newly elected Council of Ministers along with their portfolios.
| Name of the Council Minister | Portfolio |
| Narendra Modi | Prime Minister of India |
| In-charge for Ministry of Personnel; Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; and Department of Space | |
| Rajnath Singh | Minister of Defence |
| Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs |
| Ram Vilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj |
| Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Dr. S. Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs |
| Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ | Minister of Human Resource Development |
| Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs |
| Smriti Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles |
| Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences. |
| Prakash Javadekar | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
| Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel. |
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs |
| Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
| Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Arvind Sawant | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise |
| Giriraj Singh | Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries |
| Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti |
| Ministers of State | |
| Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel |
| Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| 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 |
| General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Raosaheb Danve | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Purushottam Rupala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
| Babul Supriyo | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
| 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 |
| Anurag Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Suresh Angadi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
| Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Ratanlal Kataria | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| 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 |
| Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Debasree Chaudhuri | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development |
| Ministers of State (Independent Charge) | |
| Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
