President of India allocates portfolios of the Council of Ministers
President of India allocates portfolios of the Council of Ministers
NEW DELHI (INDIA): The President of India Ram Nath Kovind as advised by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:-n
| Narendra Modi | Prime Minister and also in-charge of:nnMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;nnDepartment of Atomic Energy;nnDepartment of Space; andnnAll important policy issues; andnnAll other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. |
nCABINET MINISTERSnn n
| 1. | Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Home Affairs. |
| 2. | Sushma Swaraj | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 3. | Arun Jaitley | Minister of Finance; andnnMinister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 4. | Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways;nnMinister of Shipping; andnnMinister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. |
| 5. | Suresh Prabhu | Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 6. | D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation. |
| 7. | Uma Bharati | Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation. |
| 8. | Ramvilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 9. | Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | Minister of Women and Child Development. |
| 10. | Ananthkumar | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; andnnMinister ofnnParliamentary Affairs. |
| 11. | Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Law and Justice; andnnMinister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 12. | Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 13. | Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati | Minister of Civil Aviation. |
| 14. | Anant Geete | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
| 15. | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 16. | Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Rural Development;nnMinister of Panchayati Raj; andnnMinister of Mines. |
| 17. | Chaudhary Birender Singh | Minister of Steel. |
| 18. | Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 19. | Radha Mohan Singh | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 20. | Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 21. | Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Textiles; andnnMinister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 22. | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Science and Technology;nnMinister of Earth Sciences; andnnMinister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 23. | Prakash Javadekar | Minister of Human Resource Development. |
| 24. | Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; andnnMinister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 25. | Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways; andnnMinister of Coal. |
| 26. | Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Defence. |
| 27. | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs. |
n nnMINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)nn n
| 1. | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. | ||
| 2. | Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. | ||
| 3. | Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). | ||
| 4. | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region;nnMinister of State in the Prime Minister?s Office;nnMinister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;nnMinister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; andnnMinister of State in the Department of Space. | ||
| 5. | Dr. Mahesh Sharma | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. | ||
| 6. | Giriraj Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. | ||
| 7. | Manoj Sinha | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways. | ||
| 8. | Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. | ||
| 9. | Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; andnnMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. | ||
| 10. | Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. | ||
| 11. | Alphons Kannanthanam | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. | ||
n nnMINISTERS OF STATEnn n
| 1. | Vijay Goel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. |
| 2. | Radhakrishnan P. | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Shipping. |
| 3. | S.S. Ahluwalia | Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. |
| 4. | Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. |
| 5. | Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6. | Vishnu Deo Sai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 7. | Ram Kripal Yadav | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 8. | Hansraj Gangaram Ahir | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 9. | Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Coal. |
| 10. | Shri Rajen Gohain | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 11. | General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
| 12. | Parshottam Rupala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. |
| 13. | Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 14. | Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 15. | Shiv Pratap Shukla | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. |
| 16. | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 17. | Sudarshan Bhagat | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 18. | Upendra Kushwaha | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. |
| 19. | Kiren Rijiju | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 20. | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. |
| 21. | Anantkumar Hegde | Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 22. | M. J. Akbar | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
| 23. | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. |
| 24. | Y. S. Chowdary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences. |
| 25. | Jayant Sinha | Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. |
| 26. | Babul Supriyo | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
| 27. | Shri Vijay Sampla | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 28. | Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,nRiver Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. |
| 29. | Ajay Tamta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
| 30. | Krishna Raj | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 31. | Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways;nnMinister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 32. | Anupriya Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 33. | C.R. Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
| 34. | P.P. Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. |
| 35. | Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| 36. | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 37. | Dr. Satya Pal Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; andnnMinister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,nRiver Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. |
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