New Delhi: The portfolios of the reshuffled council of ministers in Narendra Modi-led Union government have been allocated. There have been slight changes in the exissting portfolios as a few have been promoted to the cabinet rank, a few have been changed and a few new ministers have been inducted in the council.
The entire Council of Ministers with allocated portfolio is as below :-
Shri Narendra Modi
Prime Minister and also in-charge of:Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;Department of Atomic Energy;Department of Space;All important policy issues; andAll other portfolios not allocated to any Minister
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation;Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
2.
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; andMinister of State in the Department of Space
Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
2.
Shri Faggansingh Kulaste
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
3.
Shri Prahalad Singh Patel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
4.
Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
5.
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Culture
6.
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
7.
Shri Krishan Pal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
8.
Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways;Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Mines
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 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
11.
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
12.
Shri Nityanand Rai
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
13.
Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14.
Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
15.
Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice
16.
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
17.
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
18.
Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
19.
Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways
20.
Shri V. Muraleedharan
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
21.
Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Culture
22.
Shri Som Parkash
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
23.
Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
24.
Shri Rameswar Teli
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
25.
Shri Kailash Choudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
26.
Smt. Annpurna Devi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
27.
Shri A. Narayanaswamy
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28.
Shri Kaushal Kishore
Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
29.
Shri Ajay Bhatt
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
30.
Shri B. L. Verma
Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
31.
Shri Ajay Kumar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
32.
Shri Devusinh Chauhan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
33.
Shri Bhagwanth Khuba
Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
34.
Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
35.
Sushri Pratima Bhoumik
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
36.
Dr. Subhas Sarkar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
37.
Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
38.
Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Education
39.
Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
40.
Shri Bishweswar Tudu
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
41.
Shri Shantanu Thakur
Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
42.
Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai
Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; andMinister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH
43.
Shri John Barla
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
44.
Dr. L. Murugan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
45.
Shri Nisith Pramanik
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
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