List of Cabinet ministers, ministers of state with independent charge

NEW DELHI: Following is the list of portfolios allocated to Cabinet ministers and Ministers of State (Independent charge):

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. Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence.
2. Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs.
3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari : Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

1. D V Sadananda Gowda: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
2. Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
3. Ramvilas Paswan: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
4. Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare;

Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.

1. Ravi Shankar Prasad : Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
2. Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Minister of Food Processing Industries.
3. Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
4. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs.
5. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank’ : Minister of Human Resource Development.
6. Arjun Munda: Minister of Tribal Affairs.
7. Smriti Zubin Irani: Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.
8. Harsh Vardhan : Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and

Minister of Earth Sciences.

1. Prakash Javadekar: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
2. Piyush Goyal : Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry.
3. Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel.
4. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs.
5. Pralhad Joshi : Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
6. Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
7. Arvind Ganpat Sawant : Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.
8. Giriraj Singh : Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
9. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Jal Shakti.

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Mansukh L. Mandaviya: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. PTI