Union Council of Ministers: New Portfolio Assignments Revealed, Mix of Continuity & Fresh Faces
June 11, 2024
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The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:
| Prime MinisterShri 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. |
CABINET MINISTERS
| 1. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; andMinister of Cooperation. |
| 3. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 4. | Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; andMinister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5. | Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; andMinister of Rural Development. |
| 6. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; andMinister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 7. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 8. | Shri Manohar Lal | Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; andMinister of Power. |
| 9. | Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy | Minister of Heavy Industries; andMinister of Steel. |
| 10. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 11. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education. |
| 12. | Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 13. | Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh | Minister of Panchayati Raj; andMinister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 14. | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 15. | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 16. | Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu | Minister of Civil Aviation. |
| 17. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 18. | Shri Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 19. | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Textiles. |
| 20. | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways;Minister of Information and Broadcasting; andMinister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 21. | Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Communications; andMinister of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 22. | Shri Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 23. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Culture; andMinister of Tourism. |
| 24. | Smt. Annpurna Devi | Minister of Women and Child Development |
| 25. | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; andMinister of Minority Affairs. |
| 26. | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 27. | Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Labour and Employment; andMinister of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 28. | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Coal; andMinister of Mines. |
| 29. | Shri Chirag Paswan | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 30. | Shri C R Patil | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
| 1. | 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; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Culture. |
| 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. |
| 3. | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 4. | Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 5. | Shri Jayant Chaudhary | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Education. |
MINISTERS OF STATE
| 1. | Shri Jitin Prasada | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 2. | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; andMinister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 3. | Shri Pankaj Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. |
| 4. | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation. |
| 5. | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6. | Shri Ram Nath Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 7. | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 8. | Smt. Anupriya Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 9. | Shri V. Somanna | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 10. | Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Communications. |
| 11. | Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. |
| 12. | Sushri Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
| 13. | Shri Kirtivardhan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; andMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
| 14. | Shri B. L. Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 15. | Shri Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 16. | Shri Suresh Gopi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Tourism. |
| 17. | Dr. L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 18. | Shri Ajay Tamta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 19. | Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Kamlesh Paswan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 21. | Shri Bhagirath Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 22. | Shri Satish Chandra Dubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Mines. |
| 23. | Shri Sanjay Seth | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| 24. | Shri Ravneet Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 25. | Shri Durgadas Uikey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 26. | Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse | Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 27. | Shri Sukanta Majumdar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 28. | Smt. Savitri Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
| 29. | Shri Tokhan Sahu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. |
| 30. | Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti. |
| 31. | Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 32. | Shri Harsh Malhotra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 33. | Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 34. | Shri Murlidhar Mohol | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. |
| 35. | Shri George Kurian | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 36. | Shri Pabitra Margherita | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
