Modi cabinet reshuffle 2017: Full list of Council of Ministers

A a fresh set of ministers have been inducted into the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, the third reshuffle since 2014. Nine new ministers were into the council of ministers and four have been promoted to the Union Cabinet. The swearing-in ceremony began at 10.45 am this morning.

Six ministers in the existing Cabinet “volunteered to resign” in the run-up to the reshuffle, while three other seats fell vacant after the exit of Manohar Parrikar and Venkaiah Naidu, and the death of Anil Madhav Dave, who held Independent Charge of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The six outgoing ministers from the Cabinet include Kalraj Mishra (MoS MSME), Rajiv Pratap Rudy (MoS Independent Charge of Skill Development), Bandaru Dattatreya (Labour), Faggan Singh Kulaste (MoS Health), Sanjiv Balyan (MoS Water Resources) and Mahendra Nath Pandey (MoS HRD). Pandey was recently named BJP chief of Uttar Pradesh.

Here is the full list of Cabinet Ministers and Council of Ministers:
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, and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

CABINET MINISTERS

Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs
Sushma Swaraj Minister of External Affairs
Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Shipping; and Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Suresh Prabhu Minister of Commerce and Industry
D.V. Sadananda Gowda Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Uma Bharati Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Ramvilas Paswan Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Minister of Women and Child Development
Ananthkumar Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
Jagat Prakash Nadda Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati Minister of Civil Aviation
Anant Geete Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Harsimrat Kaur Badal Minister of Food Processing Industries
Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Mines
Chaudhary Birender Singh Minister of Steel
Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs
Radha Mohan Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Textiles; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Harsh Vardhan Minister of Science and Technology; Minister of Earth Sciences; and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Prakash Javadekar Minister of Human Resource Development
Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Piyush Goyal Minister of Railways; and Minister of Coal
Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Defence
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Rao Inderjit Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Santosh Kumar Gangwar Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
Shripad Yesso Naik Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
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
Mahesh Sharma Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Giriraj Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Manoj Sinha Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Raj Kumar Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Alphons Kannanthanam Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. Shri Vijay Goel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

2. Shri Radhakrishnan P.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.

3. Shri 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. Shri Ramdas Athawale
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

6. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

7. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.

8. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

9. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and
Minister 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. Shri Parshottam Rupala
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

13. Shri Krishan Pal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

14. Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

15. Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.

16. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

17. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

18. Shri Upendra Kushwaha
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

19. Shri 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; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

21. Shri Anantkumar Hegde
Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

22. Shri 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. Shri Y. S. Chowdary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

25. Shri Jayant Sinha
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

26. Shri 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. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

29. Shri Ajay Tamta
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.

30. Smt. Krishna Raj
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

31. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

32. Smt. Anupriya Patel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

33. Shri C.R. Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

34. Shri P.P. Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

35. Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

36. Shri 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; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.