Giriraj Singh new Minister of Textiles; Sitharaman, Amit Shah retain portfolios
Giriraj Singh, BJP MP from Begusarai Loksabha constituency in Bihar, is the new Minister of Textiles while Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajnath Singh have retained their portfolios.
New Delhi: Giriraj Singh, BJP MP from Begusarai Loksabha constituency in Bihar, is the new Minister of Textiles while Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajnath Singh have retained their portfolios.
PM Narendra Modi Monday June 10, 2024 allocated portfolios to the 71 ministers who took oath along with him yesterday.
Chairing the first cabinet meeting after the 2024 Parliamentary elections were announced, Modi announced Amit Shah will remain Home Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman Finance Minister and Rajnath Singh Defence Minister.
The Ministry of Textiles earlier held by Piyush Goyal however has been given to Giriraj Singh. Goyal has been made Minister of Commerce and Industry.
S Jaishankar also remains Minister of Foreign Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw Minister of Railways, Nitin Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Education.
Full list of Ministers and their portfolios
1. Rajnath Singh (BJP) – Union Minister of Defence
2. Amit Shah (BJP) – Union Minister of Home, Minister of Cooperation
3. Nitin Gadkari (BJP) – Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways
4. JP Nadda (BJP) – Union Minister of Health and Family Affairs
5. Shivraj Singh Chouhan (BJP) – Union Minister of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare, Minister of Rural Development
6. Nirmala Sitharaman (BJP) – Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs
7. S Jaishankar (BJP) – Union Minister of External Affairs
8. Manohar Lal Khattar (BJP) – Union Minister of Power
9. HD Kumaraswamy JD (S) – Minister of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Steel
10. Piyush Goyal (BJP) – Minister of Commerce and Industry,
11. Dharmendra Pradhan (BJP) – Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Education
12. Jitan Ram Manjhi (Hindustani Awam Morcha) – Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
13. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh (Janata Dal U) – Minister of Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy
14. Sarbananda Sonowal (BJP) - Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
15. Dr Virendra Kumar (BJP) – Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
16. Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (TDP) – Union Minister of Civil Aviation
17. Pralhad Joshi (BJP) - of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
18. Jual Oram (BJP) – Minister of Tribal Affairs
19. Giriraj Singh (BJP) – Union Minister of Textiles
20. Ashwini Vaishnaw (BJP) – Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
21. Jyotiraditya Scindia (BJP) – Minister of Telecommunication, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
22. Bhupendra Yadav (BJP) – Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
23. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (BJP) – Union Minister of Tourism, Ministry of Culture
24. Annpurna Devi (BJP) – Minister of Women and Child Development
25. Kiren Rijiju (BJP) – Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minority Affairs
26. Hardeep Singh Puri (BJP) – Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
27. Mansukh Mandaviya (BJP) – Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Minister of Labour and Employment
28. G Kishan Reddy – Union Minister of Coal and Mines
29. Chirag Paswan (LJP) – Union Minister of Food Processing Industries
30. C R Patil – Minister of Jal Shakti
31. Rao Inderjit Singh – MoS (Independent Charge) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Ministry of Planning; Ministry of Culture
32. Jitendra Singh (BJP) – MoS (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science and Technology; Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
33. Arjun Ram Meghwal (BJP) – MoS (Independent Charge) Ministry of Law and Justice; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
34. Kirti Vardhan Singh (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Ministry of External Affairs
35. BL Verma (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
36. Satish Chandra Dubey (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Mines
37. Pabitra Margherita (BJP) – MoS Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Textiles
38. Savitri Thakur (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Women and Child Development
39. Raj Bhushan Choudhary (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Jal Shakti
40. Tokhan Sahu (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
41. Durga Das Uikey (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Tribal Affairs
42. Nityanand Rai (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Home Affairs
43. Jitin Prasada (BJP) – MoS Commerce and Industry; Electronics and Information Technology
44. SP Singh Baghel (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; Ministry of Panchayati Raj
45. Sukanta Majumdar (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Education, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
46. Krishan Pal Gurjar (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Cooperation
47. Suresh Gopi (BJP) - MoS Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
48. George Kurian (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Minority Affairs, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
49. L Murugan (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
50. Sanjay Seth (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Defence
51. Ravneet Singh Bittu (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Food Processing Industries; Ministry of Railways
52. Pankaj Chaudhary (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Finance
53. Ajay Tamta (BJP) – MoS Minister for Road Transport & Highways
54. Shripad Naik (BJP) – MoS Power Ministry
55. Harsh Malhotra (BJP) – MoS Minister for Road Transport & Highways
56. Bandi Sanjay (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Home Affairs
57. Raksha Khadse (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
58. Murlidhar Mohol (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Cooperation, Ministry of Civil Aviation
59. Shobha Karandlaje (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
60. Bhagirath Choudhary (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
61. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya (BJP) - MoS
62. V Somanna (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Jal Shakti, Railways Ministry
63. Shantanu Thakur (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
64. Kamlesh Paswan (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Rural Development
65. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani (TDP) – MoS Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Communications
66. Prataprao Jadhav (Shiv Sena - Eknath Shinde) – MoS (Independent Charge) Ministry of Ayush; Health and Family Welfare
67. Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma (BJP) – MoS Ministry of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Steel
68. Ramdas Athawale (RPI) – MoS Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
69. Ramnath Thakur (JDU) – MoS Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
70. Jayant Chaudhary (RLD) - MoS (Independent Charge) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Ministry of Education
71. Anupriya Patel (Apna Dal) – MoS Health and Family Welfare; and Chemicals and Fertilizers
There are a total of 30 Cabinet ministers, 05 Ministers of State with Independent Charge and 36 Ministers of State (MoS) making the current strenght of the cabinet as 72 including the Prime Minister.
As per the Constitution of India, the total strength of the council of ministers cannot exceed 15% of the total number of Lok Sabha MPs. The strength of the 18th Lok Sabha is 543 members and hence the council of ministers cannot be more than 81.
The Modi cabinet has a total of 27 ministers from Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 10 from Scheduled Castes (STs), 5 from Scheduled Tribes (STs) and 5 from minorities.
The Modi cabinet however does not have a single Muslim, the community which is the largest minority group in India.
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