For the first time since May 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffle his cabinet on July 7, 2021, bringing in some new faces and accommodating supporters of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Name | Portfolio | Constituency |
Narendra Modi | Prime Minister, 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 | Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) |
Rajnath Singh | Minister of Defence | Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) |
Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs Ministry of Cooperation | Gandhinagar (Gujarat) |
Nitin Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways | Nagpur (Maharashtra) |
Narendra Singh Tomar | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | Morena(MP) |
Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs | Rajya Sabha(Karnataka) |
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Ministry of External Affairs | Rajya Sabha(Gujarat) |
Shri Arjun Munda | Ministry of Tribal Affairs | Khunti, Jharkhand |
Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles | Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) |
Piyush Goyal | Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry of Textiles and Minister of Commerce and Industry | Rajya Sabha(Maharastra) |
Dharmendra Pradhan | Ministry of Education, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Rajya Sabha(MP) |
Pralhad Joshi | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Mines | Dharwad, Karnataka |
Shri Narayan Tatu Rane | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | Maharastra |
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) | Majuli, Assam |
Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Ministry of Minority Affairs | Rajya Sabha( Jharkhand) |
| Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Lok Sabha (Tikamgarh) |
Shri Giriraj Singh | Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Panchayati Raj | Lok Sabha ( Begusurai) |
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Ministry of Civil Aviation | Rajya Sabha(MP) |
Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh | Ministry of Steel | Bihar |
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology | Odisha |
Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras | Ministry of Food Processing Industries | Lok Sabha (Hajipur) |
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Ministry of Jal Shakti | Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
Shri Kiren Rijiju | Ministry of Law and Justice | Arunanchal, West |
Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy | Arrah, Bihar |
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | UP |
Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers | Palitana, Gujarat |
Shri Bhupender Yadav | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Labour and Employment | Rajya Sabha( Rajasthan) |
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Ministry of Heavy Industries | Chandauli,(UP) |
Shri Parshottam Rupala | Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying | Rajya Sabha(Gujarat) |
Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region | Lok Sabha (Secunderabad) |
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh |
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
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Dr. Jitendra Singh | Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences | Udhampur |
Shri Rao Inderjit Singh | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Ministry of Planning | Gurgaon (Haryana) |
Ministers of State | ||
Name | Portfolio | Constituency |
Shri Rao Inderjit Singh | Ministry of Corporate Affairs | Gurgaon (Haryana) |
Faggansingh Kulaste | Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Rural Development | Mandla (Madhya Pradesh) |
Dr. Jitendra Singh | Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space | Udhampur |
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Ministry of Tourism | North Goa |
Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Ministry of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Food Processing Industries | Damoh(MP) |
Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | Buxar (Bihar) |
Arjun Ram Meghwal | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Culture | Bikaner (Rajasthan) |
General V. K. Singh | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Civil Aviation | Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) |
Krishan Pal | Ministry of Power, Ministry of Heavy Industries | Faridabad (Haryana) |
Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Mines | Jalna (Maharashtra) |
Ramdas Athawale | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Pandharpur( Maharashtra) |
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Rural Development | Fatehpur (UP) |
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying | Muzaffarnagar (UP) |
Shri Nityanand Rai | Ministry of Home Affairs | Ujiarpur (Bihar) |
Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary | Ministry of Finance | Maharajganj (UP) |
Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel | Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Mirzapur |
Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Ministry of Law and Justice | Agra (UP) |
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology | Karnataka |
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | Udupi Chikmagalur (Karnataka) |
Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | Jalaun (UP) |
Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh | Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Railways | Surat (Gujarat) |
Shri V. Muraleedharan | Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs | Kozhikode |
Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi | Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Culture | New Delhi |
Shri Som Parkash | Ministry of Commerce and Industry | Hoshiarpur( Punjab) |
Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Ministry of Tribal Affairs | Surguja (Chattisgarh) |
Shri Rameswar Teli | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Labour and Employment | Dibrugarh (Assam) |
Shri Kailash Choudhary | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | Barmer (Rajasthan) |
Smt. Annpurna Devi | Ministry of Education | Kodarma (Jharkhand) |
Shri A. Narayanaswamy | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Chitradurga (Karnataka) |
Shri Kaushal Kishore | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | Mohanlalganj (UP) |
Shri Ajay Bhatt | Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Tourism | Nainital |
Shri B. L. Verma | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Ministry of Cooperation | Rajya Sabha |
Shri Ajay Kumar | Ministry of Home Affairs | Kheri (UP) |
Shri Devusinh Chauhan | Ministry of Communications | Kheda (Gujarat) |
Shri Bhagwanth Khuba | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers | Bidar (Karnataka) |
Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil | Ministry of Panchayati Raj | Bhiwandi (Maharastra) |
Sushri Pratima Bhoumik | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | Tripura West |
Dr. Subhas Sarkar | Ministry of Education | Bankura (West Bengal) |
Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad | Ministry of Finance | Aurangabad (Maharastra) |
Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh | Ministry of External Affair, Ministry of Education | Manipur |
Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Dindori ( Maharastra) |
Shri Bishweswar Tudu | Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Jal Shakti | Mayurbhanj |
Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai | Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) | Surendranagar |
Shri John Barla | Ministry of Minority Affairs | Alipurduars (West Bengal) |
Dr. L. Murugan | Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
| MP |
Shri Nisith Pramanik | Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Coochbehar (West Bengal) |
Conclusion
The new cabinet is a mix of regional and geographical diversity, experience, gender, and communities, with record representation for SCs, STs, and OBCs, as Prime Minister Modi has stated on multiple occasions.