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List of the Cabinet Members and their Constituencies

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)


Dr. Virendra Kumar

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)

 

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.

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