Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Assam’s Sonowal retains Ports, Shipping and Waterways; Rijiju Gets Parliamentary Affairs
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath with 71 ministers on Sunday to form the new coalition government.
President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to the incoming ministers.
Prime Minister, 30 are Cabinet Ministers, five Ministers of State with Independent charge, and 36 Ministers of State.
Kiren Rijiju, who was the Minister of Earth Sciences, and Minister of Food Processing Industries in the previous term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet, has been appointed to the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, replacing Prahlad Joshi.
Meanwhile, Joshi has been allocated the Food, Consumer Affairs and Renewable Energy ministry.
Assam’s Sarbananda Sonowal, who was Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Cabinet Minister of AYUSH has retained to be the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
Meanwhile, Amit Shah has retained the Ministry of Home Affairs, and Rajnath Singh has retained the Defence Ministry in Modi 3.0.
Whereas Nitin Gadkari has also retained the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Ajay Tamta and Harsh Malhotra have been appointed as Ministers of State in the ministry.
Cabinet portfolios in Modi 3.0
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Minister: Amit Shah
Ministry of Cooperation
Union Minister: Amit Shah
Ministry of Defence
Union Minister: Rajnath Singh
Ministry of External Affairs
Union Minister: S Jaishankar
Ministry of Finance
Union Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Union Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Union Minister: Nitin Gadkari
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Union Minister: JP Nadda
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
Union Minister: JP Nadda
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Union Minister: Mansukh Mandaviya
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Union Minister: Mansukh Mandaviya
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Union Minister: Chirag Paswan
Ministry of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare
Union Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Ministry of Rural Development
Union Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Ministry of Power
Union Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Union Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar
Ministry of Tourism
Union Minister: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Ministry of Culture
Union Minister: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Union Minister: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Ministry of Railways
Union Minister: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Union Minister: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Union Minister: Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Union Minister: Dharmendra Pradhan
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Union Minister: Annapurna Devi
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India
Union Minister: Bhupendra Yadav
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Union Minister: CR Paatil
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Union Minister: Kiren Rijiju
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Union Minister: Kiren Rijiju
Ministry of Heavy Industries
Union Minister: HD Kumaraswamy
Ministry of Steel
Union Minister: HD Kumaraswamy
Ministry Of Telecommunication
Union Minister: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Union Minister: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Ministry of Textiles
Union Minister: Giriraj Singh
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Union Minister: Prahlad Joshi
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Union Minister: Prahlad Joshi
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Union Minister: Hardeep Singh Puri
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Union Minister: Jitan Ram Manjhi
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Union Minister: Lallan Singh
Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy
Union Minister: Lallan Singh
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Union Minister: Piyush Goyal
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Union Minister: Sarbananda Sonowal