Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top four ministers — Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar — have retained their respective home, defence, finance and external affairs portfolios, according to an official statement.
The four are also part of the CCS ( Cabinet Committee on Security) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Among the new entrants to the Union cabinet, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been given the agriculture and rural development portfolios, Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda the health portfolio and former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar the power portfolio. Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Nitin Gadkari will continue as road transport minister, while Dharmendra Pradhan will retain his education portfolio.
Portfolio for PM Modi-led Union Cabinet announced
Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dr S Jaishankar Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnaw retain their ministries. pic.twitter.com/LkZ0MQiTnk
— ANI (@ANI) June 10, 2024
Jitendra Singh to be MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences
Arjun Ram Meghwal to be MoS (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Jayant Chaudhary… pic.twitter.com/hDN1186ero— ANI (@ANI) June 10, 2024
Jitin Prasada to be MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Ramdas Athawale to be MoS in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Nityanand Rai to be MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Anupriya Patel to be… pic.twitter.com/l7iDuayARf— ANI (@ANI) June 10, 2024
Kiren Rijiju has been moved from the earth sciences ministry to the parliamentary affairs ministry, while Arjun Ram Meghwal will continue as law minister.
Sarbananda Sonowal has retained the shipping portfolio, according to the statement.
Chirag Paswan to be Minister of Food Processing Industries.
H.D. Kumaraswamy to be Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister of Steel.
Murlidhar Mohol is now MoS Cooperation and Civil Aviation
Suresh Gopi is the new MoS Petroleum and Natural Gas and Tourism
Ram Nath Thakur becomes MoS Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Ashwini Vaishnaw to be Minister of Railways, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
G Kishan Reddy gets Ministry of Coal and Mines . Jyotiraditya Scindia, Telecom and North East
Jayant Chaudhary becomes Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya gets the Ministry of Labour and Employment and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
