India's New Cabinet 2.0 - The Final List of Ministers and Portfolio assignments after the massive 2021 overhaul
The resignation of some of the top ministers of the earlier cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, viz. Ravi Shankar Prasad being the most prominent, took the limelight as compared to the fresh inductions or reassignment of portfolios.
Jul 8, 2021, 17:47 IST
Big Tech altercations, lagging implementation of Bharatnet, inept handling of the COVID second wave, etc were some of the reasons why the big names in the earlier cabinet are no longer holding the same portfolio or none at all...
Beginning 8 July, this will be the new Cabinet at the helm of the Indian Government.
Cabinet Ministers
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister
- Amit Shah : Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
- Arjun Munda : Minister of Tribal Affairs
- Dharmendra Pradhan : Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat : Minister of Jal Shakti
- Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Heavy Industries
- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi : Minister of Minority Affairs
- Narendra Singh Tomar : Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Nirmala Sitharaman : Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
- Nitin Jairam Gadkari : Minister of Road Transport and Highways
- Piyush Goyal : Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles
- Pralhad Joshi : Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines
- Smriti Zubin Irani : Minister of Women and Child Development
- Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs
List of new Cabinet Ministers 2021 and their Portfolios
- Anurag Singh Thakur: Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
- Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
- Bhupendra Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment
- G Kishan Reddy: Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
- Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
- Jyotiraditya Scindia: Minister of Civil Aviation
- Kiren Rijiju: Minister of Law and Justice
- Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- Narayan Rane: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Parshottam Rupala: Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Pashu Pati Kumar Paras: Minister of Food Processing Industries
- Raj Kumar Singh: Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
- Ramchandra Prasad Singh: Minister of Steel
- Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Minister of AYUSH
- Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
- Dr Jitendra Singh : Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space
- Rao Inderjit Singh : Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Ministers of State
- Arjun Ram Meghwal : Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
- Ashwini Kumar Choubey : Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Danve Raosaheb Dadarao : Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
- Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan : Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Faggansingh Kulaste : Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
- General (Retd.) V. K. Singh : Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
- Kailash Choudhary : Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Krishan Pal : Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
- Nityanand Rai : Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
- Prahalad Singh Patel : Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- Ramdas Athawale : Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Rameswar Teli : Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
- Renuka Singh Saruta : Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti : Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
- Shripad Yesso Naik : Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
- Som Parkash : Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- V. Muraleedharan : Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
List of 28 news Ministers of State:
- A Narayanaswamy: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Ajay Bhatt: Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
- Ajay Kumar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
- Annpurna Devi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
- Anupriya Singh Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Bhagwanth Khuba: Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
- Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Bharati Pravin Pawar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Bishweswar Tudu: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
- BL Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
- Chauhan Devusinh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
- Dardhana Vikram Jardosh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
- Dr L Murugan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
- John Barla: Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
- Kapil Moreshwas Patil: Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- Kaushal Kishore: Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
- Meenakshi Lekhi: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
- Munjapara Mahendrabhai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH
- Nisith Pramanik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- Pankay Chaudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
- Pratima Bhoumik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- Rajkumar Ranjan Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
- Satya Pal Singh Bhagel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice
- Shantanu Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
- Shobha Karandlaje: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Subhas Sarkar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
News Source: ANI