Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Amit Shah as the Home Minister along with Nirmala Sitharaman as the Finance Minister. S Jaishankar is the Foreign Minister while Nitin Gadkari is minister of Road Transport and Highways. Former Home Minister Rajnath Singh is Defence Minister in this cabinet, while Smriti Irani got the Women and Child Development ministry.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the list of the ministers and their portfolios:<\/p>\n
Cabinet Ministers: <\/strong><\/p>\n Narendra Modi<\/strong> \u2013 Prime Minister, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space<\/p>\n Rajnath Singh<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Defence<\/p>\n Amit Shah<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Home Affairs<\/p>\n Nitin Gadkari<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises<\/p>\n DV Sadananda Gowda<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers<\/p>\n Nirmala Sitharaman<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs<\/p>\n Ramvilas Paswan<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution<\/p>\n Narendra Singh Tomar<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj<\/p>\n Ravi<\/strong> Shankar Prasad<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology<\/p>\n Harsimrat Kaur Badal<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Food Processing Industries<\/p>\n Thaawar Chand Gehlot<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment<\/p>\n Dr. S Jaishankar<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of External Affairs<\/p>\n Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Human Resource Development.<\/p>\n Arjun Munda<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Tribal Affairs<\/p>\n Smriti Irani<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles<\/p>\n Dr. Harsh Vardhan<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences<\/p>\n Prakash Javadekar<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting<\/p>\n Piyush Goyal<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry<\/p>\n Dharmendra Pradhan<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel<\/p>\n Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Minority Affairs<\/p>\n Pralhad Joshi<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines<\/p>\n Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n Arvind Ganpat Sawant<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise Gajendra Singh Shekhawat<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Jal Shakti<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ministers of State (Independent charge)<\/strong><\/p>\n Santosh Kumar Gangwar<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment<\/p>\n Rao Inderjit Singh<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning<\/p>\n Shripad Naik<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence<\/p>\n Dr. Jitendra Singh<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; 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<\/p>\n Kiren Rijiju<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs<\/p>\n Prahalad Singh Patel<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism<\/p>\n Raj Kumar Singh<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n Hardeep Singh Puri<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; \u00a0Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry<\/p>\n Mansukh L. Mandaviya<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ministers of State<\/strong><\/p>\n Faggansingh Kulaste<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel<\/p>\n Ashwini Kumar Choubey<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare<\/p>\n Arjun Ram Meghwal<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises<\/p>\n General (Retd.) V. K. Singh<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways<\/p>\n Krishan Pal<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment<\/p>\n Danve Raosaheb Dadarao<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution<\/p>\n G Kishan Reddy<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs<\/p>\n Parshottam Rupala<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare<\/p>\n Ramdas Athawale<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment<\/p>\n Niranjan Jyoti<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development<\/p>\n Babul Supriyo<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change<\/p>\n Sanjeev Kumar Balyan<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries<\/p>\n Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology<\/p>\n Anurag Singh Thakur<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and \u00a0Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.<\/p>\n Angadi Suresh Channabasappa<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways<\/p>\n Nityanand Rai<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs<\/p>\n Rattan Lal Kataria<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment<\/p>\n V Muraleedharan<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs<\/p>\n Renuka Singh Saruta<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affair<\/p>\n Som Parkash<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry<\/p>\n Rameswar Teli<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries<\/p>\n Pratap Chandra Sarangi<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries<\/p>\n Kailash Choudhary <\/strong>\u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare<\/p>\n Debasree Chaudhuri<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Amit Shah as the Home Minister along with Nirmala Sitharaman as the Finance Minister. 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\nGiriraj Singh<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries<\/p>\n