Prime Minister Narendra Modi allocated portfolios to his cabinet ministers on Monday, a day after being sworn in for an unprecedented third consecutive term. While several senior members retained their crucial portfolios, there was a major reshuffle of responsibilities across various ministries.
Big Four Retain Top Ministries
Amit Shah: Retains powerful Home Ministry
Nirmala Sitharaman: Continues as Finance Minister
Rajnath Singh: Remains Defence Minister
S Jaishankar: Keeps charge of External Affairs
Other Key Allocations
Nitin Gadkari: Retains Road Transport & Highways
(MoS: Ajay Tamta, Harsh Malhotra)
JP Nadda: Appointed new Health Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Gets Agriculture, Panchayati Raj
Chirag Paswan: Awarded Youth Affairs and Sports
Jyotiraditya Scindia: Gets Telecommunications
HD Kumaraswamy: Given Steel, Heavy Industries
Piyush Goyal: Handed Commerce and Industry
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Gets Tourism
Annapurna Devi: Women and Child Development
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: Civil Aviation
Ashwini Vaishnaw: Railways, Information & Broadcasting
CR Paatil: Jal Shakti (Water Resources)
Kiren Rijiju: Parliamentary Affairs
Bhupendra Yadav: Environment, Forests & Climate Change
Ravneet Singh Bittu: Minority Affairs
Hardeep Singh Puri: Petroleum and Natural Gas
Giriraj Singh: Textiles
Prahlad Joshi: Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Lallan Singh: Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairy; Panchayati Raj
Jitan Ram Manjhi: MSME
Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs
G Kishan Reddy: Coal, Mines
Dr Virendra Kumar: Social Justice and Empowerment
Sarbananda Sonowal: Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Manohar Lal Khattar: Power, Urban Affairs
