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Modi 3.0: Full list of cabinet ministers and key appointments of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ministry

That's The Peg!10 June 20243 min read

On Sunday, Narendra Modi took the oath for his third consecutive term as Prime Minister of India, making history as the first PM since Jawaharlal Nehru to achieve this milestone. Alongside him, a total of 72 leaders were sworn in, forming the new Modi 3.0 ministry. Here is the comprehensive list of the cabinet ministers and key appointments in the new government:

Cabinet Ministers

Rajnath Singh – Retained his position as Union Defence MinisterAmit Shah – Continues as Union Home MinisterNitin Gadkari – Retains his role as Union Minister of Road and TransportJP Nadda – New entrant, BJP national chiefShivraj Singh Chouhan – Former Chief Minister of Madhya PradeshNirmala Sitharaman – Retains the Finance portfolioDr. S. Jaishankar – Continues as External Affairs MinisterManohar Lal Khattar – Former Haryana Chief MinisterHD Kumaraswamy – Chief of JD(S)Piyush Goyal – Sworn in as Union MinisterDharmendra Pradhan – Retains his previous positionJitan Ram Manjhi – Founder of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh – Leader from JD(U)Sarbananda Sonowal – BJP leader from AssamKinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu – Telugu Desam Party leaderDr. Virendra Kumar – Continues as a Cabinet MinisterJual Oram – Continues as Union MinisterPralhad Joshi – Continues as Union MinisterAshwini Vaishnaw – Retains the Railways portfolioGiriraj Singh – Continues as Union MinisterJyotiraditya Scindia – Retains his positionBhupendra Yadav – Continues as Union MinisterGajendra Singh Shekhawat – Retains his ministerial roleAnnapurna Devi – Continues as Union MinisterKiren Rijiju – Continues as Union MinisterMansukh Mandaviya – Retains the Health portfolioHardeep Singh Puri – Continues as Union MinisterG. Kishan Reddy – Continues as Union MinisterChirag Paswan – LJP-RV leaderCR Patil – New entrant, BJP Gujarat unit chief

Ministers of State with Independent Charge

Rao Inderjit Singh – Six-term MPJitendra Singh – Udhampur MPArjun Ram Meghwal – Bikaner MPPrataprao Jadhav – Shiv Sena leader (Eknath Shinde faction)Jayant Chaudhary – RLD leader

Ministers of State

Jitin Prasada – Joined BJP in 2021Shripad Naik – North Goa MPPankaj Chaudhary – MoS (Finance)Krishan Pal Gurjar – Faridabad MPRamdas Athawale – Republican Party of India chiefNityanand Rai – Ujiyarpur MPAnupriya Patel – Apna Dal leaderV Somanna – Tumkur seat MPChandra Sekhar Pemmasani – Leader from TDPSP Singh Baghel – Agra MPShobha Karandlaje – Bangalore North MPKirti Vardhan Singh – Three-time BJP MPBL Verma – Uttar Pradesh BJP vice presidentShantanu Thakur – Bangaon MPKamlesh Paswan – Bengal MPBandi Sanjay Kumar – Karimnagar MPAjay Tamta – Uttarakhand leaderDr L Murugan – Rajya Sabha MPSuresh Gopi – Actor-turned-politicianRavneet Singh Bittu – Former Congress leaderSanjay Seth – Ranchi MPRaksha Khadse – Bengal MPBhagirath Choudhary – Ajmer MPSatish Chandra Dubey – Rajya Sabha MPDurgadas Uikey – Madhya Pradesh MPSukanta Majumdar – West Bengal BJP chiefSavitri Thakur – Madhya Pradesh MPTokhan Sahu – Bilaspur MPRaj Bhushan Choudhary – Muzaffarpur MPBhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma – Andhra Pradesh leaderHarsh Malhotra – Former East Delhi MayorNimuben Bambhaniam – Bhavnagar MPMurlidhar Mohol – Former Pune MayorGeorge Kurian – Kerala BJP state general secretaryPabitra Margherita – Rajya Sabha MP from Assam

The BJP-led NDA secured 293 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, with BJP itself winning 240 seats.

This term marks the first coalition government for Modi after the BJP fell short of the majority mark of 272 seats.

This diverse and extensive cabinet reflects Modi’s focus on inclusive governance and coalition dynamics. The appointments indicate a strategic distribution of portfolios to accommodate various social groups and political allies.

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