New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on reshuffled his Cabinet in which four Ministers of State elevated to Cabinet rank and nine new faces inducted as Ministers of State. This was the third cabinet reshuffle since the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) came to power in 2014. 


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The new inductees in Modi's ministry are: RK Singh (Lok Sabha MP from Arrah, Bihar), Hardeep Singh Puri (ex-diplomat), Shiv Pratap Shukla (Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh), Satyapal Singh (Lok Sabha MP from Baghpat), Alphons Kannanthanam (ex-bureaucrat), Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Lok Sabha MP from Buxar, Bihar), Anant Kumar Dattatreya Hegde (Lok Sabha MP from Uttara Kannada), Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Lok Sabha MP from Jodhpur), andVirendra Kumar (Lok Sabha MP from Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh). 


Here is the full list of Cabinet Ministers and Council of Ministers:


CABINET MINISTERS


Rajnath Singh- Minister of Home Affairs


Sushma Swaraj- Minister of External Affairs


Arun Jaitley- Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs


Nirmala Sitharaman- Minister of Defence


Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi- Minister of Minority Affairs


Piyush Goyal- Minister of Railways; and Minister of Coal


Dharmendra Pradhan- Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship


Prakash Javadekar- Minister of Human Resource Development


Nitin Jairam Gadkari- Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Minister of Shipping, Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation


Suresh Prabhu- Minister of Commerce and Industry


Smriti Zubin Irani- Minister of Textiles, Minister of Information and Broadcasting


D.V. Sadananda Gowda- Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation


Uma Bharati- Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation


Ramvilas Paswan- Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution


Maneka Sanjay Gandhi- Minister of Women and Child Development


Ananth Kumar- Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs


Ravi Shankar Prasad- Minister of Law and Justice, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology


Jagat Prakash Nadda- Minister of Health and Family Welfare


Ashok Gajapathi Raju- Pusapati Minister of Civil Aviation


Anant Geete- Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises


Harsimrat Kaur Badal- Minister of Food Processing Industries


Narendra Singh Tomar- Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Mines


Chaudhary Birender Singh- Minister of Steel


Jual Oram- Minister of Tribal Affairs


Radha Mohan Singh- Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare


Thaawar Chand Gehlot- Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment


Harsh Vardhan- Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Earth Sciences, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change


MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) 


Rao Inderjit Singh- Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning, Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers


Raj Kumar Singh- Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy


Hardeep Singh Puri- Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs


Alphons Kannanthanam- Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology


Santosh Kumar Gangwar-  Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment


Shripad Yesso Naik- Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)


Jitendra Singh- 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


Mahesh Sharma- Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change


Giriraj Singh- Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises


Manoj Sinha- Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways


Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore- Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting


 


MINISTERS OF STATE


Vijay Goel- Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.


Radhakrishnan P.- Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping


S.S. Ahluwalia- Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation


Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi- Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation


Ramdas Athawale-Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment


Vishnu Deo Sai- Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel


Ram Kripal Yadav- Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development


Hansraj Gangaram Ahir -Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs


Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary- Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines, Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal


Rajen Gohain- Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways


General (Retd.) V. K. Singh- Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs


Parshottam Rupala- Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj


Krishan Pal- Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment


Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor- Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs


Shiv Pratap Shukla- Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance


Ashwini Kumar Choubey- Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare


Sudarshan Bhagat- Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs


Upendra Kushwaha- Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development


Kiren Rijiju- Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs


Dr Virendra Kumar- Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs


Anantkumar Hegde- Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship


MJ Akbar- Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs


Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti -Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries


Y. S. Chowdary- Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology, Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences


Jayant Sinha- Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation


Babul Supriyo- Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises


Vijay Sampla-Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment


Arjun Ram Meghwal- Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation


Ajay Tamta- Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles


Krishna Raj- Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare


Mansukh L. Mandaviya -Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping, Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers


Anupriya Patel- Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare


C.R. Chaudhary- Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry


P.P. Chaudhary- Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice, Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs


Dr Subhash Ramrao Bhamre- Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence


Gajendra Singh Shekhawat- Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation