Modi 3.0 Cabinet 2024 Portfolio Allocation: A day after the swearing-in ceremony of the National Democratic Alliance cabinet including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the President of India today allocated portfolios to NDA ministers. The BJP has retained key ministries like Home Ministry, Finance, External Affairs and Defence. The NDA allies like the JDS, JDU, LJP-RV and Shiv Sena have also got their fare share of the ministries as per the alliance deal.


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As per the press statement from the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Nitin Gadkari has been reappointed as the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, accompanied by a minister of state. Ashwini Vaishnav has retained the charge of the Ministry of Railways, while S. Jaishankar has been assigned the Ministry of External Affairs and Rajnath Singh has been allocated the Defence Ministry. Shivraj Singh Chauhan is appointed as Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare. 


Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Jitan Ram Manjhi has been given Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises while the TDP MP Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu has got Minister of Civil Aviation. Gonda MP Kirtivardhan Singh got Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.


President of India Droupadi Murmu administered oath of office to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 71 Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhawan yesterday in presence of some global leaders and people from all walks of life who were invited to the grand ceremony.


The new Modi 3.0 Cabinet includes 30 Cabinet Ministers, five Ministers of State with Independent Charge, and 36 Ministers of State. PM Modi is the second Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to serve three consecutive terms. The key faces in the Modi cabinet include Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, S Jaishankar while allies who got Cabinet Minister berths include H. D. Kumaraswamy (JDS), Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu (TDP), Chirag Paswan (LJP-RV) and Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM) and Lalan Singh (JDU).


Of all the allies of the NDA, only NCP-Ajit Pawar was left out of the cabinet as the party rejected the offer of Minister of State with Independent Charge saying it would be a demotion for its candidate Praful Patel. Patel had earlier served as cabinet minister in the UPA government. The BJP has assured the NCP of resolving the issue in the coming days.


Below is the full list of the Modi cabinet minister and their cabinet portfolio:


Minister

Portfolio

Party

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister; 


Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances andPensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any minister.

BJP

Cabinet Ministers

Raj Nath Singh

Ministry of Defence

BJP

Amit Shah

Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Cooperations

BJP

Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways

BJP

Jagat Prakash Nadda

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, Government of India

BJP

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare

BJP

Nirmala Sitharaman

Ministry of Finance AND Ministry of Corporate Affairs

BJP

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Ministry of External Affairs

BJP

Manohar Lal

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and  Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

BJP

H. D. Kumaraswamy

Ministry of Heavy Industries; AND Ministry of Steel

JDS

Piyush Goyal

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

BJP

Dharmendra Pradhan

Ministry of Education

BJP

Jitan Ram Manjhi

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

HAM

Rajiv Ranjan Singh

Ministry of Panchayati Raj; AND Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. 

JDU

Sarbananda Sonowal

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

BJP

Dr. Virendra Kumar

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

BJP

Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu

Ministry of Civil Aviation

TDP

Pralhad Joshi

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 

BJP

Jual Oram

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

BJP

Giriraj Singh

Ministry of Textiles

BJP

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Ministry of Communications

BJP

Jyotiraditya M. Scindia

Minister of Communications; AND Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. 

BJP

Bhupender Yadav

Minister of Environment, Forest andClimate Change

BJP

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Minister of Culture; and
Minister of Tourism.

BJP

Annpurna Devi

Minister of Women and Child Development

BJP

Kiren Rijiju

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of Minority Affairs.

BJP

Hardeep Singh Puri

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

BJP

Mansukh Mandaviya

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

BJP

G. Kishan Reddy

Minister of Coal; and
Minister of Mines

BJP

Chirag Paswan

Ministry of Food Processing Industries

LJP

C R Patil

Minister of Jal Shakti

BJP

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Rao Inderjit Singh

Minister of State (Independent Charge)of the Ministry of Statistics andProgramme Implementation;
Minister of State (Independent Charge)of the Ministry of Planning; and
Minister of State in the Ministry ofCulture

BJP

Dr. Jitendra Singh

Minister of State (Independent Charge)of the Ministry of Science andTechnology;
Minister of State (Independent Charge)of the Ministry of Earth Sciences;
Minister of State in the PrimeMinister’s Office;
Minister of State in the Ministry ofPersonnel, Public Grievances andPensions;
Minister of State in the Department ofAtomic Energy; and
Minister of State in the Department ofSpace

BJP

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Minister of State (Independent Charge)of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and
Minister of State in the Ministry ofParliamentary Affairs

BJP

Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao

Minister of State (Independent Charge)of the Ministry of Ayush; and
Minister of State in the Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare

Shiv Sena-Shinde

Jayant Chaudhary

Minister of State (Independent Charge)of the Ministry of Skill Developmentand Entrepreneurship; and
Minister of State in the Ministry ofEducation.

RLD

Ministers of State

Jitin Prasada

Minister of State in the Ministry ofCommerce and Industry; and
Minister of State in the Ministry ofElectronics and InformationTechnology

BJP

Shripad Yesso Naik

Minister of State in the Ministry ofPower; and
Minister of State in the Ministry ofNew and Renewable Energy

BJP

Pankaj Chaudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry ofFinance.

BJP

Krishan Pal

Minister of State in the Ministry ofCooperation

BJP

Ramdas Athawale

Minister of State in the Ministry ofSocial Justice and Empowerment

RPI

Ram Nath Thakur

Minister of State in the Ministry ofAgriculture and Farmers Welfare

JDU

Nityanand Rai

Minister of State in the Ministry ofHome Affairs

BJP

Anupriya Patel

Minister of State in the Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry ofChemicals and Fertilizers

Apna Dal

V. Somanna

Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

BJP

Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications

TDP

SP Singh Baghel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

BJP

Sobha Krandlaje

Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment

BJP

BL Verma

Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

BJP

Shantanu Thakur

Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

BJP

Suresh Gopi

Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

BJP

Dr L Murugan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

BJP

Ajay Tamta

Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

BJP

Bandi Sanjay Kumar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

BJP

Kamlesh Paswan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

BJP

Bhagirath Choudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

BJP

Satish Chandra Dubey

Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines

BJP

Sanjay Seth

Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence

BJP

Ravneet Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

BJP

Drugadas Uikey

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

BJP

Raksha Khadse

Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

BJP

Sukanta Majumdar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education


Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.

BJP

Savitri Thakur

Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development

BJP

Tokhan Sahu

Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

BJP

Raj Bhushan Choudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti

BJP

Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma

Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel

BJP

Harsh Malhotra

Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; AND


Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

BJP

Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya

Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

BJP

Murlidhar Mohol

Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation


Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation

BJP

George Kurian

Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs


Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

BJP

Pabitra Margherita

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles

BJP

Kirtivardhan Singh


 

Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and


Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

BJP

Leaders from India's neighbourhood - Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh joined PM Modi at the stage in Rashtrapati Bhavan after he took oath as the Prime Minister. Speaking to leaders of the neighbouring countries who attended the swearing-in ceremony, PM Modi said that participation of the foreign dignitaries reaffirm India's commitment to its 'Neighbourhood First' policy. PM Modi shared his dedication to serving the vast population of India, aiming to propel the nation to greater heights of progress.


"Took oath as Prime Minister at the ceremony earlier this evening. I look forward to serving 140 crore Indians and working with the Council of Ministers to take India to new heights of progress. Congratulations to all those who have taken oath today. This team of Ministers is a great blend of youth and experience, and we will leave no stone unturned in improving the lives of people," said PM Modi in a post on X.