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Cabinet expansion: Portfolios allocated; massive changes by PM Narendra Modi - Here is who got what

PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening allocated portfolios to 19 newly-inducted ministers. 

Cabinet expansion: Portfolios allocated; massive changes by PM Narendra Modi - Here is who got what

New Delhi: In a major development, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening allocated portfolios to 19 newly-inducted ministers. 

Also, the PM changed the portfolios of various other existing ministers.

Here is the complete list of who got what:-

- Smriti Irani lost HRD ministry, she is new Textile Minister

- Prakash Javadekar is new HRD Minister 

- Anupriya Patel gets Health and family welfare (MoS)

- Ajay Tamta given textiles department (MoS)

- Ravi Shankar Prasad is new Law Minister

- Santosh Kumar Gangwar given Finance Ministry (MoS)

- Faggan Singh Kulaste given Health and Family Welfare (MoS)

- Hansraj Gangaram given Home Affairs (MoS) 

- Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi given Drinking water and sanitation department (MoS) 

- Sadananda Gowda given Statistics and Programme implementation

- Venkaiah Naidu is the new I&B Minister 

- Vijay Goel gets Sports Ministry

-  SS Aluhwalia given agriculture and farmers welfare, parliamentary affairs department (MoS) 

- Ramdas Athawale given social justice and empowerment department (MoS) 

- MJ Akbar given External affairs (MoS) 

- Jayant Sinha given Civil aviation (MoS) 

- Arjun Ram Meghwal given finance, corporate affairs (MoS)