Full list:Meet Narendra Modi's cabinet ministers, ministers of state

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday named Nirmala Sitharaman, previously the countrys defence minister, as the next finance minister, while the chief of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will become home minister.BJP President Shah masterminded the partys landslide victory in the April-May general election.

Following is the list of portfolios allocated to Cabinet ministers and Ministers of State (Independent charge):Narendra Modi:Prime Minister and also in-charge of:Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;Department of Atomic Energy;Department of Space; andAll important policy issues; andAll other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

Cabinet Ministers1.Rajnath Singh:Minister of Defence.

2.Amit Shah:Minister of Home Affairs.

3.Nitin Jairam Gadkari :Minister of Road Transport and Highways; andMinister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

4.D V Sadananda Gowda:Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

5.Nirmala Sitharaman:Minister of Finance; andMinister of Corporate Affairs.

6.Ramvilas Paswan:Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

7.Narendra Singh Tomar:Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare;Minister of Rural Development; andMinister of Panchayati Raj.

8.Ravi Shankar Prasad :Minister of Law and Justice;Minister of Communications; andMinister of Electronics and Information Technology.

9.Harsimrat Kaur Badal:Minister of Food Processing Industries.

10.Thaawar Chand Gehlot:Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.

11.Subrahmanyam Jaishankar:Minister of External Affairs.

12.Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank' :Minister of Human Resource Development.

13.Arjun Munda:Minister of Tribal Affairs.

14.Smriti Zubin Irani:Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister ofTextiles.

15.Harsh Vardhan :Minister of Health and Family Welfare;Minister of Science and Technology; andMinister of Earth Sciences.

16.Prakash Javadekar:Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; andMinister of Information and Broadcasting.

17.Piyush Goyal :Minister of Railways; andMinister of Commerce and Industry.

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Dharmendra Pradhan:Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; andMinister of Steel.

19.Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi:Minister of Minority Affairs.

20.Pralhad Joshi :Minister of Parliamentary Affairs;Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.

21.Mahendra Nath Pandey:Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

22.Arvind Ganpat Sawant :Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.

23.Giriraj Singh :Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

24.Gajendra Singh Shekhawat:Minister of Jal Shakti.

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)1.Santosh Kumar Gangwar:Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry ofLabour and Employment.

2.Rao Inderjit Singh:Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry ofStatistics and Programme Implementation; andMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry ofPlanning.

3.Shripad Yesso Naik :Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry ofAyurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha andHomoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry ofDefence.

4.Jitendra Singh:Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry ofDevelopment of North Eastern Region;Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office;Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances andPensions;Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; andMinister of State in the Department of Space.

5.Kiren Rijiju:Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairsand Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

6.Prahalad Singh Patel :Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry ofCulture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of theMinistry of Tourism.

7.Raj Kumar Singh:Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power;Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New andRenewable Energy; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development andEntrepreneurship.

8.Hardeep Singh Puri:Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry ofHousing and Urban Affairs;Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of CivilAviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerceand Industry.

9.Mansukh L. Mandaviya:Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry ofShipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicalsand Fertilizers.

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