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Sunday, September 03, 2017


 The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:-

Shri Narendra Modi
Prime Minister and also in-charge of:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy;
Department of Space; and
All important policy issues; and
All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

CABINET MINISTERS

1.
Shri Raj Nath Singh
Minister of Home Affairs.
2.
Smt. Sushma Swaraj
Minister of External Affairs.
3.
Shri Arun Jaitley
Minister of Finance; and
Minister of Corporate Affairs.
4.
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Minister of Road Transport and Highways;
Minister of Shipping; and
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
5.
Shri Suresh Prabhu
Minister of Commerce and Industry.
6.
Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
7.
Sushri Uma Bharati
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
8.
Shri Ramvilas Paswan
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
9.
Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
Minister of Women and Child Development.
10.
Shri Ananthkumar
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and
Minister of 

Parliamentary Affairs.
11.
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister of Law and Justice; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
12.
Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda
Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
13.
Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati
Minister of Civil Aviation.
14.
Shri Anant Geete
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
15.
Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Minister of Food Processing Industries.
16.
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Minister of Rural Development;
Minister of Panchayati Raj; and
Minister of Mines.
17.
Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh
Minister of Steel.
18.
Shri Jual Oram
Minister of Tribal Affairs.
19.
Shri Radha Mohan Singh
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
20.
Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
21.
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani
Minister of Textiles; and
Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
22.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Minister of Science and Technology;
Minister of Earth Sciences; and
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
23.
Shri Prakash Javadekar
Minister of Human Resource Development.
24.
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
25.
Shri Piyush Goyal
Minister of Railways; and
Minister of Coal.
26.
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of Defence.
27.
Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Minister of Minority Affairs.

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1.
Rao Inderjit Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
2.
Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
3.
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).
4.
Dr. 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.
5.
Dr. 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.
6.
Shri Giriraj Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
7.
Shri Manoj Sinha
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
8.
Col. 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.
9.
Shri Raj Kumar Singh
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
10.
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
11.
Shri Alphons Kannanthanam
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

MINISTERS OF STATE

1.
Shri Vijay Goel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
2.
Shri Radhakrishnan P.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.
3.
Shri S.S. Ahluwalia
Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
4.
Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
5.
Shri Ramdas Athawale
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
6.
Shri Vishnu Deo Sai
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
7.
Shri Ram Kripal Yadav
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
8.
Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
9.
Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal.
10.
Shri Rajen Gohain
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
11.
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
12.
Shri Parshottam Rupala
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
13.
Shri Krishan Pal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
14.
Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
15.
Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
16.
Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
17.
Shri Sudarshan Bhagat
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
18.
Shri Upendra Kushwaha
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
19.
Shri Kiren Rijiju
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
 20.
Dr. Virendra Kumar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
21.
Shri Anantkumar Hegde
Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
22.
Shri M. J. Akbar
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
23.
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
24.
Shri Y. S. Chowdary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
25.
Shri Jayant Sinha
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
26.
Shri Babul Supriyo
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
27.
Shri Vijay Sampla
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
28.
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
29.
Shri Ajay Tamta
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
30.
Smt. Krishna Raj
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
31.
Shri Mansukh  L. Mandaviya
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways;
Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
32.
Smt. Anupriya Patel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
33.
Shri C.R. Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
34.
Shri P.P. Chaudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
35.
Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
36.
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
37.
Dr. Satya Pal Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.