In June 2024, following the general elections, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a refreshed and dynamic Union Cabinet aimed at addressing the country’s diverse challenges and driving its development agenda forward. This new cabinet features a mix of experienced leaders and new faces, reflecting a balance of continuity and change. Here’s a detailed look at the key cabinet ministers list and their portfolios.
Key Cabinet Ministers List and Their Portfolios
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi – BJP
- Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
- Department of Atomic Energy
- Department of Space
- All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister
Cabinet Ministers
Raj Nath Singh – BJP
- Ministry of Defence
Amit Shah – BJP
- Ministry of Home Affairs
- Ministry of Cooperation
Nitin Gadkari – BJP
- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Jagat Prakash Nadda
- Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and
- Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
- Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare;
- Minister of Rural Development
Nirmala Sitharaman – BJP
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – BJP
- Ministry of External Affairs
Manohar Lal
- Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
- Minister of Power
H. D. Kumaraswamy
- Minister of Heavy lndustries
- Minister of Steel
Piyush Goyal – BJP
- Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Dharmendra Pradhan – BJP
- Ministry of Education
Jitan Ram Manjhi
- Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Lalan Singh
- Minister of Panchayati Raj
- Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Sarbananda Sonowal – BJP
- Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Dr. Virendra Kumar – BJP
- Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu
- Minister of Civil Aviation
Pralhad Joshi – BJP
- Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Giriraj Singh – BJP
- Ministry of Textiles
Jual Oram
- Minister of Tribal Affairs
Ashwini Vaishnaw – BJP
- Ministry of Railways
- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Jyotiraditya Scindia – BJP
- Ministry of Communications
- Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Bhupender Yadav – BJP
- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – BJP
- Ministry of Culture
- Ministry of Tourism
Annpurna Devi – BJP
- Ministry of Women and Child Development
Kiren Rijiju – BJP
- Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
- Ministry of Minority Affairs
Hardeep Singh Puri – BJP
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Mansukh Mandaviya – BJP
- Ministry of Labour and Employment
- Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
G. Kishan Reddy – BJP
- Ministry of Coal
- Ministry of Mines
Chirag Paswan
- Minister of Food Processing lndustries
C R Patil
- Minister of Jal Shakti
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Rao Inderjit Singh
- Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- Ministry of Planning
- Ministry of Culture
Dr. Jitendra Singh
- Ministry of Science and Technology
- Ministry of Earth Sciences
- Prime Minister’s Office
- Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
- Department of Atomic Energy
- Department of Space
Arjun Ram Meghwal
- Ministry of Law and Justice
- Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao
- Minister of State (lndependent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Jayant Chaudhary
- Minister of State (lndependent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
Ministers of State
Jitin Prasada
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and industry
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Shripad Yesso Naik
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
- Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Pankaj Chaudhary
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Krishan Pal
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
Ramdas Athawale
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Ram Nath Thakur
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Nityanand Rai
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Anupriya Patel
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
V. Somanna
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
Kirtivardhan Singh
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Minister of State in the Ministry of ExternalAffairs
B. L. Verma
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shantanu Thakur
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Suresh Gopi
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
L. Murugan
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Ajay Tamta
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Kamlesh Paswan
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
Bhagirath Choudhary
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Satish Chandra Dubey
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
Sanjay Seth
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
Ravneet Singh
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing lndustries
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
Durgadas Uikey
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Raksha Nikhil Khadse
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sukanta Majumdar
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Savitri Thakur
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development
Tokhan Sahu
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Raj Bhushan Choudhary
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy lndustries
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
Harsh Malhotra
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Murlidhar Mohol
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
George Kurian
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Pabitra Margherita
- Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
- Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
Source: Cabinet Ministers – Government of India
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