The Rashtrapati Bhavan has come out with a communiqu announcing distribution of portfolios of the ministers sworn-in on Monday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers:

 

Cabinet ministers:

 

1. Raj Nath Singh Home Affairs 

 

2. Sushma Swaraj External Affairs Overseas Indian Affairs 

 

3. Arun Jaitley Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence 

 

4. M Venkaiah Naidu Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs 

 

5. Nitin Jairam Gadkari Road Transport and Highways, Shipping 

 

6. D.V. Sadananda Gowda Railways

 

7. Uma Bharati Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 

 

8. Najma A. Heptulla Minority Affairs

 

9. Gopinathrao Munde Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation 

 

10. Ramvilas Paswan Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 

 

11. Kalraj Mishra Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

 

12. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Women and Child Development 

 

13. Ananthkumar Chemicals and Fertilizers 

 

14. Ravi Shankar Prasad Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice 

 

15. Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati  Civil Aviation

 

16. Anant Geete Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 

 

17. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Food Processing Industries 

 

18. Narendra Singh Tomar Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment 

 

19. Jual Oram Tribal Affairs 

 

20. Radha Mohan Singh Agriculture 

 

21. Thaawar Chand Gehlot Social Justice and Empowerment 

 

22. Smriti Zubin Irani Human Resource Development 

 

23. Harsh Vardhan Health and Family Welfare     

 

 MINISTERS OF STATE  

 

1. General (retd) V.K. Singh Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs 

 

2. Inderjit Singh Rao Planning (Independent Charge) Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge)Defence 

 

3. Santosh Kumar Gangwar Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 

 

4. Shripad Yesso Naik Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge) 

 

5. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) 

6. Sarbananda Sonowal Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) 

 

7. Prakash Javadekar Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge)Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)Parliamentary Affairs 8. Piyush Goyal Power (Independent  Charge)Coal (Independent Charge)New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)        

 

9. Jitendra Singh Science and Technology (Independent Charge)Earth Sciences (Independent Charge)Prime Minister OfficePersonnel, Public Grievances & PensionsDepartment of Atomic EnergyDepartment of Space

 

10. Nirmala Sitharaman Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)FinanceCorporate Affairs 

 

11. G.M. Siddeshwara Civil Aviation 

 

12. Manoj Sinha Railways 

 

13. Nihalchand Chemicals and Fertilizers 

 

14. Upendra Kushwaha Rural Development Panchayati Ra jDrinking Water and Sanitation 

 

15. Radhakrishnan P Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 

 

16. Kiren Rijiju Home Affairs 

 

17. Krishan Pal Road Transport and HighwaysShipping 

 

18. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan AgricultureFood Processing Industries 

 

19. Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava  Tribal Affairs 

 

20. Raosaheb Dadarao Danve Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

 

21. Vishnu Deo Sai MinesSteelLabour and Employment 

 

22. Sudarshan Bhagat Social Justice and Empowerment