Following a decisive victory in the 2019 General Elections, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, freshly re-elected, assumed office alongside the Council of Ministers on Thursday, May 30th. According to the Indian Constitution, the Council of Ministers' total count cannot surpass 15% of the total Lok Sabha MPs, which stands at 543 for the current 17th Lok Sabha, thus capping the Council at 81 members. At the swearing-in ceremony, the Council included the Prime Minister and 63 ministers. In the 2024 Council, there are 29 Cabinet Ministers, 3 Ministers of State (Independent Charge), and 47 Ministers of State. The allocation of portfolios took place on Friday, May 31st, 2019.
A few key names from the previous Modi government are missing from the new list. Maneka Gandhi and former Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore were not a part of the 2022-22 Cabinet.
In the newly formed cabinet, PM Modi holds the following portfolios:
The list of Cabinet Ministers 2024 along with their portfolios is given below:
Cabinet Ministers | Portfolio |
Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence |
Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation |
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways |
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs |
Shri Arjun Munda | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare; and Tribal Affairs |
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs |
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Minority Affairs |
Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles |
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
Shri Narayan Tatu Rane | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of AYUSH; Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj |
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Civil Aviation; and Minister of Steel |
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras | Minister of Food Processing Industries |
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti |
Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy |
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs |
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
Shri Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment |
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports |
Minister of State | Portfolios |
Shri Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space |
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
Shri Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
Shri Prahalad Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation |
Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines |
Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
Shri Pankaj Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice |
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare |
Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways |
Shri V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture |
Shri Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
Shri Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment |
Shri Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare |
Smt. Annpurna Devi Yadav | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
Shri A. Narayanaswamy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Shri Kaushal Kishore | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
Shri Ajay Bhatt | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism |
Shri B. L. Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation |
Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
Shri Devusinh Chauhan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications |
Shri Bhagwanth Khuba | Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil | Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
Sushri Pratima Bhoumik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Dr. Subhas Sarkar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance |
Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education |
Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
Shri Bishweswar Tudu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti |
Shri Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
Dr. Mahendra Munjapara | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH |
Shri John Barla | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs |
Dr. L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
Shri Nisith Pramanik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
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