List of Union Council of Ministers - Cabinet, MoS (Independent Charge) and MoS
2021-07-08 | Priyanka Chaudhary
On the 7th of July 2021, The Union Council of Ministers witnessed a major change with 43 Ministers swearing-in and taking the total headcount in the Union Council of Ministers of India to 78.
The major highlights of this Expansion of the council of Ministers of Modi Government 2.0 are as follows:
- The Ministry of Science & Technology will be held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- A new ministry, the Ministry of Cooperation is formed and Amit Shah will take additional charge of it along with the Home Ministry.
- The reshuffling of the Council of Ministers was the first since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over for the second term in May 2019.
- Modi government has expanded its cabinet, where 36 new ministers included in the council and 7 junior ministers got the promotion.
- Out of 43 ministers who took the oath, 15 will be the part of Union cabinet while 28 ministers will be the Ministry of State.
The Council of Ministers are categorized as follows (arranged in descending order of rank)
- Prime Minister
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Cabinet Minister
- Minister of State (Independent Charge)
- Minister of State (MoS)
List of Union Council of Ministers after 7 July 2021:
The below-given lists provide you with the current portfolios held by different ministers.
Prime Minister |
Portfolio |
Narendra Modi |
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |
Department of Atomic Energy |
|
Department of Space |
|
All important policy issues |
|
All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister |
List of Cabinet Ministers after Expansion (on 7 July 2021)
Name of the Minister |
Portfolios |
Amit Shah |
Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Cooperation (New Ministry) |
Rajnath Singh |
Ministry of Defence |
Nirmala Sitharaman |
Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
Nitin Jairam Gadkari |
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
Narendra Singh Tomar |
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
S Jaishankar |
Ministry of External Affairs |
Narendra Singh Tomar |
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
Arjun Munda |
Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
Smriti Zubin Irani |
Ministry of Women and Child Development |
Piyush Goyal |
Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Dharmendra Pradhan |
Ministry of Education (New) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (New) |
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi |
Ministry of Minority Affairs |
Pralhad Joshi |
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
Mahendra Nath Pandey |
Ministry of Heavy Industries(New) |
Giriraj Singh |
Ministry of Rural Development (New) |
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |
Minister of Jal Shakti |
Mansukh Mandaviya (Promoted from MoS to Cabinet) |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
Jyotiraditya Scindia (New) |
Ministry of Civil Aviation |
Parshottam Rupala (Promoted from MoS to Cabinet) |
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
Anurag Thakur (Promoted from MoS to Cabinet) |
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Sports and Youth Development |
Narayan Tatu Rane (New) |
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
Sarbananda Sonowal (New) |
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Ministry of AYUSH |
Virendra Kumar (New) |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Ramchandra Prasad Singh (New) |
Ministry of Steel |
Ashwini Vaishnaw (New) |
Ministry of Railways Ministry of Communications |
Pashu Pati Kumar Paras (New) |
Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
Kiren Rijiju (Promoted from MoS to Cabinet) |
Ministry of Law and Justice |
Raj Kumar Singh (Promoted from MoS to Cabinet) |
Ministry of Power |
Hardeep Singh Puri (Promoted from MoS to Cabinet) |
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
Bhupendra Yadav (New) |
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
G Kishan Reddy (Promoted from MoS to Cabinet) |
Ministry of Culture |
List of Minister of State (Independent Charge) after Expansion (on 7 July 2021)
Name of the Minister |
Portfolio (Minister of State-Independent Charge) |
Rao Indrajit Singh |
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
Ministry of Planning Ministry of Corporate Affairs (New) |
|
Dr. Jitendra Singh |
Ministry of Science & Technology (New) Ministry of Earth Sciences (New) |
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office |
|
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions |
|
Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy |
|
Minister of State in the Department of Space |
List of Ministers of State after Expansion (on 7 July 2021)
Name of the Minister |
Portfolio (Minister of State) |
Shripad Yesso Naik (New) |
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
Faggansingh Kulaste |
Ministry of Steel |
Prahlad Singh Patel (New) |
Ministry of Jal Shakti |
Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (New) |
Arjun Ram Meghwal |
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
Gen (Retd.) VK Singh |
Road Transport and Highways |
Krishan Pal |
Ministry of Power (New) |
Danve Raosaheb Dadarao |
Ministry of Railways (New) |
Ramdas Athawale |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |
Ministry Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (New) |
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan |
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
Nityanand Rai |
Ministry of Home Affairs |
Pankaj Chaowdhary (New) |
Ministry of Finance |
Anupriya Singh Patel (New) |
Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Prof SP Singh Baghel (New) |
Ministry of Law and Justice |
Rajeev Chandrasekhar (New) |
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
Shobha Karandlaje (New) |
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma (New) |
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
Darshana Vikram Jardosh (New) |
Ministry of Textiles |
V. Muraleedharan |
Ministry of External Affairs |
Meenakashi Lekhi (New) |
Ministry of External Affairs |
Som Parkash |
Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Renuka Singh Saruta |
Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
Rameswar Teli |
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (New) |
Kailash Choudhary |
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
Annapurna Devi (New) |
Ministry of Education |
A. Narayanaswamy (New) |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Kaushal Kishore (New) |
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
Ajay Bhatt (New) |
Ministry of Defence |
BL Verma (New) |
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region |
Ajay Kumar Mishra (New) |
Ministry of Home Affairs |
Devusinh Chauhan (New) |
Ministry of Communications |
Bhagwanth Khuba (New) |
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
Kapil Moreshwar Patil (New) |
Ministry of Panchayati Raj |
Pratima Bhoumik (New) |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
Subhas Sarkar (New) |
Ministry of Education |
Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad (New) |
Ministry of Finance |
Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (New) |
Ministry of External Affairs |
Bharati Pravin Pawar(New) |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
Bishweswar Tudu (New) |
Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
Shantanu Thakur (New) |
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
Munjapara Mahendrabhai (New) |
Ministry of Women and Child Development |
John Barla (New) |
Ministry of Minority Affairs |
L Murugan (New) |
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
Nisith Pramanik (New) |
Ministry of Home Affairs |
Source: List of Council of Ministers, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
List of Ministers who resigned before Expansion of the Council of Minister:
The total number of Union Council of Ministers of Modi Government rose to 78, including the Prime Minister. Before reshuffling the Union Council of Ministers, 12 ministers had resigned from his post.
They were:
- Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan
- Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal
- Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, DV Sadananda Gowda
- Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Debasree Chaudhuri
- Labour Minister, Santosh Gangwar
- Minister of State for Education, Sanjay Dhotre
- Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thawarchand Gehlot
- Minister of Law and Justice of India, Ravi Shankar Prasad
- Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar
- MOS for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Babul Supriyo Baral
- Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Rattan Lal Kataria
- Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Pratap Chandra Sarangi
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