PRESIDENT OF INDIA ALLOCATES PORTFOLIOS OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Rashtrapati Bhavan : 03.09.2017
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 Ananth kumar |
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 |
Minster of textiles; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
22. |
Dr. Harsh Vardhan |
Minster of Science and Technology; Minister of Earth Sciences; andMinister 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. |
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2. |
Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
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3. |
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). |
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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. |
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5. |
Dr.Mahesh Sharma |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and
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6. |
Shri Giriraj Singh |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
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7. |
Shri Manoj Sinha |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
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8. |
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports;
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9. |
Shri Raj Kumar Singh |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; and
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10. |
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. |
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11. |
Shri Alphons Kannanthanam |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; and
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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. |
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2. |
Shri Radhakrishnan P. |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping. |
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3. |
Shri S.S. Ahluwalia |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. |
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4. |
Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. |
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5. |
Shri Ramdas Athawale |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
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6. |
Shri Vishnu Deo Sai |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
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7. |
Shri Ram Kripal Yadav |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
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8. |
Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
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9. |
Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal. |
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10. |
Shri Rajen Gohain |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
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11. |
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh |
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
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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. |
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13. |
Shri Krishan Pal |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
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14. |
Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
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15. |
Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. |
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16. |
Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
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17. |
Shri Sudarshan Bhagat |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
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18. |
Shri Upendra Kushwaha |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. |
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19. |
Shri Kiren Rijiju |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
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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. |
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21. |
Shri Anantkumar Hegde |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
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22. |
Shri M. J. Akbar |
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
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23. |
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. |
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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. |
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25. |
Shri Jayant Sinha |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. |
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26. |
Shri Babul Supriyo |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
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27. |
Shri Vijay Sampla |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
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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. |
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29. |
Shri Ajay Tamta |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
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30. |
Smt. Krishna Raj |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
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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. |
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32. |
Smt. Anupriya Patel |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
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33. |
Shri C.R. Chaudhary |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
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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. |
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35. |
Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
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36. |
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
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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. |
This release issued at 1345 hrs.