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PRESIDENT ALLOCATES PORTFOLIOS AMONG MEMBERS OF UNION COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

Rashtrapati Bhavan : 31.05.2019

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 Defence.

2.

Shri Amit Shah

Minister of Home Affairs.

3.

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

4.

Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

5.

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.

6.

Shri Ramvilas Paswan

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

7.

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.

8.

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.

9.

Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Minister of Food Processing Industries.

10.

Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.

11.

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Minister of External Affairs.

12.

Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal
‘Nishank’

Minister of Human Resource Development.

13.

Shri Arjun Munda

Minister of Tribal Affairs.

14.

Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.

15.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan

Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences.

16.

Shri Prakash Javadekar

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

17.

Shri Piyush Goyal

Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry.

18.

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel.

19.

Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Minister of Minority Affairs.

20.

Shri Pralhad Joshi

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.

21.

Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey

Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

22.

Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant

Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.

23.

Shri Giriraj Singh

Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

24.

Shri Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat

Minister of Jal Shakti.

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

1.

Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

2.

Rao Inderjit Singh

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning.

3.

Shri Shripad Yesso Naik

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

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.

5.

Shri Kiren Rijiju

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

6.

Shri Prahalad Singh Patel

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.

7.

Shri Raj Kumar Singh

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

8.

Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

9.

Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

Ministers of State

1.

Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

2.

Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

3.

Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

4.

General (Retd.) V. K. Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

5.

Shri Krishan Pal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

6.

Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao

Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

7.

Shri G. Kishan Reddy

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

8.

Shri Parshottam Rupala

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

9.

Shri Ramdas Athawale

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

10.

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.

11.

Shri Babul Supriyo

Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

12.

Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

13.

Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao

Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

14.

Shri Anurag Singh Thakur

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

15.

Shri Angadi Suresh
Channabasappa

Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

16.

Shri Nityanand Rai

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

17.

Shri Rattan Lal Kataria

Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

18.

Shri V. Muraleedharan

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

19.

Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

20.

Shri Som Parkash

Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

21.

Shri Rameswar Teli

Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

22.

Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi

Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

23.

Shri Kailash Choudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

24.

Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri

Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.