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On Sunday, 71 ministers took oath as part of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Modi retained 34 ministers from his outgoing council of ministers, including 19 with Cabinet berths

A day after taking oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a message of continuity by retaining his top ministers on Monday as he allocated portfolios for his third term in office.

The four major ministries within the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) retained their incumbents, with Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S. Jaishankar holding onto the key portfolios of Home, Defence, Finance, and External Affairs respectively.

Former chief minister of Karnataka and member of ally JD(S) HD Kumaraswamy was allotted a ministry. He will have Shivraj Singh Chouhan, a chief minister himself, as a colleague in the cabinet as the Madhya Pradesh veteran has been given the charge of agriculture and rural development ministries. Party chief JP Nadda made a comeback and has been assigned to the health ministry.

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UNION COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

1. Narendra Modi – Prime Minister; (also in-charge of) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space
2. Raj Nath Singh – Minister of Defence
3. Amit Shah – Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation
4. Nitin Jairam Gadkari – Minister of Road Transport and Highways
5. Jagat Prakash Nadda – Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers
6. Shivraj Singh Chouhan – Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development
7. Nirmala Sitharaman – Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
8. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Minister of External Affairs
9. Manohar Lal – Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power
10. HD Kumaraswamy – Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel
11. Piyush Goyal – Minister of Commerce and Industry
12. Dharmendra Pradhan – Minister of Education
13. Jitan Ram Manjhi – Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
14. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh – Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
15. Sarbananda Sonowal – Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
16. Dr. Virendra Kumar – Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
17. Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu – Minister of Civil Aviation
18. Pralhad Joshi – Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
19. Jual Oram – Minister of Tribal Affairs.
20. Giriraj Singh – Minister of Textiles.
21. Ashwini Vaishnaw – Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
22. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia – Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
23. Bhupender Yadav – Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
24. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism
25. Annpurna Devi – Minister of Women and Child Development
26. Kiren Rijiju – Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs
27. Hardeep Singh Puri – Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
28. Mansukh Mandaviya – Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
29. G. Kishan Reddy – Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines
30. Chirag Paswan – Minister of Food Processing Industries
31. CR Patil – Minister of Jal Shakti

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MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1. Rao Inderjit Singh – Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning
2. Jitendra Singh – Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; 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
3. Arjun Ram Meghwal – Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
4. Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao – Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
5. Jayant Chaudhary – Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.

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MINSTERS OF STATE

1. Jitin Prasada – Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
2. Shripad Yesso Naik – Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
3. Pankaj Chaudhary – Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
4. Krishan Pal – Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
5. Ramdas Athawale – Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
6. Ram Nath Thakur – Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
7. Nityanand Rai – Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
8. Anupriya Patel – Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
9. V Somanna – Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
10. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani – Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
11. SP Singh Baghel – Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
12. Sobha Karandlaje – Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
13. Kirtivardhan Singh – Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
14. BL Verma – Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
15. Shantanu Thakur – Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
16. Suresh Gopi – Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
17. Dr. L Murugan – Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
18. Ajay Tamta – Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
19. Bandi Sanjay Kumar – Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
20. Kamlesh Paswan – Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
21. Bhagirath Choudhary – Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
22. Satish Chandra Dubey – Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
23. Sanjay Seth – Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
24. Ravneet Singh – Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
25. Durgadas Uikey – Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
26. Raksha Nikhil Khadse – Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
27. Sukanta Majumdar – Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
28. Savitri Thakur – Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development
29. Tokhan Sahu – Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
30. Raj Bhushan Choudhary – Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
31. Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma – Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
32. Harsh Malhotra – Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
33. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya – Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
34. Murlidhar Mohol – Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
35. George Kurian – Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
36. Pabitra Margherita – Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles