New Delhi, May 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday allocated portfolios to the newly sworn in Union Ministers of his government. In a major rejig, BJP veteran Rajnath Singh, the Home Minister in the outgoing government, has been appointed as the Defence Minister. Party president Amit Shah, meanwhile, has been given the charge of Ministry of Home Affairs.Ā Amit Shah Is India's New Home Minister; Here's A Look At The BJP Chief's Journey

Among other major names, Nirmala Sitharaman, the Defence Minister in the outgoing government, has been allocated the portfolio of Finance and Corporate Affairs. Prakash Javadekar, another senior BJP leader, has been assigned Environment Ministry.Ā Narendra Modi 2.0: First Meeting of New Cabinet to Take Place Later Today

Giant killer Smriti Irani, who defeated Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, has been allotted the Women and Child Welfare Ministry, in addition to the Textile portfolio which she held in the erstwhile government as well.

At the oath-taking ceremony on Thursday, a total of 58 Ministers were sworn-in. Among them, 25 were accorded Cabinet rank, 11 given independent charge and 24 assigned as Minister of State (MoS).

Cabinet Secretariat Releases List:

List of Cabinet Ministers With Their Portfolios

Cabinet Ministers Portfolio
Rajnath Singh Ā Defence
Amit Shah Home
Nitin Gadkari Transport
DV Sadanand Gowda Chemical & Fertilisers
Nirmala Sitharaman Finance & Corporate Affairs
Ram Vilas Paswan Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Narendra Singh Tomar Agriculture, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj
Ravi Shankar Prasad Law, Communication, Electronics & I-T
Harsimrat Kaur Badal Ā Food Processing Industries
Thawar Chand Gehlot Ā Social Justice & Empowerment
Dr. S Jaishankar Ā External Affairs
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank Ā Human Resources & Development
Arjun Munda Ā Tribal Affairs
Smriti Irani Ā Women & Child Development; Textile
Dr. Harshvardhan Ā Health, Family Welfare, Science & Technology
Prakash Javadekar Environment; Information & Broadcasting
Piyush Goyal Ā Railways
Dharmendra Pradhan Petroleum; Steel
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ā Minority Affairs
Prahlad Joshi Ā Parliamentary Affairs; Coal & Mines
Mahendra Nath Pandey Ā Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
Arvind Sawant Ā Heavy Industries
Giriraj Singh Ā Animal Husbandry
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ā Jal Shakti

List of Union MoS (Independent Charge) With Their Portfolios

Union Minister of State,Ā Independent Charge Portfolio
Santosh K Gangwar Ā Labour & Employment
Rao Indrajit Singh Planning; Statistics and Programme Implementation
Shripad Y Naik Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH); Defence (MoS)
Dr. Jitendra Singh Development of North East Region; PMO (MoS); Public Grievance (MoS); Personnel (MoS); Atomic Energy (MoS); Space (MoS)
Kiren Rijiju Youth Affairs & Sports; Minority Affairs
Prahalad Singh Patel Tourism; Culture
Raj Kumar Singh Power; New and Renewable Energy; Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Hardeep Singh Puri Housing & Urban Affairs; Civil Aviation; Commerce & Industry
Mansukh Mandaviya Shipping; Chemical & Fertilisers

List of Minister of State With Their Portfolios

Ministers of State Portfolio
Faggansingh Kulaste Steel
Ashwini Kumar Choubey Health, Family Welfare
Arjun Ram Meghwal Parliamentary Affairs, Heavy Industries & Public Enterprise
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh Road Transport & Highways
Krishan Pal Social Justice & Empowerment
Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
G. Kishan Reddy Home Affairs
Parshottam Rupala Ā Agriculture, Farmers' Welfare
Ramdas Athawale Ā Social Justice and Empowerment
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Ā Rural Development
Babul Supriyo Ā Environment, Forest, Climate Change
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Ā Animal Husband, Dairying, Fisheries
Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao Ā HRD, Communication, Electronics & IT
Anurag Singh Thakur Ā Finance, Corporate Affairs
Angadi Suresh Channabasappa Ā Railways
Nityanand Rai Ā Home Affairs
Rattan Lal Kataria Jal Shakti, Social Justice and Empowerment
V. Muraleedharan Ā External Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs
Renuka Singh Saruta Ā Tribal Affairs
Som Parkash Commerce and Industry
Rameswar Teli Ā Food Processing Industries
Pratap Chandra Sarangi Ā MSME, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
Kailash Choudhary Ā Agriculture, Farmers' Welfare
Debasree Chaudhuri Ā Women and Child Development

To the new Ministers, PM Modi has appealed for unity and cohesion to work towards the common goal of development and public welfare.

"This team is a blend of youthful energy and administrative experience. It has people who have excelled as Parliamentarians and those who have had distinguished professional careers. Together, we will work for Indiaā€™s progress," he had said.

Among major names who are not part of the second Modi government, include BJP veteran Arun Jaitley, who has opted out on health grounds; his longtime colleague Sushma Swaraj who had hinted retirement from politics nearly six months ago; 8-time MP Maneka Gandhi, whoĀ was expectedĀ to beĀ  appointed as the Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha.

Apart from them, senior BJP leaders Suresh Prabhu, Jayant Sinha, Vijay Goel, Rajyavardhan Rathore and Anantkumar Hegde -- all Ministers in the erstwhile Modi regime -- have been excluded.

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