Indian cabinet September 2017: Full list of Ministers and their portfolios in Narendra Modi government

The key points of the September 2017 cabinet reshuffle are:

• Nine new ministers are appointed in the cabinet
• Six ministers resign or exit - Kalraj Mishra, Venkaiah Naidu, Suresh Prabhu, Manohar Parrikar and the death of Anil Madhav Dave
• Top four ministers retain their portfolio
• Four members promoted to cabinet rankings - Nirmala Seetharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal, and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
• New faces in the Cabinet include Raj Kumar Singh, Hardeep Puri Singh, Satya Pal Singh, Alphons Kannanthanam, Shiv Pratap Shukla, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Virendra Kumar, Anantkumar Hegde, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
• The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) now includes PM Modi and Jaitley along with Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Nirmala Seetharaman.

Decision of full list of new ministers will be announced after Modi's ongoing China visit

Full list of the Modi Cabinet after September 2017 reshuffle: Indian Ministers and their portfolio in the Modi government:

Narendra Modi - Prime Minister and also in charge of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Space, Department of Atomic Energy  and all important policy issues.

Cabinet Ministers (Union Ministers)

1. Rajnath Singh - Minister of Home Affairs
2. Sushma Swaraj - Ministry of External Affairs
3. Arun Jaitley - Finance Minister and Corporate Affairs Minister- (Jaitley retains finance ministry in the cabinet reshuffle but gives up defence portfolio to new minister Nirmala Seetharaman)
4. Nirmala Seetharaman - Defence Minister (India's first ever woman defence minister after Indira Gandhi who held the post for a short time when she was PM)
5. DV Sadananda Gowda - Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation 
6. Nitin Gadkari - Transport Minister & Minister for Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation; also Minister of Shipping
7. Piyush Goyal - New Railway Minister; Coal Minister --> Suresh Prabhu exits as Railways Minister to be Commerce Minister
8. Muqtar Abbas Naqvi - Minority Affairs Minister
9. Dharmendra Pradhan - Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister & Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 
10. Uma Bharati -  Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation
11. Ramvilas Paswan - Minster of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
12. Jagat Prakash Nadda - Minister of Health and Family Affairs
13. Maneka Gandhi - Women and Child Development Minister
14. Ananth Kumar - Chemical and Fertilizers Minister; Parliamentary Affairs Minister
15. Pasupati Ashok Gajapati Raju - Civil Aviation Minister
16. Anant Geete - Heavy Industries and Public Sector Enterprise Minister
17. Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Minister of Food Processing Industries 
18. Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of Mines; Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayat Raj
19. Chaudhary Birender Singh - Minister of Steel
20. Jaul Oram - Minister for Tribal Affairs
21. Radha Mohan Singh - Agriculture and Farmers Affairs Minister
22. Thawar Chand Gehlot - Social Justice and Empowerment Minister
23. Prakash Javadekar - Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister
24. Harsh Vardhan - Minister of Science and Technology; Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Minister of Earth Sciences
25. Ravi Shankar Prasad - Law and Justice Minister, IT and Electronics Minister
26. Smriti Irani - Textiles Minister; and Information & Broadcasting Minister
27. Suresh Prabhu - Commerce and Industry Minister

Ministers of State (MoS) with Independent Charge

1. Rao Inderjit Singh
MoS of the Ministry of Planning; and
MoS in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

2. Hardeep Singh Puri (New Minister) 
MoS of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

3. Alphons Kannanthanam (New Minister)
MoS of the Ministry of Tourism; and
MoS in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

4. Santosh Kumar Gangwar
MoS of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

5. Shripad Yesso Naik
MoS of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).

6. Dr. Jitendra Singh
MoS of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region;
MoS in the Prime Minister’s Office;
MoS in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
MoS in the Department of Atomic Energy; and
MoS in the Department of Space.

7. Dr. Mahesh Sharma
MoS of the Ministry of Culture; and
MoS in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

8. Giriraj Singh
MoS of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

9. Manoj Sinha
MoS of the Ministry of Communications; and
MoS in the Ministry of Railways.

10. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
MoS of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and
MoS in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

11. Raj Kumar Singh
MoS of the Ministry of Power; and
MoS of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Ministers of State (MoS) 

1. Vijay Goel
MoS in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
MoS in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

2. Radhakrishnan P.
MoS in the Ministry of Finance; and
MoS in the Ministry of Shipping.

3. S.S. Ahluwalia
MoS in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

4. Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
MoS in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

5. Ramdas Athawale
MoS in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

6. Vishnu Deo Sai
MoS in the Ministry of Steel.

7. Ram Kripal Yadav
MoS in the Ministry of Rural Development.

8. Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

9. Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
MoS in the Ministry of Mines; and
MoS in the Ministry of Coal.

10. Rajen Gohain
MoS in the Ministry of Railways.

11. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh
MoS in the Ministry of External Affairs.

12. Parshottam Rupala
MoS in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and
MoS in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

13. Krishan Pal
MoS in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

14. Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor
MoS in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

15. Shiv Pratap Shukla
MoS in the Ministry of Finance.

16. Ashwini Kumar Choubey
MoS in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

17. Sudarshan Bhagat
MoS in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

18. Upendra Kushwaha
MoS in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

19. Kiren Rijiju
MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

20. Dr. Virendra Kumar
MoS in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and
MoS in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

21. Anantkumar Hegde
MoS in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

22. M. J. Akbar
MoS in the Ministry of External Affairs.

23. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
MoS in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

24. Y. S. Chowdary
MoS in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and
MoS in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

25. Jayant Sinha
MoS in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

26. Babul Supriyo
MoS in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

27. Vijay Sampla
MoS in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

28. Arjun Ram Meghwal
MoS in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and
MoS in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

29. Ajay Tamta
MoS in the Ministry of Textiles.

30. Krishna Raj
MoS in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

31. Mansukh L. Mandaviya
MoS in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways;
MoS in the Ministry of Shipping; and
MoS in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

32. Anupriya Patel
MoS in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

33. C.R. Chaudhary
MoS in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

34. P.P. Chaudhary
MoS in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and
MoS in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

35. Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre
MoS in the Ministry of Defence.

36. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
MoS in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

37. Dr. Satya Pal Singh
MoS in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and
MoS in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Indian Cabinet after 2014 Indian General Elections The Big Day - Monday, May 26, 2014: 5.30pm IST Key Updates: Narendra Modi has taken his oath and has officially become the Prime Minister of India. He has also shaken hands with the President as Prime Minister. Guests have risen to pay respect to the Indian national anthem as the Prime Minister's swearing in ceremony begins. President of India Pranab Mukherjee has descended from the steps to the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, his official residence. Narendra Modi will be sworn-in imminently. Rashtrapati Bhavan's forecourt in Delhi is thriving with 4,000 guests ready to witness BJP leader Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony. This is the first time, an Indian PM's swearing in ceremony has attracted such large audience. Usual cabinet suspects Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Ramvilas Paswan, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, Gopinath Munde, Venkaiah Naidu are sharing space with Narendra Modi.  Former Presidents Abdul Kalam, Pratibha Patil are there too. Current Vice President Hamid Ansari has arrived at the venue. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives in Delhi for Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony. "I am going to Delhi with a message of peace," Sharif said ahead of his historic trip. Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Nepalese, Bhutanese and Mauritian PM are other SAARC members in Modi's guestlist.  Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh have arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan for the ceremony along with Congress Minister P Chidambaram. Industrialist Mukesh Ambani is also present. Bollywood celebs turned BJP campaigners Shatrughan Sinha, Poonam Dhillon, Salman Khan, Hema Malini, Vivek Oberoi and Bappi Lahiri are there too along with art-of-living expert Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Modi visits former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's residence to seek his blessings. Modi pays respects at Rajghat -- the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi. Modi at Raj Ghat offering tribute to Mahatma Gandhi Image: Modi Twitter Tight security arrangements underway at the Indian capital city for SAARC leaders arriving today. As many as 40 ministers will be sworn-in today along with the Prime Minister himself. Various Ministries will be transformed into "Organic Ministries for quicker pace of work & better coordination between departments", says Modi. Modi is likely to keep the Defence portfolio. Cabinet Portfolio speculations -- Arun Jaitley may get Finance, Rajnath Singh may get Home Ministry, Sushma Swaraj to head External Affairs. Nitin Gadkari may get Railways or Transport and Smriti Irani could get HRD Ministry. Irani, when entered the Cabinet, will become the youngest Woman Minister in the Modi-government. BJP allies to make it into the cabinet may include Shiv Sena's Anant Geete, TDP's Ashok Gajapati Raju, Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal, and Lok Janashakti Party leader Ramvilas Paswan.   Other top names who could make it to the PM's lean cabinet include Ravi Shankar Prasad (for Telecommunications), Maneka Gandhi, Venkaiah Naidu (Urban Development), Shripad Naik and Ananth Kumar (Parliamentary Affairs), Nirmala Sitharaman (Commerce). It is not clear if Modi will assign any portfolios to L.K. Advani, Arun Shourie or Murli Manohar Joshi. But speculations are rife that Advani may become the Speaker while Shourie will hold a top advisory post. Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalitha, Karnataka CM Sidharamaiah (Congress) and Kerala CM Oomen Chandy (Congress) to skip Modi's swearing-in ceremony. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will also be missing at the ceremony but has deputed a party colleague to represent her.

 

The story so far: Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi Facebook) Modi party and its allies won the 2014 Lok Sabha election polls with a sizeable mandate (336 out of 543). Modi broke down in tears while accepting the leadership position formally from President Pranab Mukherjee. He is becoming a popular leader with his official Facebook page garnering as much as 15 million followers in a week after he won the elections. His full cabinet will be sworn in on the same day as him -- May 26. Modi aims to replicate the "Gujarat model" of governance in the centre. He is keen to have a leaner government with fewer ministers than fill all 84 departments. This means, instead of having separate ministers for Coal and Power, there will be a single person in charge of Energy Ministry covering both roles.  In a bold move, Modi extended an invitation to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to attend the swearing-in ceremony. He invited other South Asian leaders too for the ceremony. Sharif has accepted the invitation.   Modi resigned as Gujarat Chief Minister on May 21 after 13 years in the position. While the new list of cabinet ministers is yet to be announced, speculations are rife that Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and Sushma Swaraj will get the top posts -- Finance, Home, External Affairs and Defence. Modi is said to favour Singh for Home and Jaitley for Finance. But Arun Shourie, a former divestment minister, too is in the race for Finance.  It is reported that Gadkari is also vying for Finance while many feel he is best suited for crucial infrastructure portfolio such as Transport Ministry based on his execution of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. Meanwhile, Swaraj is favoured for the role of Minister of External Affairs. Other top cabinet ministers in the upcoming Modi-government could include Murli Manohar Joshi as Speaker, Ananth Kumar as Parliamentary Affairs Minister, E Sreedharan for Railways, Yashwant Sinha for Planning Commission, Venkaiah Naidu for Agriculture, Ravi Shankar Prasad as Law Minister, and Shahnawaz Hussain as Minority Affairs Minister.  Meanwhile, ex-PM Manmohan Singh has resigned from his post but will act as a caretaker PM until the new Cabinet under Modi government is formed.

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