Narendra Modi 3.0: Jaishankar, Gadkari Likely To Retain Foreign, Road Transport Ministry | Check Who Gets What – News18

The list of Union Cabinet Ministers was released on Monday, with the “big four” Raisina Hill berths—Home, Defence, Finance, and Foreign—remaining with the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). Modi, 73, was sworn in as the PM for the third time in a row at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday.

He became only the second prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to secure a third consecutive term. Modi took the oath for the third straight term, days after the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance secured 293 seats out of 543 in the Lok Sabha polls. On Sunday, 71 ministers also 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.

The Cabinet ministers who took the oath included Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar, reflecting the prime minister’s emphasis on continuity and experience in his third term. The Modi 3.0 cabinet has expanded to 72 members, including 30 Cabinet Ministers and 5 Ministers of State (independent charge). The majority of the berths were allocated to the BJP, while the remaining went to the allies.

There were several from BJP allies while the rest were from the Bharatiya Janata Party. The BJP had an absolute majority in the previous two terms. The Prime Minister’s new team includes 30 other Cabinet Ministers, 5 Ministers of State with Independent Charge and 36 Ministers of State (MoS). These ministers represent 24 States, as well as all regions within states. The maximum number of nine ministers are from Uttar Pradesh followed by eight from Bihar. As many as 27 ministers are from OBC, 10 from SC, 5 from ST, five from minorities.

The Modi 3.0 cabinet sent a message of continuity as big names like Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar, Nitin Gadkari, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Nirmala Sitharaman retained the ministerial portfolios.

Here is a list of Union ministers and there likely portfolios:

• Defence – Rajnath Singh
• External Affairs – S Jaishankar
• Roadways – Nitin Gadkari
• Railways – Ashwini Vaishnaw
• Finance – Nirmala Sitharaman
• Education – Dharmendra Pradhan
• Agriculture – Shivraj Singh Chauhan
• Sports – Chirag Paswan
• Health – JP Nadda
• Jal Shakti – CR Patil
• Women and Child Development – Annapurna Devi