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PRESS COMMUNIQUE – PRESIDENT OF INDIA ALLOCATES PORTFOLIOS OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS(04 SEP, 2017)

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:-

The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu and the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi with the newly inducted Ministers after a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on September 03, 2017.
Shri Narendra ModiPrime Minister and also in-charge of:Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;Department of Atomic Energy;Department of Space; andAll important policy issues; andAll other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

CABINET MINISTERS

1.Shri Raj Nath SinghMinister of Home Affairs.
2.Smt. Sushma SwarajMinister of External Affairs.
3.Shri Arun JaitleyMinister of Finance; andMinister of Corporate Affairs.
4.Shri Nitin Jairam GadkariMinister of Road Transport and Highways;Minister of Shipping; andMinister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
5.Shri Suresh PrabhuMinister of Commerce and Industry.
6.Shri D.V. Sadananda GowdaMinister of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
7.Sushri Uma BharatiMinister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
8.Shri Ramvilas PaswanMinister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
9.Smt. Maneka Sanjay GandhiMinister of Women and Child Development.
10.Shri AnanthkumarMinister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; andMinister ofParliamentary Affairs.
11.Shri Ravi Shankar PrasadMinister of Law and Justice; andMinister of Electronics and Information Technology.
12.Shri Jagat Prakash NaddaMinister of Health and Family Welfare.
13.Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju PusapatiMinister of Civil Aviation.
14.Shri Anant GeeteMinister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
15.Smt. Harsimrat Kaur BadalMinister of Food Processing Industries.
16.Shri Narendra Singh TomarMinister of Rural Development;Minister of Panchayati Raj; andMinister of Mines.
17.Shri Chaudhary Birender SinghMinister of Steel.
18.Shri Jual OramMinister of Tribal Affairs.
19.Shri Radha Mohan SinghMinister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
20.Shri Thaawar Chand GehlotMinister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
21.Smt. Smriti Zubin IraniMinister of Textiles; andMinister of Information and Broadcasting.
22.Dr. Harsh VardhanMinister of Science and Technology;Minister of Earth Sciences; andMinister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
23.Shri Prakash JavadekarMinister of Human Resource Development.
24.Shri Dharmendra PradhanMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; andMinister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
25.Shri Piyush GoyalMinister of Railways; andMinister of Coal.
26.Smt. Nirmala SitharamanMinister of Defence.
27.Shri Mukhtar Abbas NaqviMinister of Minority Affairs.

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1.Rao Inderjit SinghMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
2.Shri Santosh Kumar GangwarMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
3.Shri Shripad Yesso NaikMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).
4.Dr. Jitendra SinghMinister 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; andMinister of State in the Department of Space.
5.Dr. Mahesh SharmaMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
6.Shri Giriraj SinghMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
7.Shri Manoj SinhaMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
8.Col. Rajyavardhan Singh RathoreMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
9.Shri Raj Kumar SinghMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; andMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
10.Shri Hardeep Singh PuriMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
11.Shri Alphons KannanthanamMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

MINISTERS OF STATE

1.Shri Vijay GoelMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
2.Shri Radhakrishnan P.Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.
3.Shri S.S. AhluwaliaMinister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
4.Shri Ramesh Chandappa JigajinagiMinister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
5.Shri Ramdas AthawaleMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
6.Shri Vishnu Deo SaiMinister of State in the Ministry of Steel.
7.Shri Ram Kripal YadavMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
8.Shri Hansraj Gangaram AhirMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
9.Shri Haribhai Parthibhai ChaudharyMinister of State in the Ministry of Mines; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Coal.
10.Shri Rajen GohainMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways.
11.General (Retd.) V. K. SinghMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
12.Shri Parshottam RupalaMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
13.Shri Krishan PalMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
14.Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai BhabhorMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
15.Shri Shiv Pratap ShuklaMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance.
16.Shri Ashwini Kumar ChoubeyMinister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
17.Shri Sudarshan BhagatMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
18.Shri Upendra KushwahaMinister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
19.Shri Kiren RijijuMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
 20.Dr. Virendra KumarMinister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
21.Shri Anantkumar HegdeMinister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
22.Shri M. J. AkbarMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
23.Sadhvi Niranjan JyotiMinister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
24.Shri Y. S. ChowdaryMinister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
25.Shri Jayant SinhaMinister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
26.Shri Babul SupriyoMinister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
27.Shri Vijay SamplaMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
28.Shri Arjun Ram MeghwalMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
29.Shri Ajay TamtaMinister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.
30.Smt. Krishna RajMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
31.Shri Mansukh  L. MandaviyaMinister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways;Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
32.Smt. Anupriya PatelMinister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
33.Shri C.R. ChaudharyMinister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
34.Shri P.P. ChaudharyMinister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
35.Dr. Subhash Ramrao BhamreMinister of State in the Ministry of Defence.
36.Shri Gajendra Singh ShekhawatMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
37.Dr. Satya Pal SinghMinister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

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