Modi Cabinet Expansion, Reshuffle 2021: The much-awaited Cabinet reshuffle, expansion and rejig of PM Narendra Modi led government took place on Wednesday evening. Here is all you need to know about Modi Cabinet Expansion.

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 - The President administered the oath of office and secrecy to the above members of the Council of Ministers at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, today.

 -The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has appointed the following as members of the Council of Ministers:-

The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Council of Ministers :-

 

Shri Narendra Modi

Prime Minister and also in-charge of:

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;

Department of Atomic Energy;

Department of Space;

All important policy issues; and

All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister
 

 

CABINET MINISTERS

1.

Shri Raj Nath Singh

Minister of Defence

2.

Shri Amit Shah

Minister of Home Affairs; and

Minister of Cooperation

3.

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Minister of Road Transport and Highways

4.

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

Minister of Finance; and

Minister of Corporate Affairs

5.

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

6.

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Minister of External Affairs

7.

Shri Arjun Munda

Minister of Tribal Affairs

8.

Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

Minister of Women and Child Development

 

9.

Shri Piyush Goyal

Minister of Commerce and Industry;

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and

Minister of Textiles

10.

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Minister of Education; and

Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

11.

Shri Pralhad Joshi

Minister of

Parliamentary Affairs;

Minister of Coal; and

Minister of Mines

12.

Shri Narayan Tatu Rane

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

13.

Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and

Minister of AYUSH

14.

Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Minister of Minority Affairs

15.

Dr. Virendra Kumar

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

16.

Shri Giriraj Singh

Minister of Rural Development; and

Minister of Panchayati Raj

17.

Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia

Minister of Civil Aviation

18.

Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh

Minister of Steel

19.

Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

Minister of Railways;

Minister of Communications; and

Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

 

20.

Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras

Minister of Food Processing Industries

21.

Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Minister of Jal Shakti
 

22.

Shri Kiren Rijiju

Minister of Law and Justice

23.

Shri Raj Kumar Singh

Minister of Power; and

Minister of New and Renewable Energy

24.

Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and

Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs

25.

Shri Mansukh Mandaviya

Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

26.

Shri Bhupender Yadav

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and

Minister of Labour and Employment

27.

Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey

Minister of Heavy Industries

28.

Shri Parshottam Rupala

Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

29.

Shri G. Kishan Reddy

Minister of Culture;

Minister of Tourism; and

Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

30.

Shri Anurag Singh Thakur

Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
 

 

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1.

Rao Inderjit Singh

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation;

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs

2.

Dr. 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
 

 

MINISTERS OF STATE

1.

Shri Shripad Yesso Naik

Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

2.

Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
 

 

 

3.

Shri Prahalad Singh Patel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

4.

Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey

Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

5.

Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

6.

General (Retd.) V. K. Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation

7.

Shri Krishan Pal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries

8.

Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao

Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways;

Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines

9.

Shri Ramdas Athawale

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

10.

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

11.

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
 

 

 

12.

Shri Nityanand Rai

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

13.

Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

14.

Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

15.

Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice

16.

Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

17.

Sushri Shobha Karandlaje

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

18.

Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma

Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

19.

Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh

Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

20.

Shri V. Muraleedharan

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

21.

Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

22.

Shri Som Parkash

Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
 

 

 

23.

Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

24.

Shri Rameswar Teli

Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment

25.

Shri Kailash Choudhary

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

26.

Smt. Annpurna Devi

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

27.

Shri A. Narayanaswamy

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

28.

Shri Kaushal Kishore

Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

29.

Shri Ajay Bhatt

Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

30.

Shri B. L. Verma

Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation

31.

Shri Ajay Kumar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

32.

Shri Devusinh Chauhan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
 

 

 

33.

Shri Bhagwanth Khuba

Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

34.

Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil

Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

35.

Sushri Pratima Bhoumik

Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

36.

Dr. Subhas Sarkar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

37.

Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

38.

Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

39.

Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

40.

Shri Bishweswar Tudu

Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti

41.

Shri Shantanu Thakur

Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

42.

Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai

Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH

43.

Shri John Barla

Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
 

 

 

44.

Dr. L. Murugan

Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

45.

Shri Nisith Pramanik

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and

Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
 

CABINET MINISTERS - 15

1.  Shri Narayan Tatu Rane

2.  Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

3.  Dr. Virendra Kumar

4. Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia

5.  Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh

6. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

7. Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras

8. Shri Kiren Rijiju

9. Shri Raj Kumar Singh

10. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

11. Shri Mansukh Mandaviya

12. Shri Bhupender Yadav

13. Shri Parshottam Rupala

14. Shri G. Kishan Reddy

15. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur

MINISTERS OF STATE - 28

 

1. Shri Pankaj Choudhary

2. Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel

3. Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel

4. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar

5. Sushri Shobha Karandlaje

6. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma

7. Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh

8. Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi

9. Smt. Annpurna Devi

10. Shri A. Narayanaswamy

11. Shri Kaushal Kishore

12. Shri Ajay Bhatt

13. Shri B. L. Verma

14. Shri Ajay Kumar

15. Shri Chauhan Devusinh

16. Shri Bhagwanth Khuba

17. Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil

18. Sushri Pratima Bhoumik

19. Dr. Subhas Sarkar

20. Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad

21. Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh

22. Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar

23. Shri Bishweswar Tudu

24. Shri Shantanu Thakur

25. Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai

26. Shri John Barla

27. Dr. L. Murugan

28. Shri Nisith Pramanik

- Munjapara Mahendrabhai, John Barla, L Murugan, Nisith Pramanik, take oath as ministers.

-Bharati Pravin Pawar, Bishweswar Tudu and Shantanu Thakur take oath as ministers. ​

-Subhas Sarkar, Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, take oath as ministers.

-Bhagwanth Khuba, Kapil Moreshwar Patil and Pratima Bhoumik take oath as ministers. -

BL Verma, Ajay Kumar, Chauhan Devusinh, take oath as ministers.

- A Narayanaswamy, Kaushal Kishore and Ajay Bhatt take oath as ministers.

-Meenakshi Lekhi, Darshana Vikram Jardosh, Annpurna Devi, take oath as ministers.

- Pankaj Choudhary, Anupriya Singh Patel, and Satya Pal Singh Baghel take oath as ministers.

-Pashupati Kumar Paras, Kiren Rijiju and Raj Kumar Singh take oath as ministers.

-Supporters of BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia celebrate his inclusion in the new Union Cabinet, outside the BJP office in Bhopal.

- "There is enthusiasm among MP youth. We are celebrating, distributing sweets as Modiji has given an opportunity to youth leadership," said a supporter

-Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ramachandra Prasad Singh, and Ashwini Vasihnaw take oath as ministers.

- Narayan Tatu Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, and Dr Virendra Kumar take oath as ministers, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

- Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The swearing-in ceremony of 43 new ministers will begin shortly. 

- President Ram Nath Kovind arrives at Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony of 43 new ministers that will begin shortly. 

- The President of India accepts resignation of 12 members of the Council of Ministers including IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank and others: Rashtrapati Bhavan

- Other ministers who have tendered their resignation include DV Sadananda Gowda, Thaawarchand Gehlot, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Babul Supriyo, Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao, Rattan Lal Kataria, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, and Debasree Chaudhuri.

FULL LIST of 43 ministers to be sworn in today-

43 leaders to take oath today in the Union Cabinet expansion. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Bhupender Yadav, Anupriya Patel, Shobha Karandlaje, Meenakshi Lekhi, Ajay Bhatt, Anurag Thakur to also take the oath.

 

-MoS Environment Babul Supriyo resigns from Union Council of Ministers ahead of cabinet reshuffle: Official sources

-Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre resigns from Union Cabinet: Sources

-Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister D V Sadananda Gowda says he has resigned from Union Council of Ministers

-Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' resigns from Union Cabinet citing health reasons: Sources

- Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan resigns from Union Cabinet, ahead of Cabinet Reshuffle

- Union Cabinet expansion to be held at 6 pm today

- 43 leaders will take oath as Union Ministers in the Union Cabinet expansion, to be held later today

- Meeting ahead of Union Cabinet reshuffle at 7, LKM, concludes.

- Narayan Rane, Pashupati Paras, RCP Singh leave from PM's official residence in Delhi

- Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP President JP Nadda, Sarbananda Sonowal, GK Reddy, Kiren Rijiju, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Parshottam Rupala and Anupriya Patel leave from 7, Lok Kalyan Marg

-  Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar and Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank resign from the Union Cabinet, ahead of Cabinet expansion

- 43 leaders will take oath as Union Ministers in the Union Cabinet expansion

SHAPE OF THE NEW COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

- 4 FORMER CHIEF MINISTERS IN CABINET

-CABINET TO HAVE 18 FORMER STATE MINISTERS

-CABINET TO HAVE 39 FORMER MLAs

-23 MPs WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED FOR 3 OR MORE TERMS

PROFILE OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

- 13 LAWYERS

-6 DOCTORS

-5 ENGINEERS

- 7 FORMER CIVIL SERVANTS

-46 MINISTERS WITH EXPERIENCE IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

-AVERAGE AGE OF CABINET NOW 58

-14 MINISTERS WILL BE BELOW 50

· 11 WOMEN IN THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 2 WITH CABINET RANK

CASTE REPRESENTATION IN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

-5 MINORITY MINISTERS: 1 Muslim; 1 Sikh; 2 Buddhists; 1 Christian

-27 OBC MINISTERS IN COUNCIL OF WHICH 5 OF CABINET RANK

-8 ST MINISTERS IN COUNCIL 3 OF CABINET RANK

-12 SC MINISTERS IN COUNCIL 2 OF CABINET RANK

- Cabinet rejig: Labour minister Santosh Gangwar says he has resigned from Union Cabinet

- Nadda reaches PM''s residence, meeting underway with ministers-in-waiting

Before the much-awaited cabinet expansion of the Modi government, the first in the second term, the residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg is abuzz with activities. An important meeting is going on at PM`s residence for which BJP National President J.P. Nadda has arrived.

Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane, Uttar Pradesh`s Apna Dal Apna Dal chief Anupriya Patel have arrived at the Prime Minister`s residence.

BJP sources say that before the cabinet expansion to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan at 6 p.m., Prime Minister Narendra Modi would like to meet with the new ministers at his residence and apprise them of his expectations.

Portfolio distribution is also likely to be discussed in the meeting.

This time, the number of women ministers in the Modi government is likely to increase. Apart from Anupriya Patel, Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi, Haryana MP Sunita Duggal, and Karnataka MP Shobha Karandlaje are likely to be inducted in the cabinet.

-Nishad Party seeks berth in Union cabinet

Hours before the Union cabinet expansion takes place in Delhi on Wednesday evening, the Nishad Party president Sanjay Nishad has demanded a berth for his son Praveeen Nishad, who is a BJP MP from Sant Kabir Nagar.

In a video message, Sanjay Nishad said that the Nishad community wields influence in over 160 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh.

"If Anupriya Patel can be inducted into the union ministry, Praveen Nishad also deserves a place. In 2019, BJP got Nishad votes on 40 seats," he said.

He added that he had already spoken to BJP president J.P. Nadda and it was now up to the BJP to take a decision.