{"id":312768,"date":"2019-05-31T09:07:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T09:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=312768"},"modified":"2019-05-31T09:07:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T09:07:39","slug":"amit-shah-is-new-home-minister-rajnath-singh-gets-defence-in-pm-modis-new-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/amit-shah-is-new-home-minister-rajnath-singh-gets-defence-in-pm-modis-new-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Amit Shah is new Home Minister, Rajnath Singh gets Defence in PM Modi\u2019s new Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s closest aide Amit Shah became the new Home minister on Friday while Rajnath Singh gets charge of Defence, Nirmala Sitharaman is the new Finance minister and Former foreign affairs secretary S Jaishankar became the new External Affairs Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Below is the list of ministers and their portfolios in PM Modi’s cabinet: –<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Narendra Modi<\/span><\/td>\nPrime Minister\u00a0and also in-charge of:<\/span><\/p>\n

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;<\/span><\/p>\n

Department of Atomic Energy;<\/span><\/p>\n

Department of Space; and<\/span><\/p>\n

All important policy issues; and<\/span><\/p>\n

All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Cabinet Ministers<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Raj Nath Singh<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Defence.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amit Shah<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Home Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nitin Jairam Gadkari<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Road Transport and Highways; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

D.V. Sadananda Gowda<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nirmala Sitharaman<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Finance; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Corporate Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Ramvilas Paswan<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Narendra Singh Tomar<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare;<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Rural Development; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Panchayati Raj.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Ravi Shankar Prasad<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Law and Justice;<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Communications; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0Harsimrat Kaur Badal<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Food Processing Industries.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thaawar Chand Gehlot<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Social Justice and Empowerment.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of External Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ramesh Pokhriyal \u2018Nishank\u2019<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Human Resource Development.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arjun Munda<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Tribal Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smriti Zubin Irani<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Harsh Vardhan<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Health and Family Welfare;<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Science and Technology; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Earth Sciences.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Prakash Javadekar<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Information and Broadcasting.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Piyush Goyal<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Railways; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Commerce and Industry.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dharmendra Pradhan<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Steel.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Minority Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pralhad Joshi<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of<\/span><\/p>\n

Parliamentary Affairs;<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Coal; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Mines.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mahendra Nath Pandey<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arvind Ganpat Sawant<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giriraj Singh<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of Jal Shakti.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Ministers of State (Independent Charge)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Santosh Kumar Gangwar<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rao Inderjit Singh<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Shripad Yesso Naik<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dr. Jitendra Singh<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region;<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office;<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Department of Space.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Kiren Rijiju<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Prahalad Singh Patel<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Raj Kumar Singh<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power;<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hardeep Singh Puri<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs;<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mansukh L. Mandaviya<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Ministers of State<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Faggansingh Kulaste<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Steel.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ashwini Kumar Choubey<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arjun Ram Meghwal<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

General (Retd.) V. K. Singh<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krishan Pal<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Danve Raosaheb Dadarao<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
G. Kishan Reddy<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parshottam Rupala<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ramdas Athawale<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Babul Supriyo<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development;<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Anurag Singh Thakur<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Angadi Suresh Channabasappa<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Railways.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nityanand Rai<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rattan Lal Kataria<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
V. Muraleedharan<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Renuka Singh Saruta<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Som Parkash<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rameswar Teli<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pratap Chandra Sarangi<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kailash Choudhary<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Debasree Chaudhuri<\/span><\/td>\nMinister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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