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Narendra Modi with his council of ministers in 2019. More than two years after he returned to a second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to revamp his Council of Ministers. Ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle, some of the biggest names who have resigned include Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
Other ministers who are out of the Cabinet are Sadananda Gowda, Babul Supriyo, Santosh Gangwar, Debasree Chaudhuri, Rattan Lal Kataria, Sanjay Dhotre, Thawarchand Gehlot, Pratap Chandra Sarangi (MoS), Raosaheb Patil (MoS) and Ashwini Chaubey (MoS).
The reshuffle comes amid the backdrop of criticism of the government’s handling of Covid-19 pandemic. Amid reshuffle buzz, spotlight is on several leaders – Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Pashupati Paras, who led the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) coup in Bihar against ex-Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan’s son Chirag Paswan.
With at least two allies — Shiv Sena and SAD — having left the NDA since 2019, the Prime Minister and the BJP are expected to give coalition partners more room in the Council of Ministers.
Modi can have up to 81 members in his government (15% of the Lok Sabha strength) — the strength of the Council of Ministers before the current resignations stood at 53 and the PM is likely to induct around a dozen more ministers.
Here’s a list of the current cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
| Name | Ministry |
| Narendra Modi |
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 |
| Rajnath Singh | Ministry of Defence |
| Amit Shah | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Nitin Gadkari | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers | |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Narendra Singh Tomar | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Ministry of Rural Development Ministry of Panchayati Raj Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| Ministry of Law and Justice Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
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| Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment | |
| Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Ministry of External Affairs |
| Ministry of Education | |
| Arjun Munda | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Smriti Zubin Irani | Ministry of Women and Child Development Ministry of Textiles |
| Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Earth Sciences |
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| Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
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| Piyush Goyal | Ministry of Railways Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| Dharmendra Pradhan | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry of Steel |
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Pralhad Joshi | Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Ministry of Coal Ministry of Mines |
| Mahendra Nath Pandey | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Giriraj Singh | Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
| Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Ministry of Jal Shakti |
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
| Name | Ministry |
| Ministry of Labour and Employment | |
| Rao Inderjit Singh |
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Ministry of Planning |
| Shripad Yesso Naik |
Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
|
| Jitendra Singh |
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
|
| Kiren Rijiju | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
| Prahalad Singh Patel | Ministry of Culture Ministry of Tourism |
| Raj Kumar Singh | Ministry of Power Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
| Hardeep Singh Puri | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry of Civil Aviation |
| Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Ministry of Shipping |
Ministers of State
| Name | Ministry |
| Shripad Yesso Naik | Ministry of Defence |
| Dr. Jitendra Singh |
Prime Minister’s Office
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space |
| Kiren Rijiju | Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Raj Kumar Singh |
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
|
| Hardeep Singh Puri | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Faggansingh Kulaste | Ministry of Steel |
| Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | |
| Arjun Ram Meghwal |
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
| General (Retd.) V.K. Singh |
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
|
| Krishan Pal |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
|
|
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
|
|
| G. Kishan Reddy | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Parshottam Rupala |
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
|
| Ramdas Athawale |
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
|
| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Ministry of Rural Development |
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
|
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| Sanjeev Kumar Balyan |
Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
|
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Ministry of Education
Ministry of Communications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
|
| Anurag Singh Thakur | Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Nityanand Rai | Ministry of Home Affairs |
|
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
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| V. Muraleedharan | Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs |
| Renuka Singh Saruta | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
| Som Parkash | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Rameswar Teli | Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
|
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
|
| Kailash Choudhary |
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
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Ministry of Women and Child Development
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