Delhi, Jul 7: The Union Cabinet is the set of ministers who are responsible for the government at the highest level. They report to the Prime Minister and with him, bear collective responsibility for running the country.
Today, the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, announced the following changes to the Union Cabinet:
- Appointment of 15 cabinet ministers
- Appointment of 28 ministers of state
- Resignation of 12 ministers
| 1. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda |
| 2. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| 3. Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot |
| 4. Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ |
| 5. Dr. Harsh Vardhan |
| 6. Shri Prakash Javadekar |
| 7. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar |
| 8. Shri Babul Supriyo |
| 9. Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao |
| 10. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria |
| 11. Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi |
| 12. Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri |
| The list of ministers who have RESIGNED from the Union Cabinet |
| 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 |
| The NEWLY APPOINTED Cabinet Ministers |
| 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. Annapurna 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 |
| The newly appointed Ministers of State |
| 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 |
| Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence |
| Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation |
| Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways |
| Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs |
| Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs |
| Shri Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs |
| Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development |
| Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles |
| Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH |
| Shri Narayan Tatu Rane | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Shri Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment |
| Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Heavy Industries |
| Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
| Shri Prahlad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines |
| Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH |
| Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs |
| Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj |
| Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Civil Aviation |
| Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh | Minister of Steel |
| Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras | Minister of Food Processing Industries |
| Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti |
| Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Law and Justice |
| Shri Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy |
| Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| Shri Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers |
| Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports |
This takes the total number of cabinet ministers to 30. Also, Rao Inderjit Singh and Dr. Jitendra Singh have been given the designation of Ministers of State with independent charge (this means that they do not report to any cabinet minister and will head their individual ministries.) 45 more Ministers of State have also been appointed.