List of new Cabinet Ministers of India and Their Portfolios| GK Notes For All Competitive Examination

List of New Cabinet Ministers of India: In India, the Council of Ministers has executive authority which is made up of senior ministers who are divided into Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, and Union Ministers of State (Independent Charge). Any competitive exam preparation, whether it is UPSC, SSC, Bank, RRB, or other Government examinations, is incomplete without a thorough understanding of Cabinet Ministers in order to ace the general awareness section. In most competitive examinations, at least 1-2 questions on Indian Cabinet Ministers or Union Ministers, in general, will be asked.

The overall strength of the Council of Ministers cannot exceed 15% of the total number of Lok Sabha MPs, according to the Indian Constitution. The 17th Lok Sabha currently has 543 members, hence the Council of Ministers cannot have more than 81 members.

List of new cabinet ministers of India and their portfolios

The Prime Minister of India, Narender Modi is currently responsible for the following portfolios that include the following

1. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
2. Department of Atomic Energy
3. Department of Space

Cabinet Minister	Portfolios
Shri Rajnath Singh	Ministry of Defence
Shri Amit Shah	Ministry of Home AffairsMinistry of Cooperation
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Smt Nirmala Sitharaman	Ministry of FinanceMinistry of Corporate Affairs
Shri Narender Singh Tomar	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare
Dr Subhramanyam Jaishankar	Ministry of External Affairs
Shri Arjun Munda	Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Smt Smriti Zubin Irani	Ministry of Women and Child Development
Shri Piyush Goyal	Ministry of Commerce and IndustryMinistry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry of Textiles
Shri Dharmendra Prasad	Ministry of Education Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Shri Pralhad Joshi	Ministry of Parliamentary AffairsMinistry of CoalMinistry of Mines
Shri Narayan Tatu Rane	Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal	Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga, and Naturopathy, Unani, and Homeopathy (AYUSH)
Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	Ministry of Minority Affairs
Shri Virendra Kumar	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Giriraj Singh	Ministry of Panchayati Raj Ministry of Rural Development
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	Ministry of Civil Aviation
Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh	Ministry of Steel
Shri Ashvini Vaishnaw	Ministry of RailwayMinistry of CommunicationsMinistry of Electronics and Information Technology
Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras	Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Ministry of Jal Shakti
Shri Kiren Rijiju	Ministry of Law and Justice
Shri Raj Kumar Singh	Ministry of PowerMinistry of New and Renewable Energy
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural GasMinistry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Shri Mansukh N. Mandaviya	Ministry of Health and Famil WelfareMinistry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Shri Bhupender Yadav	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate ChangeMinistry of Labour and Employment
Dr Mahendranath Pandey	Ministry of Heavy Industries
Shri Parshottam Rupala	Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandaries and Dairy
Shri G. Kishan Reddy	Ministry of CultureMinistry of Tourism Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur	Ministry of Information and BroadcastingMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Shri Rao Inderjit Singh	Ministry of Planning Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Dr Jitendra Singh	Ministry of Science and TechnologyMinistry of Earth Sciences

Ministers of State

Shri Rao Inderjit Singh	Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Dr Jitendra Singh	Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionDept. of Atomic EnergyDept. of SpacePrime Minister’s Office
Shri Sripad Yesso Naik	Ministry of Tourism
Shri Fagansingh Kulaste	Ministry of SteelMinistry of Rural Development
Shri Pralhad Singh Patel	Ministry of Jal ShaktiMinistry of Food Processing Industries
Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal	Ministry of CultureMinistry of Parliamentary Affairs
General Rtd VK Singh	Ministry of Civil AviationMinistry of Road Transport and Highway
Shri Kishan Pal	Ministry of PowerMinistry of Heavy Industries
Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao	Ministry of RailwaysMinistry of CoalMinistry of Mines
Shri Ramdas Athawale	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti	Ministry of Rural DevelopmentMinistry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan	Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandries and Dairy
Shri Nityanand Rai	Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri Pankaj Chowdhury	Ministry of Finance
Smt Anupriya Singh Patel	Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Prof. SP Singh Baghel	Ministry of Law and Justice
Shree Rajeev Chandrashekhar	Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Sushri Sobha Karandlaje	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare
Shri Bhanupratap Singh Verma	Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Smt Darshana Vikram Jardosh	Ministry of TextilesMinistry of Railways
Shri V. Muraleedharan	Ministry of External AffairsMinistry of Parliamentary Affairs
Smt Meenakshi Lekhi	Ministry of External AffairsMinistry of Culture
Shri Som Prakash	Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Smt Renuka Singh Sarota	Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Shri Rameshwar Teli	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural GasMinistry of Labour and Employment
Shri Kailash Chaudhary	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Smt Annapurna Devi	Ministry of Education
Shri A. Narayanswammy	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Shri Kaushal Kishore	Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Shri Ajay Bhatt	Ministry of DefenceMinistry of Tourism
Shri BL Verma	Ministry of CooperationMinistry of Development of North Eastern Region
Shri Ajay Kumar	Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri Devusinh Chauhan	Ministry of Communication
Shri Bhagwanth Khuba	Ministry of New and Renewable EnergyMinistry of Chemical and Fertilizers
Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil	Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Sushri Pratima Bhaumik	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Dr Subhas Sarkar	Ministry of Education
Dr Bhagwad Kishanrao Karad	Ministry of Finance
Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh	Ministry of External AffairsMinistry of Education
Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Shri Bishweswar Tudu	Ministry of Tribal Affairs Ministry of Jal Shakti
Shri Shantanu Thakur	Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Dr Munjapura Mahendrabhai	Ministry of Women and Child DevelopmentMinistry of Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy (AYUSH)
Shri John Barla	Ministry of Minority Affairs
Dr L Murugan	Ministry of Information and BroadcastMinistry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandries and Dairy
Shri Nisith Pramanik	Ministry of Home AffairsMinistry of Youth Affiars and Sports

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