The Narendra Modi-led NDA government has announced the new division of Ministry portfolios among its council of ministers in Modi 2.0. While the government has retained some of the previous term's Union Ministers such as Nirmala Sitharam, Smriti Irani, Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsh Vardhan taking oath for the second time, there are many first-timers in Modi’s new council, most prominent ones being Amit Shah, S Jaishankar, Anurag Thakur, Ramesh Pokhriyal and Arjun Munda. While Amit Shah had won the Lok Sabha polls with a huge margin from Gandhinagar, S Jaishankar had not contested the elections and is expected to be elected to the Parliament through Rajya Sabha.
Notably, Veteran BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, who did not contest Lok Sabha elections on health grounds, is sitting out of the new BJP government for the first time. Besides Swaraj, BJP leaders including eight-time MP Maneka Gandhi, six-time MP Radhamohan Singh, Suresh Prabhu, Mahesh Sharma, Jayant Sinha, Jual Oram, Ram Kripal Yadav, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Anupriya Patel of BJP ally Apna Dal failed to make the cut despite winning their respective seats. Anantkumar Hegde, a Hindutva leader from Karnataka who is known for his controversial statements, was also dropped.
JP Nadda, a Rajya Sabha member was also dropped from the Union Council of Ministers. As per reports, Nadda, who was made BJP's UP incharge, may succeed Amit Shah as party president. Arun Jaitley, who previously held the Finance portfolio, wrote a letter to PM Modi earlier opting out of Modi 2.0, citing health reasons
Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the second time on May 30, 2019, in front of a large audience comprising both Indian and foreign dignitaries. Along with the Prime Minister, 24 Cabinet ministers, 9 ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 24 ministers of State were sworn the oath of office and secrecy by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Here is the full list of new 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; and All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. |
| Full List of new Cabinet Ministers | ||
| 1. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs. |
| 3. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 4. | Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 6. | Shri Ramvilas Paswan | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 7. | Shri Narendra Singh Tomar | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj. |
| 8. | Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 9. | Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 10. | Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 11. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 12. | Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ | Minister of Human Resource Development. |
| 13. | Shri Arjun Munda | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 14. | Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani | Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles. |
| 15. | Dr. Harsh Vardhan | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences. |
| 16. | Shri Prakash Javadekar | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 17. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 18. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel. |
| 19. | Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. |
| 21. | Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey | Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
| 22. | Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant | Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise. |
| 23. | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
| 24. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
| Minister of State (Independent In-Charge) |
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| 1 | Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
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| 2 | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning. |
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| 3 | Shripad Naik | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
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| 4 | Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; 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. |
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| 5 | Kiran Rijiju | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. |
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| 6 | Prahlad Singh Patel | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism |
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| 7 | Raj Kumar Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. |
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| 8 | Hardeep Singh Puri
| Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. | |
| 9 | Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
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| Ministers of State |
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| 1 | Faggansingh Kulaste | Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
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| 2 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
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| 3 | Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. |
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| 4 | General (Retd) VK Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
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| 5 | Shri Krishan Pa | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
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| 6 | Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
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| 7 | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
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| 8 | Shri Parshottam Rupala | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
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| 9 | Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
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| 10 | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development |
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| 11 | Babul Supriyo | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
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| 12 | Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
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| 13 | Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao | Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technolog |
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| 14 | Shri Anurag Singh Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. |
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| 15 | Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa | Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
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| 16 | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs |
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| 17 | Shri Rattan Lal Kataria | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
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| 18 | Shri V. Muraleedharan | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
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| 19 | Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
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| 20 | Shri Som Parkash | Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
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| 21 | Shri Rameswar Teli | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. |
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| 22 | Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi | Minister of State in theMinistry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. |
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| 23 | Shri Kailash Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
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| 24 | Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development |
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Full list of first-time ministers in Modi’s new Cabinet:
| First-Time Ministers in Modi 2.0 | |
| Cabinet Ministers | |
| 1 | Amit Shah |
| 2 | S Jaishankar |
| 3 | Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank |
| 4 | Arjun Munda |
| 5 | Pralhad Joshi |
| 6 | Arvind Sawant |
| Minister of State (Independent Charge) | |
| 1 | Prahalad Singh Patel |
| Ministers of State | |
| 1 | Prahalad Singh Patel |
| 2 | G Kishan Reddy |
| 3 | Anurag Thakur |
| 4 | Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre |
| 5 | Debasree Chaudhuri |
| 6 | Kailash Choudhary |
| 7 | Pratap Chandra Sarangi |
| 8 | Rameswar Teli |
| 9 | Nityanand Rai |
| 10 | Rattan Lal Kataria |
| 11 | V Muraleedharan |
| 12 | Renuka Singh Saruta |
| 13 | Som Parkash |
| 14 | Angadi Suresh Channabasappa |
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