Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 November 2014 expanded his Council of Ministers and added 21 more ministers to his government. This is first expansion of cabinet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government, since it came into power on 26 May 2014.
The 21 new ministers include four Cabinet Ministers, three Minister of State (Independent Charge) and 14 Minister of State.
With this expansion, the total number of ministers under different ranks including the Prime Minister has gone up from previous 45 to 66 (see complete list of council of ministers). The expanded council of ministers was from two parties, 20 from BJP and one YS Chowdary was from TDP, Andhra Pradesh.
The President Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of office and secrecy to the above twenty-one members of the Council of Ministers at a swearing-in ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Names and allocation are as follows:
Cabinet Ministers
| Name | Party | Allocated Cabinet |
|---|---|---|
| Manohar Parrikar | (Goa, BJP) | Defence Ministry |
| Suresh Prabhu | (Maharashtra, Shiv Sena) now inducted in BJP | Railways Ministry |
| Jagat Prakash Nadda | (Himachal Pradesh, BJP) | Health & Family Welfare Ministry |
| Chaudhary Birender Singh | (Haryana, BJP) | Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry |
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
| Name | Party | Allocated Cabinet |
|---|---|---|
| Bandaru Dattatreya | (Telangana, BJP) | Labour and Employment (Independent Charge) |
| Rajiv Pratap Rudy | (Bihar, BJP) | Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs |
| Dr. Mahesh Sharma
| (Uttar Pradesh, BJP) | Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge), Civil Aviation |
Minister of State
| Name | Party | Allocated Cabinet |
|---|---|---|
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
| Uttar Pradesh, BJP | Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs |
| Ram Kripal Yadav | Bihar, BJP | Drinking Water & Sanitation |
| Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary | Gujarat, BJP | Home Affairs |
| Sanwar Lal Jat | Rajasthan, BJP | Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation |
| Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya | Gujarat, BJP | Agriculture |
| Giriraj Singh | Bihar, BJP | Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises |
| Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
| Maharashtra, BJP | Chemicals & Fertilizers |
| Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria | Uttar Pradesh, BJP | Human Resource Development |
| Y.S. Chowdary | Andhra Pradesh, TDP | Science and Technology, Earth Science |
| Jayant Sinha | Jharkhand, BJP | Finance |
| Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Rajasthan, BJP | Information & Broadcasting |
| Babul Supriyo | West Bengal, BJP | Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation |
| Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Uttar Pradesh, BJP | Food Processing Industries |
| Vijay Sampla | Punjab, BJP | Social Justice & Empowerment |
The expansion and reshuffle also saw few shifting. The siftings included
• DV Sadananda Gowda – shifted from Railways to Law and Justice
• Harsh Vardhan – shifted from Health to Science and Technology, Earth Sciences
• Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley – was given Information and Broadcasting and he handed the Defence Ministry to former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar
• Road Transport and Highways, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari – handed the Rural Development Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation to Birender Singh
• Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad – relieved of Law and Justice
Suresh Prabhu before inducted as the Union Railways Minister quit from Shiv Sena and joined the BJP.
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