List of Cabinet Ministers 2021: Check Complete List of new Cabinet Ministers & Portfolios

Complete List of Cabinet Ministers 2021: India has a new cabinet with 43 Ministers taking oath at the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on July 7, 2021. The ceremony saw  15 new Cabinet Ministers and 28 Ministers of State (MoS) take oath in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind.

Some of the newly sworn-in Cabinet Ministers include Jyotiraditya Scindia, Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Pashu Pati Kumar Paras, Kiren Rijiju, Mansukh Mandaviya, Anurag Singh Thakur and Bhupendra Yadav. 

The list of new cabinet ministers includes seven ministers of state who promoted to cabinet rank including Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, Anurag Thakur, Mansukh Mandaviya, G Kishan Reddy, Raj Kumar Singh and Paroshottam Rupala. 

Some of the new Ministers of State include Apna Dal Chief,  Meenakshi Lekhi,  Ajay Bhatt, Pankay Chaudhary, Rajeev Chandrasekhar,  Annapurna Devi, Shobha Karandlaje and Satya Pal Singh Bhagel.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated all his colleagues who took the oath and wished them the very best for their ministerial tenure. He tweeted saying that we will continue working to fulfil aspirations of the people and build a strong and prosperous India.

I congratulate all the colleagues who have taken oath today and wish them the very best for their ministerial tenure. We will continue working to fulfil aspirations of the people and build a strong and prosperous India. #Govt4Growth pic.twitter.com/AVz9vL77bO

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 7, 2021

This is the first major Union Cabinet reshuffle in the second term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  Check out who got which portfolio?

List of Cabinet Ministers 2021 & Portfolios

PM Narendra Modi: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

Amit Shah - Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation

Nitin Jairam Gadkari - Minister of Road Transport and Highways

Nirmala Sitharaman - Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs

Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Minister of External Affairs

Arjun Munda - Minister of Tribal Affairs

Smriti Zubin Irani - Minister of Women and Child Development

Piyush Goyal - Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles

Dharmendra Pradhan - Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Pralhad Joshi - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Minister of Minority Affairs

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Minister of Jal Shakti

Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey - Minister of Heavy Industries

List of new Cabinet Ministers 2021

1. Narayan Rane- Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

2. Sarbananda Sonowal- Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Minister of AYUSH

3. Virendra Kumar- Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

4. Jyotiraditya Scindia- Minister of Civil Aviation

5. Ramchandra Prasad Singh-Minister of Steel

6. Ashwini Vaishnaw- Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

7. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras- Minister of Food Processing Industries

8. Kiren Rijiju - Minister of Law and Justice

9. Raj Kumar Singh- Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy

10. Hardeep Singh Puri -  Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs

11. Mansukh Mandaviya- Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

12. Bhupendra Yadav-  Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment

13. Parshottam Rupala-  Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

14. G Kishan Reddy- Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

15. Anurag Singh Thakur- Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Rao Inderjit Singh - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Dr Jitendra Singh - Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; 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

Ministers of State

Shripad Yesso Naik - Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

Faggansingh Kulaste - Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

Prahalad Singh Patel - Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Ashwini Kumar Choubey - Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Arjun Ram Meghwal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
General (Retd.) V. K. Singh - Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation

Krishan Pal - Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries

Danve Raosaheb Dadarao - Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines

Ramdas Athawale - Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti - Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan - Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Nityanand Rai - Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

V. Muraleedharan - Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Som Parkash - Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Renuka Singh Saruta - Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Rameswar Teli - Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment

Kailash Choudhary - Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

List of 28 new Ministers of State:

1. Pankay Chaudhary- Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

2. Anupriya Singh Patel- Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

3. Satya Pal Singh Bhagel- Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice

4. Rajeev Chandrasekhar- Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

5. Shobha Karandlaje -Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

6. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma -Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

7. Dardhana Vikram Jardosh- Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

8. Meenakshi Lekhi-Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

9. Annpurna Devi- Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

10. A Narayanaswamy- Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

11. Kaushal Kishore- Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

12. Ajay Bhatt-  Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

13. BL Verma- Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation

14. Ajay Kumar- Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

15. Chauhan Devusinh- Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications

16. Bhagwanth Khuba- Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

17. Kapil Moreshwas Patil- Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

18. Pratima Bhoumik- Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

19. Subhas Sarkar- Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

20. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad- Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

21. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh -Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

22. Bharati Pravin Pawar- Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

23. Bishweswar Tudu-Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti

24. Shantanu Thakur- Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

25. Munjapara Mahendrabhai- Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH

26. John Barla- Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs

27. Dr L Murugan -Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

28. Nisith Pramanik- Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

28 Ministers inducted as Ministers of State including Meenakshi Lekhi, Pankaj Choudhary, Anupriya Patel, Shobha Karandlaje #CabinetExpansion2021 pic.twitter.com/JRcm09roY4

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021

Why did the Cabinet reshuffle happen?

The latest union cabinet expansion and cabinet reshuffle was necessitated by the vacancies caused due to death of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and exit of few alliance partners including Shiv Sena and Akali Dal. The upcoming state elections may also have a role in the latest cabinet reshuffle.

New Cabinet PM Modi's youngest team ever!

The new Union Cabinet is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's youngest team ever.  The new council of ministers have witnessed a record induction of members from OBC and SC communities and also a higher representation of women and more representation from sub-regions of states. 

Background

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier during the day held a meeting with many leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, Anurag Thakur,  Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarbananda Sonowal, Purshottam Rupala, Nisith Pramanik, RCP Singh and Pashupati Paras at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg ahead of the Union Cabinet reshuffle.

Delhi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meet at Lok Kalyan Marg with BJP MPs, ahead of cabinet expansion. pic.twitter.com/ukJJQnW1X4

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2021