International Desk

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken oath with 71 ministers to form the new coalition government.

President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to the incoming ministers.

The prime minister, 30 are cabinet ministers, five ministers of state with independent charge and 36 ministers of state.

The familiar faces in the big four ministries will remain. Amit Shah will retain the Home portfolio, Rajnath Singh will continue with Defence, S. Jaishankar will stay on as External Affairs Foreign Minister, and Nirmala Sitharaman will retain the Finance ministry.

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been made Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Minister of Rural Development, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, minister of Finance and minister of Corporate Affairs, Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, minister of External Affairs, Shri Manohar Lal, minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and minister of Power, Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy, minister of Heavy Industries and minister of Steel, Shri Piyush Goyal, minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, minister of Education, Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi, minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, minister of Panchayati Raj and minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Dr. Virendra Kumar, minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Pralhad Joshi, minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and minister of New and Renewable Energy, Shri Jual Oram, minister of Tribal Affairs, Shri Giriraj Singh, minister of Textiles, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting and Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, minister of Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, Shri Bhupender Yadav, minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, minister of Culture and Tourism, Smt. Annpurna Devi, minister of Women and Child Development, Shri Kiren Rijiju, minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, minister of Labour and Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, minister of Coal and Mines, Shri Chirag Paswan, minister of Food Processing Industries and Shri C R Patil, minister of Jal Shakti.

MINISTERS OF STATE

Shri Jitin Prasada has been made minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, minister of State in the Ministry of Power and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Shri Pankaj Chaudhary, minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Shri Krishan Pal, minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation, Shri Ramdas Athawale, minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Ram Nath Thakur, minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Nityanand Rai, minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Smt. Anupriya Patel, minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri V. Somanna, minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Ministry of Railways, Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Communications, Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel, minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Sushri Sobha Karandlaje, minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shri Kirtivardhan Singh, minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs and Shri B. L. Verma, minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Minister of State.