MODI’S CABINET 2.0: EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED Utkarsh Shukla LAW CRITIQUE Sat, Jun 01, 2019, at ,01:29 PM With a whooping mandate, Bhartiya Janta Party came back in power, BJP will continue for the second consecutive term for the first time. BJP’s leader of the house Mr. Narendra Modi on Thursday, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, sworn in as Prime Minister for the second consecutive term. Along with him, Fifty-seven other Ministers took the oath. Current BJP chief Amit Shah made an entry into the Union Cabinet as Home minister. Rajnath Singh is the new Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman is appointed as Finance Minister and S. Jaishankar as the Minister of External Affairs. Here is the full list of ministers:- CABINET MINISTERS 1 Narendra Modi: Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister 2 Amit Shah: Home Minister 3 Rajnath Singh: Defence Minister 4 Nitin Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 5 Sadananda Gowda: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 6 Nirmala Sitharaman: Finance Minister, and Minister of Corporate Affairs 7 Ram Vilas Paswan: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 8 Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj 9 Ravi Shankar Prasad: Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology 10 Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Minister of Food Processing Industries 11 S. Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs 12 Ramesh Nishank Pokhriyal: Minister of Human Resource Development 13 Thawar Chand Gahlot: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 14 Arjun Munda: Minister of Tribal Affairs 15 Smriti Irani: Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles 16 Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences 17 Prakash Javadekar: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting 18 Piyush Goyal: Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry 19 Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel 20 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs 21 Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines 22 Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 23 Arvind Sawant: Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise 24 Giriraj Singh: Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries 25 Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Jal Shakti Ministers of State (Independent Charge) 26 Santosh Gangwar: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment 27 Rao Indrajit 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. 28 Shreepad Nayak: 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 29 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 30 Kiren Rijiju: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs 31 Prahlad Singh Patel: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism 32 R.K. 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 33 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 34 Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers MINISTERS OF STATE 35 Faggan Singh Kulaste: Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel 36 Ashwini Chaubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 37 Gen. (retd.) VK Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 38 Kishan Pal Gujjar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 39 Danve Raosaheb Dadarao: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 40 G. Kishan Reddy: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 41 Parshottam Rupala: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 42 Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 43 Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development 44 Babul Supriyo: Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 45 Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries 46 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 Technology 47 Anurag Singh Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs 48 Angadi Suresh Channabasappa: Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways 49 Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 50 V. Muraleedharan: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 51 Renuka Singh Saruta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs 52 Som Parkash: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry 53 Rameswar Teli: Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries 54 Pratap Chandra Sarangi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries 55 Kailash Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 56 Debasree Chaudhuri: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development 57 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 58 Rattan Lal Kataria: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment