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LIST of COUNCIL of MINISTERS with UPDATED PORTFOLIOS (As on 09.11.2020) Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister and Also In-Charge LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS WITH UPDATED PORTFOLIOS (as on 09.11.2020) 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. 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 DV. Sadananda Gowda Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 5. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs 6. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj ; and Minister of Food Processing Industries 7. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology 8. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 9. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs 10. Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Minister of Education 11. Shri Arjun Munda Minister of Tribal Affairs 12. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles 13. Dr. Harsh Vardhan Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences 14. Shri Prakash Javadekar Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Minister of Information and Page 1 of 4 Broadcasting; and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 15. Shri Piyush Goyal Minister of Railways; Minister of Commerce and Industry; and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 16. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel 17. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs 18. Shri Pralhad Joshi Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines 19. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 20. Shri Giriraj Singh Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 21. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Minister of Jal Shakti MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) 1. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment 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 3. Shri Shripad Yesso 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 4. Dr. 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. Page 2 of4 5. Shri 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. 6 Shri Prahalad Singh Patel Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism. 7. Shri 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. 8. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housinq 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. Shri Mansukh Mandaviya Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. MINISTERS OF STATE 1. Shri Faggansingh Kulaste Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel 2. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare I 3. Shri 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 4. General (Retd.) V.K. Singh Minister of State in the Mi~istry of Road Transport and Highways 5. Shri Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 6. Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 7. Shri G. Kishan Reddy Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 8. Shri Parshottam Rupala Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 9. Shri Ramdas Athawale Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Page 3 of 4 10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development 11. Shri Babul Supriyo Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 12. Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 13. Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 14. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs 15. Shri Nityanand Rai Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 16. 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 17. Shri V. Muraleedharan Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 18. Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs 19. Shri Som Parkash Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry 20. Shri Rameswar Teli Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries 21. Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 22. Shri Kailash Choudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 23. Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development Note: Incorporates changes in the Council of Ministers as on 09.11.2020 subsequent to renaming of Ministry of Shipping as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in the first schedule of the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. Page 4 of 4.
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