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lShri Prime. Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Pers.onnel,.Pubnc GrievanceJ,and Pensions;· C)epartment OfAtomic ··Energy; r

[)epartme11t of $pace; and 1 ,: . . . I ' All important policy issues and all ottlerl portfolios not allocated tb any Minister. · ··

i CAEUN&1 MINISTERS

1. ~tjri Raj Nath ~lhgtj I Ministerof Home Affairs.!

2. smt. sushmti Swaraj Mi'tiister of External Affairs~ and , , ...... MinlstE!rof Overseas Indian Affaits. I I 3. I Shri I Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs; 'and Minister of Information and Broadcasting: 4.. Shri··M.Venkaie;1hNaidu Minister of Urban Developme.nt; Minister of Housing and Urban, Poverty Alleviation; and Minister of Parliamentary Aff~irs. 5. Shri Nitin Jairam· Gadkari Minil:lter of Road Transp9rt ·~11d Highways; and Minister of Shipping. · 1

6. Shrl Minister of Defence.

7. Shri Minister of Railways. 8. Shrl 0.V. Sadananda Gowda . ! Minister of Law and Justice . 9. Su~hriUma Bharatj Minister of Water Resources, River· Oevelopment I and Ganga Rejuvenation. : I 1o. Dr. Najma A. Hept~Ua Miniflter of Mi'1ority Affairs. · · · I 11. Shri Ramvilas·Paswan ' Mlni~ter of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. 1 12. S.hri Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. 1 13. I Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Minister of Women and Child Development. I I 14. I Sh~i Ananthkumar .. I·Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. I

15. I Shri I Minister of Communications and •·information l 1

I ,! Technology. 16. Shri Jagat Prikash: Nadda Minister of Health and Family Welfare. 17. Shri Ashok G~Japathi Raju Minister of Civil Aviation. Pusapati 18.. Shri Minister ~ of Heavy Industries and 'Pubuc I Enterprises.

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19. j Smt. H~rsimrat Kaur Badal Minister of Fo~ Processing.lnd~stries. ) 20. Shri Natendra Singh Tomar Ministerof Mines; and ...:. ' Minister of Steel~ . 21. i Shri Chaudhary Birender Mlni.sterof Rural Development; Singh Minister ofPanchayatt Raj; and Minister of DrinkingWater and Sanitation. 22. i Shri Minister of Tribal Affairs. • ' ' i JZ. Shri Minister of Agriculture and FarmersWelfare. 24. i Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. i .'·· 25. Smt. Smritl Zubln Irani Ministerof Human: .Resource•. Development.l '•.•··. 26. .J.. Dr. Harsh Vardhan Minister of Science and Tectmojogy; and Minister of Earth Sciences.

. . MINISTERS OF STATE «INDEPENDENT CHARG§} .·.· . ·: . '

1. General (Retd.) V.K Minister of State (Independent Charge)·of t~e Mlnls1ry Singh of Statistics and·Programme lmple~entlltion; : Minister of State In the Ministry of ectemal Affairs;.a~d Minister of State In the Ministry Qf. Overseas lndi•n Affairs. l 2. Rao lnderjit Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Minisfry of Planning;and . · · Minister of State itj the Ministry of Qefel"!ce; i 3. Shri Santosh Kumar Minister of State (lndependenf Charge) of the Mtnt~ry' Gangwar of Textiles. 4. .Shri Minister ofState (lridependent Charge)of the -r-'- Ministry of Labour!andEmployment. 5. I Shri Minister of,State C!nd_epend~tCh~rge) of the _Mints~ry of Skill Development ' and· Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State. in ·the MinistrY of Parliament.ry Affairs. ·

6. ·Shri Shripad Yesso Naik Minister of State (lnde~dent Ch,.rge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturo~y. Unani,.Sld~ha and Homoeopathy(AYUSH); and r ; Minister of State In.the :Ministry ~Health ahd·Fa"'Hy Welfare. ·

7. Shri Dharmendra Minister of State (Independent Ch•rge) of the Min~try Pradhan of Petroleumand Natural Gas. · · 8. Shri Sarbananda Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry ·Sonowal of Youth Affairs and Sports. 9. Shri Minister o{ State (Independent Ch.,-ge) of the Ministry of Environment,Forest and Climate Change. .

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' ...---- -··---- 10. Shrt ·Piyuah Goyal Minister of State (Independent ·Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister.of State (Independent Charge) of the ; and , Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the·Miniatry of New and·Renewable Energy. · 11. Dr. Jitendra Singh Minister of State (Independent ,Cha~e) of the Ministry of Development of •North Eastern .Region; Minister of State In the Prime Minist$r's Office; Minist~r of State In the Ministry of ~ersonnel, Public

Grievances. and Pensions;. I Minister of State in the Departrnent Qf Atomic Energy; and · ' Minister of State in the Department of.Space. 12. Smt. Nirmala Sithararnan Minister of State~(Independent: Ch~rge) of the· Ministry of Commerce and Industry. 13. Dr. Minister of State (Independent: Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; Minister of.State (Independent Cha~e) of the MinistrY of Tourism; and I Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. Shri Mukhtar Abbas .! tJlinister of State in the Minist..Y of Mit,lority Affalts; and Naqvi j '.· I ' Minister of State In the Ministry 'of Parliamentary Affairs. 2. Shri Ram Krlpal Yadav Minister of State In the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation . .3. _; ShH Harlbhai Parthlbhal Minister of State in the Ministry of. Home Affairs. Chaudhary 4. Shri Minister of State in·the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. Shri Mohanbhai y Minister of State. in the Ministry .of Agriculture and Kalyanjlbhai KundaHya Farmers.Welfare. 6. Shri Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. 7. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Ahir Fertilizers. 8. Shri G.M. Siddeshwara Minister of State In the Ministry C>f1Heavy·Industries and Public· Enterprises. 9. Shri Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. 10. Shri Minister of State in the Ministry of Pa'nchayatl Raj. 11. Shrl Upendra Minister Of State in the Ministry of HumaPl Resource Development.

3 12. Shri Radhakrlshnan P. ! Minister of State infhe Ministry of Road Transport and :J Highways;and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping.. 13. Shri Minister of State in the Ministry Of HomeAffairs. 14. Shrl Krishari Pal Minister of State in the·Ministry of•Social.Justice a1nd Empowerment. 1.Y Or.•Sanjeev Kumar Min!ster of State in the Ministry of Agriculture a'nd Balyan FarmersWelfare. 16. I··$hri Mansukhbhai Minister of State in fhe Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Dhanjibhai Vasava I 17. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and Minister of State in the Ministry Of Ste~l. 18. Shrl Minister of state ·1nthe Mlnlst,.Y.OfRurall>evelopmefit. 19. Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shanker Minister Of State in the.·Ministry of Hunian Resoutce Katheria Devel()pment. 20. .I Shri Y.S. Chowdary Minister of State in the Ministry of .Science ~nd

Technology; and Minister of State in the Ministry1 of Earth Sciences. 21. Shri Minister of State h'l the Ministry of Finance. 22. Col. RajyavardhanSingh .·. Minister Of State' in the ·.Ministry of Information !Ind Rathore Broadcasting. . i 23. Shri Minister of State il'l the Ministry of . Urban Development;and . : Minister of State 1.nthe Ministry of Housing and Urban PovertyAlleviation. · ·

24. $adhvi Minister of State :in ttM, Ministry ~f Fo.octProcessing Industries.

25. Shri Minister of State in the Ministry·of Social Justice ~md Ernpowerment.

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