New portfolios announced; Jyotiraditya Scindia gets civil aviation, Ashwini Vaishanaw gets Railways

Portfolios for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new council of ministers have been announced. Take a look at the new ministers and their portfolios.

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CABINET MINISTERS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Additional Charge: Science & Technology + Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions + Department of Atomic Energy + Department of Space

Rajnath Singh
Portfolio: Defence

Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Portfolio: Road Transport and Highways

Nirmala Sitharaman
Portfolio: Finance + Corporate Affairs

Narendra Singh Tomar
Portfolio: Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Portfolio: External Affairs

Arjun Munda
Portfolio: Tribal Affairs

Smriti Zubin Irani
Portfolio: Women and Child Development

Piyush Goyal
Portfolio: Commerce and Industry + Consumer Affairs + Food and Public Distribution + Textiles

Dharmendra Pradhan
Portfolio: Education + Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Pralhad Joshi
Portfolio: Parliamentary Affairs + Coal + Mines

Narayan Tatu Rane
Portfolio: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Sarbananda Sonowal
Portfolio: Ports, Shipping and Waterways + AYUSH

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Portfolio: Minority Affairs

Virendra Kumar
Portfolio: Social Justice and Empowerment

Giriraj Singh
Portfolio: Rural Development + Panchayati Raj

Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
Portfolio: Civil Aviation

Ramchandra Prasad Singh
Portfolio: Steel

Ashwini Vaishnaw
Portfolio: Railways + Communications + Electronics and Information Technology

Pashu Pati Kumar Paras
Portfolio: Food Processing Industries

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Portfolio: Jal Shakti

Kiren Rijiju
Portfolio: Law and Justice

Raj Kumar Singh
Portfolio: Power + New and Renewable Energy

Hardeep Singh Puri
Portfolio: Petroleum and Natural Gas + Housing and Urban Affairs

Mansukh Mandaviya
Portfolio: Health and Family Welfare + Chemicals and Fertilizers

Bhupender Yadav
Portfolio: Environment, Forest and Climate Change + Labour and Employment

Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey
Portfolio: Heavy Industries

Parshottam Rupala
Portfolio: Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

G Kishan Reddy
Portfolio: Culture + Tourism + Development of North Eastern Region

Anurag Singh Thakur
Portfolio: Information and Broadcasting + Youth Affairs and Sports

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MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Rao Inderjit Singh
Portfolio: Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation + Planning + Minister of State for Corporate Affairs

Dr Jitendra Singh
Portfolio: Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science and Technology + Earth Sciences + Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office + Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions + Department of Atomic Energy + Department of Space

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MINISTERS OF STATE

Shripad Yesso Naik
Portfolio: Minister of State Ports, Shipping and Waterways + Tourism

Faggansingh Kulaste
Portfolio: Minister of State Steel + Rural Development

Prahalad Singh Patel
Portfolio: Minister of State Jal Shakti + Food Processing Industries

Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Portfolio: Minister of State Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution + Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Arjun Ram Meghwal
Portfolio: Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs + Culture

General (Retd.) V. K. Singh
Portfolio: Minister of State Road Transport and Highways + Civil Aviation

Krishan Pal
Portfolio: Minister of State Power + Heavy Industries

Danve Raosaheb Dadarao
Portfolio: Minister of State Railways + Coal + Mines

Ramdas Athawale
Portfolio: Minister of State Social Justice and Empowerment

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Portfolio: Minister of State Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution + Rural Development

Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
Portfolio: Minister of State Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Nityanand Rai
Portfolio: Minister of State Home Affairs

Pankaj Chowdhary
Portfolio: Minister of State Finance

Anupriya Singh Patel
Portfolio: Minister of State Commerce and Industry

Prof S P Singh Baghel
Portfolio: Minister of State Law and Justice

Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Portfolio: Minister of State Skill Development and Entrepreneurship + Electronics and Information Technology

Shobha Karandlaje
Portfolio: Minister of State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
Portfolio: Minister of State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Darshana Vikram Jardosh
Portfolio: Minister of State Textiles + Railways

V Muraleedharan
Portfolio: Minister of State External Affairs + Parliamentary Affairs

Meenakashi Lekhi
Portfolio: Minister of State External Affairs + Culture

Som Parkash
Portfolio: Minister of State Commerce and Industry

Renuka Singh Saruta
Portfolio: Minister of State Tribal Affairs

Rameswar Teli
Portfolio: Minister of State Petroleum and Natural Gas + Labour and Employment

Kailash Choudhary
Portfolio: Minister of State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Annpurna Devi
Portfolio: Minister of State Education

A Narayanaswamy
Portfolio: Minister of State Social Justice and Empowerment

Kaushal Kishore
Portfolio: Minister of State Housing and Urban Affairs

Ajay Bhatt
Portfolio: Minister of State Defence + Tourism

BL Verma
Portfolio: Minister of State Development of North Eastern Region + Ministry of Cooperation

Ajay Kumar
Portfolio: Minister of State Home Affairs

Devusinh Chauhan
Portfolio: Minister of State Communications

Bhagwanth Khuba
Portfolio: Minister of State New and Renewable Energy + Chemicals and Fertilizers

Kapil Moreshwar Patil
Portfolio: Minister of State Panchayati Raj

Sushri Pratima Bhoumik
Portfolio: Minister of State Social Justice and Empowerment

Dr Subhas Sarkar
Portfolio: Minister of State Education

Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
Portfolio: Minister of State Finance

Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
Portfolio: Minister of State External Affairs + Education

Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar
Portfolio: Minister of State Health and Family Welfare

Bishweswar Tudu
Portfolio: Minister of State Tribal Affairs + Jal Shakti

Shantanu Thakur
Portfolio: Minister of State Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Dr Munjapara Mahendrabhai
Portfolio: Minister of State Women and Child Development + AYUSH

John Barla
Portfolio: Minister of State Minority Affairs