New Delhi, June 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's top four ministers -- Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar -- have retained their respective home, defence, finance and external affairs portfolios, according to an official statement.
Among the new entrants to the Union Cabinet, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been given the agriculture and rural development portfolios, BJP president J P Nadda the health portfolio and former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar the power portfolio. Modi Cabinet 2024: Rajnath Singh Retains Ministry of Defence, Dharmendra Pradhan Ministry of Education, JP Nadda Gets Health Ministry; Check Full List.
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JP Nadda gets Health portfolio
ML Khattar gets Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry Chirag Paswan becomes Food Processing Minister.
CR Paatil gets Jal Shakti Ministry
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat becomes Tourism Minister Kiren Rijiju is the new Parliamentary Affairs Minister.
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Jitin Prasada to be MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Ramdas Athawale to be MoS in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Nityanand Rai to be MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs
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Shobha Karandlaje to be MoS in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and MoS in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
Bandi Sanjay Kumar to be MoS in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Sanjay Seth to be MoS in Ministry of Defence
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Nitin Gadkari will continue as road transport minister, while Dharmendra Pradhan will retain his education portfolio. Kiren Rijiju has been moved from the earth sciences ministry to the parliamentary affairs ministry, while Arjun Ram Meghwal will continue as law minister. Sarbananda Sonowal has retained the shipping portfolio, according to the statement. PM Narendra Modi Chairs First Union Cabinet Meeting; Clears 30 Million More Houses for Poor Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Watch Video).
Modi and 71 ministers took oath of office and secrecy on Sunday at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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