The New Cabinet Ministry

New Cabinet Ministry

By – Yuvraj Pandey, University of Allahabad

On 9th June, 2024 Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of India for the 3rd consecutive term. Along with him the Council of Ministers also took the oath which was administered by the President of India Draupadi Murmu.

The Cabinet Consists of:

1. Narendra Modi: Prime Minister Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space
2. Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence
3. Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs: Minister of Cooperation
4. Nitin Gadkari: Minister for Road Transport & Highways
5. JP Nadda: Minister of Health; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers.
6. Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development.
7. Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; Minister of Corporate Affairs
8. S Jaishankar: Ministry of External Affairs
9. Manohar Lal Khattar: Housing and Urban Affairs, Power
10. HD Kumaraswamy: Minister of Heavy Industries; Minister of Steel
11. Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce and Industry
12. Dharmendra Pradhan: Education Ministry
13. Jitan Ram Manjhi: Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
14. Lalan Singh: Minister of Panchayati Raj; Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
15. Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
16. Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
17. Ram Mohan Naidu: Aviation Ministry
18. Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Consumer Affairs
19. Jual Oram: Minister of Tribal Affairs
20. Giriraj Singh: Minister of Textiles
21. Ashiwnin Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways, Minister of Information and Broadcasting
22. Jyotiraditya Scindia: Minister of Development of North Eastern Region and Telecom
23. Bhupendra Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
24. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism
25. Annapurna Devi: Minister of Women and Child Development
26. Kiren Rijiju: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Minority Affairs
27. Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
28. Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Labour and Employment; Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
29. G Kishan Reddy: Minister of Coal, Mines
30. Chirag Paswan: Minister of Food Processing Industries
31. CR Patil: Minister of Jal Shakti

The Cabinet Ministry is not specifically defined in the Constitution of India but through the 91st Amendment Act, 2003 the number of Cabinet Ministers was fixed to 15% of the total members of Lok Sabha i.e. 80.
The Council of Ministers consists of Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, and Deputy Ministers.