List of new Cabinet Ministers of India 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffled his cabinet on 7 July 2021 for the first time since May 2019, bringing in some fresh faces and accommodating allies of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
A total of 43 MPs took oath as Ministers in Rashtrapati Bhavan today including Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Bhatt, Bhupender Yadav, Shobha Karandlaje, Sunita Duggal, Meenakshi Lekhi, among others.
Seven Ministers of State were promoted including Anurag Thakur, G Kishan Reddy, Paroshottam Rupala, Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya and Raj Kumar Singh.
Ahead of the mega reshuffle, a phone call led to the resignation of 12 Ministers from the Modi Cabinet. Check the complete list of Cabinet Ministers who been inducted into the new Modi Cabinet along with their portfolios and the ministers who have resigned from their post ahead of the mega cabinet reshuffle.
Prime Minister Modi congratulated his colleagues who took the oath and wished them luck for their ministerial tenure. He also advised his ministers to be punctual and let work do all the talking.
I congratulate all the colleagues who have taken oath today and wish them the very best for their ministerial tenure. We will continue working to fulfil aspirations of the people and build a strong and prosperous India.
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List of Cabinet Ministers of India 2021
Prime Minister
1. Shri Narendra Modi
1. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions
2. Department of Space
3. Department of Atomic Energy
4. All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister
Cabinet Ministers
2. Shri Amit Shah
1. Ministry of Home Affairs
2. Ministry of Cooperation
3. Shri Rajnath Singh
Ministry of Defence
4. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
1. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
5. Shri Narayan Tatu Rane
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
6. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
1. Ministry of Finance
2. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
7. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
1. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
8. Shri Sarbanada Sonowal
1. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
2. Ministry of AYUSH
9.Dr. Virendra Kumar
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
10.Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Ministry of External Affairs
11.Shri Ramchandra Prasad
Ministry of Steel
12.Shri Arjun Munda
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
13.Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani
1. Ministry of Women and Child Development
14.Mansukh Mandaviya
1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
2. Ministry of Chemical Fertilizers
15.Shri Ashwini Vaishnav
1. Ministry of Railways
2. Ministry of Communications
3. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
16.Shri Piyush Goyal
1. Ministry of Textiles
2. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
3. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
17.Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
1. Ministry of Education
2. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
18.Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Ministry of Minority Affairs
19.Shri Pralhad Joshi
1. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
2. Ministry of Coal
3. Ministry of Mines
20.Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
Ministry of Civil Aviation
21.Shri Giriraj Singh
1. Ministry of Rural Development
2. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
22.Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Ministry of Jal Shakti
23.Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
24.Shri Kiren Rijiju
Ministry of Law and Justice
25.Shri Raj Kumar Singh
1. Ministry of Power
2. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
26.Shri Hardeep Singh Puri
1. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
2.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
27.Shri Bhupender Yadav
1. Ministry or Environment, Forest and Climate Chane
2. Ministry of Labour and Employment
28.Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey
Ministry of Heavy Industries
29.Shri Parshottam Rupala
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
30.Shri G. Kishan Reddy
1. Ministry of Culture
2. Ministry of Tourism
3. Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
31. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
1.Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
2. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1.Shri Rao Inderjit Singh
1. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
2. Ministry of Planning
3. Ministry of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
2.Dr. Jitendra Singh
1.Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology
2.Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences
3.Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
4.Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
5.Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy
6.Minister of State in the Department of Space
Ministers of State
1. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
2. Shri Faggansingh Kulaste
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
3. Shri Prahalad Singh Patel
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
4. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of ConsumerAffairs, Food and Public Distribution
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
5. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
6. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
7. Shri Krishan Pal
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
8. Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal
3. Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
9. Shri Ramdas Athawale
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
11. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
12. Shri Nityanand Rai
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
13. Shri Pankaj Choudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14. Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
15. Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law andJustice
16. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
17. Sushri Shobha Karandlaje
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
18. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
19. Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
20. Shri V. Muraleedharan
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
21. Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
22. Shri Som Parkash
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
23. Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
24. Shri Rameswar Teli
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
25. Shri Kailash Choudhary
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
26. Smt. Annapurna Devi
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
27. Shri A. Narayanaswamy
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28. Shri Kaushal Kishore
Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
29. Shri Ajay Bhatt
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
30. Shri B. L. Verma
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
31. Shri Ajay Kumar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
32. Shri Devusinh Chauhan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
33. Shri Bhagwanth Khuba
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
34. Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
35. Sushri Pratima Bhoumik
Minister of State in the Ministry of SocialJustice and Empowerment
36. Dr. Subhas Sarkar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
37. Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
38. Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
39. Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
40. Shri Bishweswar Tudu
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
41. Shri Shantanu Thakur
Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
42. Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH
43. Shri John Barla
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
44. Dr. L. Murugan
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
45. Shri Nisith Pramanik
1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
List of Ministers who sworn in at the Rashtrapati Bhavan
1- Narayan Rane (Cabinet Minister)
2- Sarbananda Sonowal (Cabinet Minister)
3- Dr. Virendra Kumar (Cabinet Minister)
4- Jyotiraditya Scindia (Cabinet Minister)
5- Ram Chandra Prasad (Cabinet Minister)
6- Ashwini Vaishnav (Cabinet Minister)
7- Pashu Pati Kumar (Cabinet Minister)
8- Kiren Rijiju (Cabinet Minister)
9- Raj Kumar Singh (Cabinet Minister)
10- Hardeep Singh Puri (Cabinet Minister)
11- Mansukh Mandaviya (Cabinet Minister)
12- Bhupender Yadav (Cabinet Minister)
13- Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala (Cabinet Minister)
14- G Kishen Reddy (Cabinet Minister)
15- Anurag Thakur (Cabinet Minister)
16- Pankaj Choudhary (Minister of State)
17- Anupriya Singh Patel (Minister of State)
18- Satya Pal Singh Baghel (Minister of State)
19- Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Minister of State)
20- Shobha Karandlaje (Minister of State)
21- Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma (Minister of State)
22- Darshana Vikram Jardosh (Minister of State)
23- Meenakshi Lekhi (Minister of State)
24- Annapurna Devi (Minister of State)
25- A Narayanaswamy (Minister of State)
26- Kaushal Kishore (Minister of State)
27- Ajay Bhatt (Minister of State)
28- BL Verma (Minister of State)
29- Ajay Kumar (Minister of State)
30- Chauhan Devusinh (Minister of State)
31- Bhagwanth Khuba (Minister of State)
32- Kapil Moreshwar Patil (Minister of State)
33- Pratima Bhoumik (Minister of State)
34- Subhas Sarkar (Minister of State)
35- Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad (Minister of State)
36- Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (Minister of State)
37- Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar (Minister of State)
38- Bishweswar Tudu (Minister of State)
39- Shantanu Thakur (Minister of State)
40- Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai (Minister of State)
41- John Barla (Minister of State)
42- Dr L Murugan (Minister of State)
43- Nisith Pramanik (Minister of State)
List of Ministers who have resigned in 2021
1- Harsh Vardhan
2- Babul Supriyo
3- Ashwini Kumar Choubey
4- Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
5- Santosh Gangwar
6- Sanjay Dhotre
7- Debasree Chaudhuri
8- Rattan Lal Kataria
9- Sadananda Gowda
10- Thawar Chand Gehlot
11- Ravi Shankar Prasad
12- Prakash Javadekar
The speculation about a cabinet reshuffle was triggered by meetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Jagat Prakash Nadda on 6 July 2021.
The reshuffling is done keeping in view the next year’s elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur and Gujarat. It also aims to strike a social balance with special emphasis on OBC, Dalit communities, Women members, and young leaders.
