Modi Govt 3.0 Barred Muslim Entry: The President of India, following the Prime Minister’s advice, has allocated ministerial portfolios to various members of the Union Council of Ministers. Some of the key appointments include Shri Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, Shri Raj Nath Singh as Minister of Defence, Shri Amit Shah as Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation, and Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman as Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs. The extensive list spans from Cabinet Ministers to Ministers of State, covering a wide range of responsibilities and sectors. This allocation aims to streamline the functioning of the government and address various national issues. This time no Muslim got any responsibility in governance.
Union Council of Ministers: Portfolio Distribution and Muslim Representation Came Down to ‘Zero’ in Modi 3.0 Government
President’s Secretariat
PRESS COMMUNIQUE
Ministerial Portfolios as allocated amongst the NDA Coalition Government
Dated: 10 JUN 2024
The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the Ministerial Portfolios as allocated among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:-
| Prime MinisterShri Narendra Modi | Prime Minister and also in charge of: the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. |
CABINET MINISTERS
| 1. | Shri Raj Nath Singh | Minister of Defence. |
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation. |
| 3. | Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 4. | Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda | Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 5. | Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of Rural Development. |
| 6. | Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs. |
| 7. | Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs. |
| 8. | Shri Manohar Lal | Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Minister of Power. |
| 9. | Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy | Minister of Heavy Industries; and Minister of Steel. |
| 10. | Shri Piyush Goyal | Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
| 11. | Shri Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education. |
| 12. | Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi | Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. |
| 13. | Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh | Minister of Panchayati Raj; andMinister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 14. | Shri Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 15. | Dr. Virendra Kumar | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 16. | Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu | Minister of Civil Aviation. |
| 17. | Shri Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Culture; and Minister of Tourism. |
| 18. | Shri Jual Oram | Minister of Tribal Affairs. |
| 19. | Shri Giriraj Singh | Minister of Textiles. |
| 20. | Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of Communications; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 21. | Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | Minister of Railways; Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. |
| 22. | Shri Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. |
| 23. | Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of Minority Affairs. |
| 24. | Smt. Annpurna Devi | Minister of Women and Child Development |
| 25. | Shri Kiren Rijiju | Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines. |
| 26. | Shri Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| 27. | Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Labour and Employment; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 28. | Shri G. Kishan Reddy | Minister of Coal; andMinister of Mines. |
| 29. | Shri Chirag Paswan | Minister of Food Processing Industries. |
| 30. | Shri C R Patil | Minister of Jal Shakti. |
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
| 1. | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 2. | Dr. Jitendra Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; andMinister of State in the Department of Space. |
| 3. | Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. |
| 4. | Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education. |
| 5. | Shri Jayant Chaudhary | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Education. |
MINISTERS OF STATE
| 1. | Shri Jitin Prasada | Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. |
| 2. | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| 3. | Shri Pankaj Chaudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. |
| 4. | Shri Krishan Pal | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation. |
| 5. | Shri Ramdas Athawale | Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 6. | Shri Ram Nath Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 7. | Shri Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 8. | Smt. Anupriya Patel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 9. | Shri V. Somanna | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications. |
| 10. | Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. |
| 11. | Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. |
| 12. | Sushri Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. |
| 13. | Shri Kirtivardhan Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. |
| 14. | Shri B. L. Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism. |
| 15. | Shri Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. |
| 16. | Shri Suresh Gopi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. |
| 17. | Dr. L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines. |
| 18. | Shri Ajay Tamta | Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 19. | Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 20. | Shri Kamlesh Paswan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. |
| 21. | Shri Bhagirath Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. |
| 22. | Shri Satish Chandra Dubey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. |
| 23. | Shri Sanjay Seth | Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. |
| 24. | Shri Ravneet Singh | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. |
| 25. | Shri Durgadas Uikey | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. |
| 26. | Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse | Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. |
| 27. | Shri Sukanta Majumdar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. |
| 28. | Smt. Savitri Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. |
| 29. | Shri Tokhan Sahu | Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. |
| 30. | Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary | Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti. |
| 31. | Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Steel. |
| 32. | Shri Harsh Malhotra | Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. |
| 33. | Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya | Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. |
| 34. | Shri Murlidhar Mohol | Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. |
| 35. | Shri George Kurian | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
| 36. | Shri Pabitra Margherita | Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. |
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