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Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister, was sworn in yesterday along with 71 ministers, forming the new coalition government. The oath was administered by President Droupadi Murmu to the incoming ministers. The cabinet includes 30 Cabinet Ministers, 5 Ministers of State with Independent charge, and 36 Ministers of State. Amit Shah retains the Ministry of Home Affairs, while Rajnath Singh continues to lead the Defence Ministry in Modi's third term. Nitin Gadkari also maintains his role as the Minister of Road Transport and Highways. Ajay Tamta and Harsh Malhotra have been appointed as Ministers of State in the ministry. HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular), the first leader from the BJP's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) allies, took the oath. Soon after, Janata Dal (United) leader Lalan Singh, a close associate of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, also took the oath. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister who engineered the BJP's resounding victory in last year's Assembly election but was not reinstated in that position, has now been appointed as the Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister, replacing the BJP's senior tribal leader Arjun Munda.

The Narendra Modi government is facing ongoing tensions with farmers since the 2020 protests over the three farm laws. This discontent among farmers has been seen as a factor in the BJP's poor performance in states like Uttar Pradesh, where it secured only 29 seats in the recent election, a significant drop from 62 in 2019 and 71 in 2014. Similar losses were observed in states like Punjab and Haryana, where farmers also staged protests. In a notable change, the Telugu Desam Party's MP Ram Mohan Naidu has been appointed as the new Civil Aviation Minister, replacing the Bharatiya Janata Party's Jyotiraditya Scindia, who has now been given charge of the Telecom Ministry. Naidu, who also serves as his party's National General Secretary, successfully contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election from the Srikakulam constituency, marking his third consecutive victory in the seat. His party, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party, played a crucial role in ensuring the BJP's return to power after the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The ministries have now been allocated to the 71 ministers who joined the Modi 3.0 administration during the grand swearing-in ceremony held on Sunday.

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The Prime Minister's new Cabinet takes shape, with familiar faces retaining key roles. Nirmala Sitharaman will once again oversee the nation's finances, while S Jaishankar maintains his position as the head of the Foreign Ministry. This continuity in leadership aims to provide stability and build upon the successes of the previous term. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet will retain four familiar faces during his historic third term. Amit Shah retains the home ministry, Rajnath Singh the defense ministry, Jaishankar the foreign ministry and Nirmala Sitharaman the finance ministry. The Prime Minister heads the Ministry of Personnel, Civil Grievances and Pensions, the Ministry of Atomic Energy and the Ministry of Space. Road Transport and Highways will be headed by Nitin Gadkari under whom will be two juniors - Ajay Tamta and Harsh Malhotra. Piyush Goyal retained the business portfolio. Manohar Lal Khattar will head two key ministries: Power, Housing and Urban Affairs. It is supported by junior minister Shripad Naik on the one hand and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Thogan Sahu on the other. Here is the complete list of Cabinet Ministers:

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; and
Minister 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 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy.

18. Shri Jual Oram
Minister of Tribal Affairs.

19. Shri Giriraj Singh
Minister of Textiles.

20. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw
Minister of Railways;
Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.

21. Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.

22. Shri Bhupender Yadav
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

23. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Minister of Culture; and
Minister of Tourism.

24. Smt. Annpurna Devi
Minister of Women and Child Development

25. Shri Kiren Rijiju
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and
Minister of Minority Affairs.

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; and
Minister 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 Statistics and Programme Implementation;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture.

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; and
Minister of State in the Department of Space.

3. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

4. Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayush; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

5. Shri Jayant Chaudhary
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education.

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. Shri Jitin Prasada
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

2. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

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 Health and Family Welfare; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

9. Shri V. Somanna
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

10. Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications.

11. Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

12. Sushri Shobha Karandlaje
Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

13. Shri Kirtivardhan Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.

14. Shri B. L. Verma
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.

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 Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism.

17. Dr. L. Murugan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

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 Coal; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines.

23. Shri Sanjay Seth
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

24. Shri Ravneet Singh
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

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 Education; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.

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; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

32. Shri Harsh Malhotra
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

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 Cooperation; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

35. Shri George Kurian
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

36. Shri Pabitra Margherita
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles.