PM Modi announces list of Cabinet ministers with portfolios

 

New Delhi, 26 May 2014 (Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India along with his key colleagues in the Cabinet.

 

According to ANI some TV channels, some of his key minister are senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley who has been given the charge of finance ministry and additional charge of the defence ministry in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 

Apart from Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj has been given charge of ministry of external affairs and Rajnath Singh was given charge of the home ministry.

 

Sushma Swaraj — Ministry of external affairs

 

Ananth Kumar — Parliamentary affairs and additional charge of chemicals and fertilizers

 

Nitin Gadkari — Surface transport ministry and shipping ministry

 

Sadanand Gowda — Railways ministry

 

Venkaiah Naidu — Urban development ministry and parliamentary affairs

 

Ravi Shankar Prasad — Telecom ministry, law and justice ministry

 

Maneka Gandhi — Women and child development ministry

 

Najma Heptulla — Ministry of minorities

 

Smriti Irani - Human resource development ministry

 

Radha Mohan Singh — Agriculture ministry

 

Nirmala Sitharaman — Ministry of state for commerce

 

Piyush Goel - Minister of state power (independent)

 

Prakash Javadekar — Minister of state information & broadcasting

 

Ram Vilas Paswan — Food and civil supplies ministry

 

Rajnath Singh — Minister for home affairs

 

Arun Jaitley — Finance ministry and additional charge of the defence ministry

 

Uma Bharati — Union minister for water resources and Ganga

 

Jual Oram — Cabinet minister for tribal affairs.