new Cabinet Ministers of India 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet was reshuffled for the first time since May 2019 on July 7, 2021. Check out the full list of Ministers appointed to the new Modi Cabinet, along with their ministries.
India’s new Cabinet Ministers for 2023: On July 7, 2021, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi reshuffled his cabinet for the first time since May 2019, bringing some new faces and accommodating National Democratic Alliance members (NDA).
Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Bhatt, Bhupender Yadav, Shobha Karandlaje, Sunita Duggal, and Meenakshi Lekhi were among the 43 MPs who took their oath as Ministers in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Anurag Thakur, G Kishan Reddy, Paroshottam Rupala, Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya, and Raj Kumar Singh were promoted as Ministers of State. A phone conversation prior to the big reshuffle resulted in the resignation of 12 Ministers from Modi’s Cabinet.
Check out the full list of Cabinet Ministers who have been inducted into the new Modi Cabinet, including their ministries, as well as the ministers who have resigned from their positions ahead of the massive cabinet reshuffle.
Prime Minister Modi welcomed his colleagues who took the oath of office and wished them well in their new roles. He also instructed his ministers to be prompt and to let their work speak for itself.
Cabinet Ministers of India in 2023
| S.N. | Name | Ministry |
| 1. | Shri Narendra Modi | Prime Minister
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
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| Cabinet Ministers | ||
| 2. | Shri Amit Shah |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 27. | Shri Bhupender Yadav |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Ministers of State | ||
| 1. | Shri Shripad Yesso Naik |
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| 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 |
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| 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)
Several ministers, including Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar, Law and Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar, have resigned from the Union Cabinet ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s mega cabinet reshuffle.
Prime Minister Modi’s government established a new ‘Ministry of Cooperation’ to strengthen the country’s cooperative movement.
Ministers who resigned in 2021 are listed below.
Harsh Vardhan is the first.
Babul Supriyo is number two.
3rd – Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Nishank Ramesh Pokhriyal
Santosh Gangwar 5
Sanjay Dhotre is number six.
Debasree Chaudhuri 7th, Rattan Lal Kataria 8th
Sadananda Gowda, No. 9
Thawar Chand Gehlot No. 10
Ravi Shankar Prasad is number eleven.
Javadekar, Prakash
Meetings on 6 July 2021 between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Jagat Prakash Nadda sparked rumours about a cabinet overhaul.
The reshuffling is being done in preparation for the next elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, and Gujarat. It also seeks to establish a social balance, with a focus on OBC, Dalit, and women members, as well as youthful leaders.
PM Modi’s new Cabinet Ministers are required.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffled the Cabinet in order to live up to the dreams and aspirations of 130 crore Indians and with an eye on poll-bound states. According to insiders, the Modi administration’s objective is to assure last-mile delivery, for which the government requires new energy.
India’s Cabinet Ministers 2023: The Youngest Cabinet Ever!
With shocking resignations, unexpected arrivals, and an eye on election-year states, Prime Minister Modi’s cabinet is poised to feed the engine of growth. The youngest of the new ministers is 35 years old, while the oldest is 69 years old.
The Prime Minister will face the difficulties of unemployment, a shortage of skills, and the next wave of the Covid-19 pandemic with the youngest cabinet in history.
Cabinet Ministers of India 2023: Community Representation
The new cabinet, as Prime Minister Modi has repeatedly stated, is a blend of regional and geographical diversity, experience, gender, and groups, with record representation for SCs, STs, and OBCs.
Rajya Sabha Leader of the House
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has been named Rajya Sabha Leader. He took over as Politician of the House from prominent BJP leader Thawarchand Gehlot, who was recently named Governor of Karnataka.
What does the ADR report have to say about the new Cabinet Ministers for 2023?
The following are the findings of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report:
1- Criminal Cases: 33 ministers face criminal charges. Of these, 24 Ministers face serious criminal charges, including murder, attempted murder, and robbery.
2- Millionaire Ministers: At least 90% of the new Cabinet members are millionaires. This indicates that 70 of the 78 Ministers disclosed total assets in excess of Rs 1 crore.
3- Ministers with Excessive Assets: Four ministers have reported assets at more than Rs. 50 crore. Jyotiraditya Scindia (over Rs 379 crore), Piyush Goyal (over Rs 95 crore), Narayan Rane (over Rs 87 crore), and Rajeev Chandrasekhar are among them (over Rs 64 crore).
4- Low Asset Ministers: Pratima Bhoumik (about Rs 6 lakh), John Barla (approximately Rs 14 lakh), Kailash Choudhary (approximately Rs 24 lakh), Bishweswar Tudu (approximately Rs 27 lakh), and V Muraleedharan are the Cabinet Ministers with the fewest assets (around Rs 27 lakh).
5- Educational Qualification: Of the 78 Ministers, 9 have a doctorate, 17 are graduates or professional graduates, 2 have only passed their Class VIII exams, 3 have passed Class X exams, and 7 have passed Class XII exams.
FAQ
Which Ministries does Prime Minister Modi hold?
Prime Minister Modi oversees the following ministries: 1. Personnel, Public Grievances, And Pensions Ministry 2. Space Administration 3. Atomic Energy Commission 4. All important policy issues and all other portfolios that have not been assigned to a minister
How many categories are there in the Council of Ministers?
The Council of Ministers is made up of four types of ministers: 1- Minister in the Cabinet 2- State Minister (Independent Charge) 3- State Minister Deputy Minister 4
Who among all Indian Prime Ministers has had the longest tenure as the head of an elected government?
Among all Indian Prime Ministers, Narendra Modi had the longest tenure as the head of an elected government.
How many ministers are in Modi’s new cabinet?
The new Cabinet of Narendra Modi includes 31 Cabinet Ministers, 45 Ministers of State, and 2 Ministers of State (Independent Charge).