Narendra Modi Cabinet 3.0: Full list of ministers of state
The BJP emerged as the single largest party by winning 240 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday was sworn-in as India's prime minister for a third consecutive term. The 73-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart and members of his council of ministers were administered oath of office and secrecy by President Droupadi Murmu during a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Modi 3.0 cabinet comprises 72 ministers, which includes 30 cabinet Ministers, 5 ministers of State with Independent Charge and 36 ministers of state. ALSO READ: Narendra Modi Cabinet 3.0: Full list of Union ministersSupporters cheered, clapped and chanted "Modi, Modi" as the name of the prime minister, dressed in a white kurta tunic and blue half jacket, was called to take his oath.
Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Piyush Goyal were among the senior ministers who took oath after Modi's swearing-in. Their portfolios are expected to be announced after the ceremony.In pics: Modi takes oath as PM for a historic third term at Rashtrapati BhavanSeven former chief ministers including Modi are part of the new cabinet. The other six former chief ministers are Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Rajnath Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana), Sarbananda Sonowal (Assam), H D Kumaraswamy (Karnataka), and Jitan Ram Manjhi (Bihar).The BJP emerged as the single largest party by winning 240 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. It is now dependent on the support from regional parties including Telugu Desam Party and Janata Dal (United) to run the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre. Top leaders from India's neighbourhood and the Indian Ocean region including Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Bhutanese PM Tshering Tobgay were among the dignitaries at the oath ceremony.
Here is a full list of ministers of state sworn in alongside Modi:-Ministers of State (independent charge)
- Rao Inderjit Singh
- Dr. Jitendra Singh
3. Arjun Ram Meghwal4. Jayant Chaudhary5. Prataprao Jadhav
Ministers of State
1. Jitin Prasada2. Sripad Yesso Naik3. Pankaj Chaudhary4. Krishan Pal5. Ramdas Athawale6. Ramnath Thakur7. Nityananad Rai8. Anupriya Patel9. V Somanna10. Pemmasani Chandrasekhar11. SP Singh Baghel12. Shobha Karandlaje13. Kirti Vardhan Singh14. B L Verma15. Shantanu Thakur16. Suresh Gopi17. L Murugan18. Ajay Tamta19. Bandi Sanjay Kumar20. Kamlesh Paswan21. Bhagirath Choudhary22. Ravneet Singh23. Satish Dubey24. Sanjay Seth25. Durga Das Uikey26. Raksha Khadse27. Sukanta Majumdar28. Savitri Thakur
29. Tokhan Sahu30. Raj Bhushan Choudhary31. BRS Verma32. Harsh Malhotra33. Nimuben Bambhniya34. Murlidhar Mohol35. George Kurian36. Pabitra Margherita
