PM Narendra Modi 3.0 Cabinet : Previous Top Portfolios Retained, Nadda Returns as Health Minister

PM Narendra Modi 3.0 Cabinet : The Cabinet of the Modi 3.0 administration is a mix of continuity and change, as some senior leaders have retained their previous portfolios from the BJP-led NDA government. The current composition of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) remains unchanged, with Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar retaining their posts to oversee defence, home, finance and foreign affairs respectively.

The PM Narendra Modi will be 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 departments not allocated to any minister.

In terms of new appointments, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will take over responsibilities in Agriculture and Rural Development, while BJP president JP Nadda will return to the Health Ministry, a post he held before assuming the party leadership.

Other Portfolio:

Name of the Minister	Party	Portfolio
Manohar Lal Khattar	Bhartiya Janta Party	Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Minister of Power
Ashwini Vaishnaw	Bhartiya Janta Party	Minister of Railways, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
Mansukh Mandaviya	Bhartiya Janta Party	Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Pralhad Joshi	Bhartiya Janta Party	Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
Jyotiraditya Scindia	Bhartiya Janta Party	Minister of Communications and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Bhartiya Janta Party	Minister of Culture and Minister of Tourism.
Kiren Rijiju	Bhartiya Janta Party	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Minority Affairs

Some Ministers Among the NDA Allies:

Name of the Minister	Party	Portfolio
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu	TDP	Minister of Civil Aviation.
Chirag Paswan	LJP	Minister of Food Processing Industries.
HD Kumaraswamy	JD (S)	Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister of Steel.
Jitan Ram	HAM	Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Lallan Singh	JDU	Minister of Panchayati Raj and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Ram Nath Thakur	JDU	MoS for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

The new faces include Bandi Sanjay Kumar who holds the charge of Minister of State for Home; Jitin Prasad who holds the charge of Commerce and Industry and MeITY; V Somanna is the Minister of State for Hydropower and Railways and Suresh Gopi is the only Lok Sabha MP from Kerala who is the Minister of State for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Tourism.

71 new ministers were welcomed in Modi 3.0 cabinet on Monday. All these ministers took oath along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a grand swearing-in ceremony on Sunday.

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