The Modi Government has seen a major cabinet reshuffle yesterday with several ministers walking out of the door, others being promoted, and a few with major changes in their portfolios. This is the first and the much-anticipated reshuffle after the BJP led by Modi formed the government for the second time in a row in 2019.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in charge of all the portfolios where ministers are not allotted. PM Modi will look after the Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Personnel, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, All important policy issues, and other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
While Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman will continue to be the Minister of Defense and Finance respectively, Amit Shah will be in charge of the Ministry of Cooperation along with Home affairs.
Under this expansion, forty-three cabinet ministers took oath as a part of the expanded cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hours before the oath ceremony took place in the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan, at least 12 ministers resigned from the council of ministers. Some of the prominent names in the list are Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, and Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar.
Here’s a full list of ministers who resigned from their respective portfolios:
Full List of Ministers Who Resigned
1. D.V. Sadananda Gowda
2. Ravi Shankar Prasad
3. Thaawarchand Gehlot
4. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
5. Harsh Vardhan
6. Prakash Javadekar
7. Santosh Kumar Gangwar
8. Babul Supriyo
9. Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao
10. Rattan Lal Kataria
11. Pratap Chandra Sarangi
12. Debasree Chaudhuri
Full list of New Members
However, this time, the Modi government has introduced many new faces in the cabinet. A Full list of new faces in the ruling include,
1) Narayan Rane
2) Sarbananda Sonowal
3) Virendra Kumar
4) Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
5) Ramchandra Pratap Singh
6) Ashwini Vaishnav
7) Pashupati Nath Paras
8) Kiren Rijiju
9) RK Singh
10) Hardeep Singh Puri
11) M Mandaviya
12) Bhupendra Yadav
13) P Rupala,
14) G Kishan Reddy
15) Anurag Singh Thakur
Full list of Cabinet Ministers and their Portfolios
Here’s the full list of Cabinet Ministers:
| Minister | Portfolio |
| Narayan Tatu Rane | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| Sarbananda Sonowal | Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Ayush |
| Dr. Virendra Kumar | Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Jyotiraditya M Scindia | Civil Aviation |
| Ramchandra Prasad Singh | Steel |
| Ashwini Vaishnav | Railways; Communications; Electronics and Information Technology. |
| Pashupati Kumar Paras | Food Processing Industries |
| Kiren Rijiju | Law and Justice |
| Raj Kumar Singh, | Power; New and Renewable Energy. |
| Hardeep Singh Puri | Petroleum and Natural Gas; Housing and Urban Affairs. |
| Mansukh Mandaviya | Health and Family Welfare; Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| Bhupender Yadav | Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Labour and Employment |
| Parshottam Rupala | Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying |
| G. Kishan Reddy | Culture; Tourism; Development of North-Eastern Region. |
| Anurag Singh Thakur | Information and Broadcasting; Youth Affairs and Sports |
This huge reshuffle is made after a series of intense meetings and reviews by the PM and senior leaders of BJP. Most of these decisions are made after all the criticism the Modi government has faced at the time of the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.