Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets BJP MPs Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Union government (Image: PTI)
Of the 71 ministers sworn in Modi Government 3.0, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained at least 31 ministers from the last cabinet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took oath to office for a rare third consecutive term. The swearing-in ceremony of PM Modi and his Cabinet ministers was administered by President Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. A mix of old and new faces, the Union Cabinet for the 18th Lok Sabha includes 30 cabinet ministers, five ministers of state with independent charge and 36 ministers of state.
Of the 71 ministers sworn in Modi Government 3.0, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained at least 31 ministers from the last cabinet, including big names like Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar and Nitin Gadkari.
| S.No | Name | Previous Portfolio | Rank In Modi Cabinet 3.0 |
| 1 | Amit Shah | Minister of Home Affairs & Minister of Co-operation | Cabinet Minister |
| 2 | Rajnath Singh | Minister of Defence | Cabinet Minister |
| 3 | S Jaishankar | Minister of External Affairs | Cabinet Minister |
| 4 | Nirmala Sitharaman | Minister of Finance,Minister of Corporate Affairs | Cabinet Minister |
| 5 | Nitin Gadkari | Minister of Road Transport and Highways | Cabinet Minister |
| 6 | Mansukh Mandaviya | Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers | Cabinet Minister |
| 7 | Ashwini Vaishnaw | Minister of CommunicationsMinister of Electronics and Information Technology & Minister of Railways | Cabinet Minister |
| 8 | Dharmendra Pradhan | Minister of Education & Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Cabinet Minister |
| 9 | Pralhad Joshi | Minister of Parliamentary AffairsMinister of CoalMinister of Mines | Cabinet Minister |
| 10 | Piyush Goyal | Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | Cabinet Minister |
| 11 | Jyotiraditya Scindia | Minister of Steel & Minister of Civil Aviation | Cabinet Minister |
| 12 | Hardeep Singh Puri | Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs | Cabinet Minister |
| 13 | Kiran Rijiju | Minister of Food Processing Industries & Minister of Earth Sciences | Cabinet Minister |
| 14 | Sarbananda Sonowal | Minister of AYUSH & Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways | Cabinet Minister |
| 15 | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Minister of Jal Shakti | Cabinet Minister |
| 16 | G Kishan Reddy | Minister of Development of North Eastern Region & Minister of Cultureand Tourism | Cabinet Minister |
| 17 | Bhupender Yadav | Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Minister of Labour and Employment | Cabinet Minister |
| 18 | Jitendra Singh | Minister of Science and Technology & Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s OfficeMinister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionsMinister of State in the Department of Atomic EnergyMinister of State in the Department of Space | Minister of State (Independent) |
| 19 | Arjun Ram Meghwal | Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs &Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture | Minister of State (Independent) |
| 20 | L. Murugan | Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying & Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Minister of State |
| 21 | SP Singh Baghel | Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice | Minister of State |
| 22 | Nityanand Rai | Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs | Minister of State |
| 23 | Shripad Yesso Naik | Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism & Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways | Minister of State |
| 24 | Giriraj Singh | Minister of Rural DevelopmentMinister of Panchayati Raj | Minister of State |
| 25 | Rao Inderjit Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Planning & Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs | Minister of State |
| 26 | Shobha Karandlaje | Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries & Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare | Minister of State |
| 27 | BL Verma | Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern RegionMinister of State in the Ministry of Co-operation | Minister of State |
| 28 | Krishan Pal Gurjar | Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Minister of State in the Ministry of Power | Minister of State |
| 29 | Annpurna Devi | Minister of State in the Ministry of Education | Cabinet Minister |
| 30 | Shantanu Thakur | Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways | Minister of State |
| 31 | Virendra Kumar Khatik | Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment | Cabinet Minister |
Meanwhile, BJP’s NDA partners received five cabinet ministerial berths in the third term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as against none in the outgoing government, given the party’s dependence on allies for a majority in the Lok Sabha.
The BJP had an absolute majority in the previous two terms — the 16th and 17th Lok Sabhas — which reflected in the council of ministers with only a few alliance partners being given space.
While the outgoing council of ministers had two ministers of state from BJP’s allies — Anupriya Patel of the Apna Dal (S) and Ramdas Athawale of the RPI(A) — this time, there are two ministers of state with independent charge and four ministers of state (MoS), including Patel and Athawale.
