2021 Indian cabinet reshuffle explained

On 7 July 2021 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried out a reshuffle of his ministry.[1] [2] [3] Modi carried out 3 cabinet reshuffles during his first ministry. The cabinet reshuffle of 2021 is the first cabinet reshuffle of the second Modi ministry.

Changes

Jyotiraditya Scindia, Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Anupriya Patel, Kapil Patil, Meenakshi Lekhi, Ajay Bhatt, Bhupender Yadav, Darshana Jardosh, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Ramchandra Prasad Singh, Bharati Pawar, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Nisith Pramanik, Shobha Karandlaje, Pratima Bhoumik, L. Murugan, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Pankaj Chaudhary, Kaushal Kishore, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Subhas Sarkar, Shantanu Thakur, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, S. P. Singh Baghel, Annapurna Devi Yadav, B. L. Verma, Devusinh Chauhan, Bhagwanth Khuba, Mahendra Munjapara, John Barla, Bishweswar Tudu and A. Narayanaswamy became new ministers.

Harsh Vardhan, Prakash Javadekar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, D. V. Sadananda Gowda, Santosh Gangwar, Sanjay Dhotre, Debasree Chaudhuri, Rattan Lal Kataria, Babul Supriyo, Thawarchand Gehlot and Pratap Sarangi left the Modi cabinet.

Anurag Thakur, G. Kishan Reddy, Kiren Rijiju, R. K. Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh L. Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala were promoted to cabinet rank ministers.[4] [5]

Cabinet-level changes

MinisterPosition before reshufflePosition after reshuffle
Amit ShahMinister of Home AffairsMinister of Home Affairs
Minister of Co-operation
Nitin GadkariMinister of Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
D. V. Sadananda GowdaMinister of Chemicals and FertilizersResigned from the government
Narendra Singh TomarMinister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj
Minister of Food Processing Industries
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Ravi Shankar PrasadMinister of Law and Justice
Minister of Communications (India)
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
Resigned from the government
Thawar Chand GehlotMinister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
Resigned from the government
Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'Minister of EducationResigned from the government
Smriti IraniMinister of Women and Child Development
Minister of Textiles
Minister of Women and Child Development
Harsh VardhanMinister of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of Science and Technology
Minister of Earth Sciences
Resigned from the government
Prakash JavadekarMinister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Resigned from the government
Piyush GoyalMinister of Railways
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of Textiles
Dharmendra PradhanMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister of Steel
Minister of Education
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Narayan RaneRajya Sabha MPMinister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Sarbananda SonowalMember, Assam Legislative AssemblyMinister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Minister of AYUSH
Virendra Kumar KhatikLok Sabha MPMinister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Mahendra Nath PandeyMinister of Skill Development and EntrepreneurshipMinister of Heavy Industries
Giriraj SinghMinister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and FisheriesMinister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj
Jyotiraditya ScindiaRajya Sabha MPMinister of Civil Aviation
Ramchandra Prasad SinghRajya Sabha MPMinister of Steel
Ashwini VaishnawRajya Sabha MPMinister of Railways
Minister of Communications (India)
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
Pashupati Kumar ParasLok Sabha MPMinister of Food Processing Industries
Kiren RijijuMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports
Minister of State for Minority Affairs
Minister of Law and Justice
Raj Kumar SinghMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Power
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for New and Renewable Energy
Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Minister of Power
Minister of New and Renewable Energy
Hardeep Singh PuriMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Mansukh MandaviyaMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Bhupender YadavRajya Sabha MPMinister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Minister of Labour and Employment
Parshottam RupalaMinister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' WelfareMinister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
G. Kishan ReddyMinister of State for Home AffairsMinister of Culture
Minister of Tourism
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
Anurag Singh ThakurMinister of State for Finance
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

Ministers of State-level changes

MinisterPosition before reshufflePosition after reshuffle
Santosh Kumar GangwarMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and EmploymentResigned from the government
Rao Inderjit SinghMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs
Shripad Yesso NaikMinister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH
Minister of State for Defence
Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Minister of State for Tourism
Jitendra SinghMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Minister of State for Department of Space
Minister of State for Department of Atomic Energy
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Minister of State for Department of Space
Minister of State for Department of Atomic Energy
Prahlad Singh PatelMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism
Minister of State for Jal Shakti
Minister of State for Food Processing Industries
Faggan Singh KulasteMinister of State for SteelMinister of State for Steel
Minister of State for Rural Development
Ashwini Kumar ChoubeyMinister of State for Health and Family WelfareMinister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Arjun Ram MeghwalMinister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of State for Culture
General (Retd.) V. K. SinghMinister of State for Road Transport and HighwaysMinister of State for Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Civil Aviation
Krishan Pal GurjarMinister of State for Social Justice and EmpowermentMinister of State for Power
Minister of State for Heavy Industries
Raosaheb DanveMinister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionMinister of State for Railways
Minister of State for Coal
Minister of State for Mines
Niranjan JyotiMinister of State for Rural DevelopmentMinister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of State for Rural Development
Babul SupriyoMinister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate ChangeResigned from the government
Sanjay Shamrao DhotreMinister of State for Education
Minister of State for Communications
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology
Resigned from the government
Rattan Lal KatariaMinister of State for Jal Shakti
Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
Resigned from the government
Rameswar TeliMinister of State for Food Processing IndustriesMinister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister of State for Labour and Employment
Pratap Chandra SarangiMinister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
Resigned from the government
Debasree ChaudhuriMinister of State for Women and Child DevelopmentResigned from the government
Pankaj ChaudharyLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Finance
Anupriya Singh PatelLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Commerce and Industry
S. P. Singh BaghelLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Law and Justice
Rajeev ChandrasekharRajya Sabha MPMinister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology
Shobha KarandlajeLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Bhanu Pratap Singh VermaLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Darshana JardoshLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Textiles
Minister of State for Railways
Meenakshi LekhiLok Sabha MPMinister of State for External Affairs
Minister of State for Culture
Annpurna DeviLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Education
A. NarayanaswamyLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
Kaushal KishoreLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs
Ajay BhattLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Defence
Minister of State for Tourism
B. L. VermaRajya Sabha MPMinister of State for Development of North Eastern Region
Minister of State for Co-operation
Ajay Mishra TeniLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Home Affairs
Devusinh ChauhanLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Communications
Bhagwanth KhubaLok Sabha MPMinister of State for New and Renewable Energy
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
Kapil Moreshwar PatilLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Panchayati Raj
Pratima BhoumikLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
Subhas SarkarLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Education
Bhagwat KaradRajya Sabha MPMinister of State for Finance
Rajkumar Ranjan SinghLok Sabha MPMinister of State for External Affairs
Minister of State for Education
Bharati PawarLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Health and Family Welfare
Bishweswar TuduLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Tribal Affairs
Minister of State for Jal Shakti
Shantanu ThakurLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Mahendra MunjaparaLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Women and Child Development
Minister of State for AYUSH
John BarlaLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Minority Affairs
L. MuruganState President, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata PartyMinister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
Nisith PramanikLok Sabha MPMinister of State for Home Affairs
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Team. ThePrint. Modi cabinet reshuffle done, 43 new ministers take oath — Here is the full list of portfolios. 2021-07-08. ThePrint. 7 July 2021 . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2021-07-08. List of new Cabinet Ministers of India 2021: Check the updated list with Portfolio. 2021-07-08. www.jagranjosh.com.
  3. Web site: Narendra Modi Ministry: List of Union (Cabinet) Ministers of NDA and Their Designations PM Modi Cabinet. 2021-07-08. News18.
  4. News: List of Ministers and their portfolios in Narendra Modi's cabinet. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-07-08. 0971-751X.
  5. Web site: Full List Of Ministers In The Modi Government. 2021-07-08. NDTV.com. en.