2021 Indian cabinet reshuffle

On 7 July 2021 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried out a reshuffle of his ministry.[1][2][3]

Narendra Modi

Background edit

Modi carried out 3 cabinet reshuffles during his first ministry.[citation needed] The cabinet reshuffle of 2021 is the first cabinet reshuffle of the second Modi ministry.

Changes edit

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 edit

Colour key
  •      Joined the cabinet
  •      Promoted
  •      Left the cabinet
Minister Position before reshuffle Position after reshuffle
  Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs Minister of Home Affairs
Minister of Co-operation
  Nitin Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
  D. V. Sadananda Gowda Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Resigned from the government
  Narendra Singh Tomar Minister 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 Prasad Minister of Law and Justice
Minister of Communications (India)
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
Resigned from the government
  Thawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
Resigned from the government
  Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Minister of Education Resigned from the government
  Smriti Irani Minister of Women and Child Development
Minister of Textiles
Minister of Women and Child Development
  Harsh Vardhan Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of Science and Technology
Minister of Earth Sciences
Resigned from the government
  Prakash Javadekar Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Resigned from the government
  Piyush Goyal Minister 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 Pradhan Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister of Steel
Minister of Education
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
  Narayan Rane Rajya Sabha MP Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  Sarbananda Sonowal Member, Assam Legislative Assembly Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Minister of AYUSH
  Virendra Kumar Khatik Lok Sabha MP Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
  Mahendra Nath Pandey Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister of Heavy Industries
  Giriraj Singh Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj
  Jyotiraditya Scindia Rajya Sabha MP Minister of Civil Aviation
  Ramchandra Prasad Singh Rajya Sabha MP Minister of Steel
  Ashwini Vaishnaw Rajya Sabha MP Minister of Railways
Minister of Communications (India)
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
  Pashupati Kumar Paras Lok Sabha MP Minister of Food Processing Industries
  Kiren Rijiju Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports
Minister of State for Minority Affairs
Minister of Law and Justice
  Raj Kumar Singh Minister 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 Puri Minister 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 Mandaviya Minister 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 Yadav Rajya Sabha MP Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Minister of Labour and Employment
  Parshottam Rupala Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
  G. Kishan Reddy Minister of State for Home Affairs Minister of Culture
Minister of Tourism
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
  Anurag Singh Thakur Minister 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 edit

Colour key
  •      Joined the cabinet
  •      Left the cabinet
Minister Position before reshuffle Position after reshuffle
  Santosh Kumar Gangwar Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment Resigned from the government
  Rao Inderjit Singh Minister 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 Naik Minister 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 Singh Minister 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 Patel Minister 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 Kulaste Minister of State for Steel Minister of State for Steel
Minister of State for Rural Development
  Ashwini Kumar Choubey Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  Arjun Ram Meghwal Minister 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. Singh Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Civil Aviation
  Krishan Pal Gurjar Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Minister of State for Power
Minister of State for Heavy Industries
  Raosaheb Danve Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of State for Railways
Minister of State for Coal
Minister of State for Mines
  Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State for Rural Development Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of State for Rural Development
  Babul Supriyo Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Resigned from the government
  Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre Minister of State for Education
Minister of State for Communications
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology
Resigned from the government
  Rattan Lal Kataria Minister of State for Jal Shakti
Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
Resigned from the government
  Rameswar Teli Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister of State for Labour and Employment
  Pratap Chandra Sarangi Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
Resigned from the government
  Debasree Chaudhuri Minister of State for Women and Child Development Resigned from the government
  Pankaj Chaudhary Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Finance
  Anupriya Singh Patel Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
  S. P. Singh Baghel Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Law and Justice
  Rajeev Chandrasekhar Rajya Sabha MP Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology
  Shobha Karandlaje Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
  Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  Darshana Jardosh Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Textiles
Minister of State for Railways
  Meenakshi Lekhi Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for External Affairs
Minister of State for Culture
  Annpurna Devi Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Education
  A. Narayanaswamy Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
  Kaushal Kishore Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs
  Ajay Bhatt Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Defence
Minister of State for Tourism
  B. L. Verma Rajya Sabha MP Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region
Minister of State for Co-operation
  Ajay Mishra Teni Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Home Affairs
  Devusinh Chauhan Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Communications
  Bhagwanth Khuba Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
  Kapil Moreshwar Patil Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Panchayati Raj
  Pratima Bhoumik Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
  Subhas Sarkar Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Education
  Bhagwat Karad Rajya Sabha MP Minister of State for Finance
  Rajkumar Ranjan Singh Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for External Affairs
Minister of State for Education
  Bharati Pawar Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
  Bishweswar Tudu Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Tribal Affairs
Minister of State for Jal Shakti
  Shantanu Thakur Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways
  Mahendra Munjapara Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Women and Child Development
Minister of State for AYUSH
  John Barla Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Minority Affairs
  L. Murugan State President, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
  Nisith Pramanik Lok Sabha MP Minister of State for Home Affairs
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports

See also edit

References edit

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