Union Cabinet Expansion 2021: Here's official list of Council Of Ministers; Who's got what?

Union Cabinet Expansion 2021: A number of key portfolios including health, law, Information and Technology, and Railways have been allocated to new ministers and junior ministers who have been promoted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers that underwent a reshuffle on Wednesday.

Mansukh Mandaviya has been given the crucial health ministry while he would also retain the Ministry of Chemical Fertilizers. Likewise, Ashwani Vashnaw has been given Railways and IT ministry.

The crucial law ministry has been given to Kiren Rijiju while Jyotiraditya Scindia has been given charge of the Civil aviation ministry, which was once handled by his father Madhavrao Scindia.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi would also 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 portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

Union Cabinet Expansion 2021: List of Cabinet Ministers 

1. Rajnath Singh - Minister of Defence

2. Amit Shah - Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation

3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari - Minister of Road Transport and Highways

4. Nirmala Sitharaman - Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs

5. Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

6. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Minister of External Affairs

7. Arjun Munda - Minister of Tribal Affairs

8. Smriti Zubin Irani - Minister of Women and Child Development

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9. Piyush Goyal - Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Minister of Textiles

10. Dharmendra Pradhan - Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship

11. Pralhad Joshi - Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Coal and Minister of Mines

12. Narayan Tatu Rane - Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

13. Sarbananda Sonowal - Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and Minister of AYUSH

14. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Minister of Minority Affairs

15. Virendra Kumar - Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

16. Giriraj Singh - Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj

17. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia - Minister of Civil Aviation

18. Ramchandra Prasad Singh - Minister of Steel

19. Ashwini Vaishnaw - Minister of Railways, Minister of Communications and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

20. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras - Minister of Food Processing Industries

21. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Minister of Jal Shakti

22. Kiren Rijiju - Minister of Law and Justice

23. Raj Kumar Singh - Minister of Power and Minister of New and Renewable Energy

24. Hardeep Singh Puri - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs

25. Mansukh Mandaviya - Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

26. Bhupender Yadav - Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and Minister of Labour and Employment

27. Mahendra Nath Pandey - Minister of Heavy Industries

28. Parshottam Rupala - Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

29. G. Kishan Reddy - Minister of Culture, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

30. Anurag Singh Thakur - Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.

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