BJP leader Narendra Modi took the oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term on Sunday. This is historic as no Prime Minister other than Jawaharlal Nehru, the first PM of Independent India, has returned for a third term as the PM. On this historic day, a total of 72 leaders are set to be sworn in to be part of the Modi 3.0 ministry.
The new Cabinet will include 30 Cabinet ministers, five Ministers of State with Independent Charge, and 36 Ministers of State.
CABINET MINSTERS
Rajnath Singh, who held the Union Defence Minister’s post in the previous government, was sworn in on Sunday.
Amit Shah, who was the Union Home Minister in the Modi 2.0, was inducted into the new government.
Nitin Gadkari, who held the post of Union Minister of Road and Transport, was part of the newly-formed NDA government.
JP Nadda, who is the BJP national chief, was the new entrant to the Narendra Modi-led Cabinet
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, has been given a Cabinet berth
Nirmala Sitharaman, who held Finance portfolio previously, was part of new government
Dr S Jaishankar, who was the External Affairs Minister, was part of Modi 3.0
Manohar Lal Khattar, who quit as Haryana Chief Minister in March, was given Cabinet post
HD Kumaraswamy, chief of JD(S), was sworn in as Union Minister in the PM Modi-led NDA government
Piyush Goyal, who secured his first Lok Sabha term after defeating Congress candidate, was sworn in as Union Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan, who was a Union minister in previous government, was sworn in as Union Minister again
Jitan Ram Manjhi, founder of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), took oath as a Union Cabinet Minister
Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, leader from Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), took oath as a Union Cabinet Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP leader from Assam, was sworn-in as Union Minister
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Telugu Desam Party leader, was included into Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government
Dr. Virendra Kumar took oath as Cabinet Minister in the third term of PM Modi-led government
Jual Oram was sworn-in as Union Minister in the Modi 3.0
Pralhad Joshi was sworn-in as Union Minister on Sunday
Ashwini Vaishnaw, who held the Railways portfolio previously, took oath as Union Cabinet Minister
Giriraj Singh was sworn-in as Union Minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government
Jyotiraditya Scindia, who won his fifth term in Lok Sabha, was sworn in as Union Minister
Bhupendra Yadav, who was Union Cabinet Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, was included in Modi 3.0
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who won his third term from Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency, took oath as Union Cabinet Minister
Annapurna Devi, a BJP leader, was sworn-in as Union Minister in the PM Modi-led NDA government
Kiren Rijiju, who has been one of the key ministers in Narendra Modi cabinet since the BJP came into power in 2014, took oath today
Mansukh Mandaviya, who held the post of Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare in previous regime, took oath on Sunday
Hardeep Singh Puri, who has been a Rajya Sabha member since 2018, was sworn-in as Union Minister
GK Reddy was sworn-in as Union Minister in the newly formed NDA government
Chirag Paswan, whose party Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas (LJP-RV) allied with NDA, took oath in Modi 3.0
CR Patil took oath as a Union Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government
MINISTERS OF STATE WITH INDEPENDENT CHARGE
Rao Inderjit Singh, who is a six-term MP, took oath as Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Jitendra Singh, Udhampur MP, was sworn as MoS (Independent Charge)
Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bikaner MP, took oath as MoS (Independent Charge)
Prataprao Jadhav, Shiv Sena leader from Eknath Shinde faction, was included in Modi 3.0
Jayant Chaudhary, whose party RLD allied with NDA before polls, was given MoS (Independent Charge)
MINISTERS OF STATE
Jitin Prasada, who joined BJP in 2021 before 2022 UP assembly polls, was inducted as MoS
Shripad Naik, who is six-time North Goa MP, is part of the third Narendra Modi government as well
Narendra Modi returned as the Prime Minister as the NDA won 293 of the 543 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The BJP, however, was short of the majority mark in the Lok Sabha on its own, winning 240 seats. The magic number in the Lok Sabha is 272.