List of new Cabinet Ministers of India 2022

Indian Cabinet Ministers On 7 July 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffled his cabinet for the first time since May 2019. Examine the whole list of Ministers appointed to the new Modi Cabinet, along with their respective ministries.

List of new Indian Cabinet Ministers for 2022: On July 7, 2021, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi reshuffled his cabinet for the first time since May 2019, introducing new faces and accommodating National Democratic Alliance members (NDA).

Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Bhatt, Bhupender Yadav, Shobha Karandlaje, Sunita Duggal, and Meenakshi Lekhi, among others, took the oath of office as Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Anurag Thakur, G Kishan Reddy, Paroshottam Rupala, Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya, and Raj Kumar Singh were upgraded to the position of Minister of State. Twelve ministers in the Modi Cabinet resigned in response to a phone call before the massive overhaul.

Check the complete list of Cabinet Ministers who have been appointed to the new Modi Cabinet, along with their ministries, as well as the ministers who have resigned in advance of the massive cabinet reshuffle.

Prime Minister Modi welcomed his ministerial colleagues on taking the oath and wished them success in their new positions. He instructed his ministers to be prompt and let their work speak for itself.

Cabinet Ministers of India

List of Indian Cabinet Ministers for 2022

S.N. Name Ministry
1. Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister

1. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions

2. Department of Space

3. Department of Atomic Energy

4. All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

 

Cabinet Ministers
2. Shri Amit Shah
  1. Ministry of Home Affairs
  2. Ministry of Cooperation
3. Shri Rajnath Singh Ministry of Defence
4. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari 1. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
5. Shri Narayan Tatu Rane Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
6. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman 1. Ministry of Finance

2. Ministry of Corporate Affairs

7. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar 1. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
8. Shri Sarbanada Sonowal
  1. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
  2. Ministry of AYUSH
9. Dr. Virendra Kumar Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
10. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Ministry of External Affairs
11. Shri Ramchandra Prasad Ministry of Steel
12. Shri Arjun Munda Ministry of Tribal Affairs
13. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani 1. Ministry of Women and Child Development
14. Mansukh Mandaviya 1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

2. Ministry of Chemical Fertilizers

15. Shri Ashwini Vaishnav 1. Ministry of Railways

2. Ministry of Communications

3. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

16. Shri Piyush Goyal 1. Ministry of Textiles

2. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

3. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

17. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
  1. Ministry of Education
  2. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
18. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ministry of Minority Affairs
19. Shri Pralhad Joshi 1. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

2. Ministry of Coal

3. Ministry of Mines

20. Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia Ministry of Civil Aviation
21. Shri Giriraj Singh
  1. Ministry of Rural Development
  2. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
22. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ministry of Jal Shakti
23. Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras Ministry of Food Processing Industries
24. Shri Kiren Rijiju Ministry of Law and Justice
25. Shri Raj Kumar Singh 1. Ministry of Power

2. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

26. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri
  1. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
  2. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
27. Shri Bhupender Yadav
  1. Ministry or Environment, Forest and Climate Chane
  2. Ministry of Labour and Employment
28. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey Ministry of Heavy Industries
29. Shri Parshottam Rupala Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
30. Shri G. Kishan Reddy
  1. Ministry of Culture
  2. Ministry of Tourism
  3. Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
31. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur 1.Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

2. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1. Shri Rao Inderjit Singh 1. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

2. Ministry of Planning

3. Ministry of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs

2. Dr. Jitendra Singh
  1. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology
  2. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences
  3. Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office
  4. Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
  5. Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy
  6. Minister of State in the Department of Space
Ministers of State
1. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
  1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
  2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
2. Shri Faggansingh Kulaste 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

3. Shri Prahalad Singh Patel
  1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
  2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
4. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of ConsumerAffairs, Food and Public Distribution

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

5. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

6. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation

7. Shri Krishan Pal 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Power

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries

8. Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal

3. Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines

9. Shri Ramdas Athawale Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

11. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
12. Shri Nityanand Rai Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
13. Shri Pankaj Choudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14. Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
15. Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel Minister of State in the Ministry of Law andJustice
16. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

17. Sushri Shobha Karandlaje Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
18. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
19. Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

20. Shri V. Muraleedharan 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

21. Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

22. Shri Som Parkash Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
23. Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
24. Shri Rameswar Teli 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment

25. Shri Kailash Choudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
26. Smt. Annapurna Devi Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
27. Shri A. Narayanaswamy Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28. Shri Kaushal Kishore Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
29. Shri Ajay Bhatt 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

30. Shri B. L. Verma 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation

31. Shri Ajay Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
32. Shri Devusinh Chauhan Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
33. Shri Bhagwanth Khuba 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

34. Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
35. Sushri Pratima Bhoumik Minister of State in the Ministry of SocialJustice and Empowerment
36. Dr. Subhas Sarkar Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
37. Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
38. Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

39. Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
40. Shri Bishweswar Tudu 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti

41. Shri Shantanu Thakur Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
42. Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH

43. Shri John Barla Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
44. Dr. L. Murugan 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

45. Shri Nisith Pramanik 1. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

2. Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

List of Ministers who sworn in at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

1- Narayan Rane  (Cabinet Minister)

2- Sarbananda Sonowal  (Cabinet Minister)

3- Dr. Virendra Kumar  (Cabinet Minister)

4- Jyotiraditya Scindia  (Cabinet Minister)

5- Ram Chandra Prasad (Cabinet Minister)

6- Ashwini Vaishnav  (Cabinet Minister)

7- Pashu Pati Kumar  (Cabinet Minister)

8- Kiren Rijiju (Cabinet Minister)

9- Raj Kumar Singh (Cabinet Minister)

10- Hardeep Singh Puri  (Cabinet Minister)

11- Mansukh Mandaviya  (Cabinet Minister)

12- Bhupender Yadav  (Cabinet Minister)

13- Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala (Cabinet Minister)

14- G Kishen Reddy (Cabinet Minister)

15- Anurag Thakur (Cabinet Minister)

16- Pankaj Choudhary (Minister of State)

17- Anupriya Singh Patel (Minister of State)

18- Satya Pal Singh Baghel (Minister of State)

19- Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Minister of State)

20- Shobha Karandlaje (Minister of State)

21- Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma (Minister of State)

22- Darshana Vikram Jardosh (Minister of State)

23- Meenakshi Lekhi (Minister of State)

24- Annapurna Devi (Minister of State)

25- A Narayanaswamy (Minister of State)

26- Kaushal Kishore (Minister of State)

27- Ajay Bhatt (Minister of State)

28- BL Verma (Minister of State)

29- Ajay Kumar (Minister of State)

30- Chauhan Devusinh (Minister of State)

31- Bhagwanth Khuba (Minister of State)

32- Kapil Moreshwar Patil (Minister of State)

33- Pratima Bhoumik (Minister of State)

34- Subhas Sarkar (Minister of State)

35- Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad (Minister of State)

36- Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (Minister of State)

37- Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar (Minister of State)

38- Bishweswar Tudu (Minister of State)

39- Shantanu Thakur (Minister of State)

40- Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai (Minister of State)

41- John Barla (Minister of State)

42- Dr L Murugan (Minister of State)

43- Nisith Pramanik (Minister of State)

Several ministers, including Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar, Minister for Law and Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad, and Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar, have resigned from the Union Cabinet ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s massive cabinet reshuffle.

The government of Prime Minister Modi established a new “Ministry of Cooperation” to give the cooperative movement in the country more weight.

List of Ministerial Resignations in 2021

1- Harsh Vardhan
2- Babul Supriyo
3- Ashwini Kumar Choubey
4- Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
5- Santosh Gangwar
6- Sanjay Dhotre
7- Debasree Chaudhuri 8- Rattan Lal Kataria
9- Sadananda Gowda
The tenth Thawar Chand Gehlot
11- Ravi Shankar Prasad
12- Prakash Javadekar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Jagat Prakash Nadda met on 6 July 2021, sparking rumors of a cabinet reshuffle.

The reorganization is made with the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, and Gujarat in mind. It also seeks to achieve a social equilibrium with a focus on OBC, Dalit communities, female members, and youthful leaders.

The requirement for PM Modi’s new cabinet ministers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffled the Cabinet in order to live up to the dreams and aspirations of India’s 130 crore people and with an eye on upcoming elections. According to the sources, the Modi administration’s objective is to assure last-mile delivery, for which the government needs new energy.

Cabinet Ministers of India in 2022 are the youngest ever!
Prime Minister Modi is all set to fuel the engine of growth with his youngest cabinet ever, fueled by shocking resignations, unexpected arrivals, and an eye on election-bound states. The youngest of the new ministers is 35 years old, while the oldest is 69 years old.

With the youngest cabinet in history, the Prime Minister will confront unemployment, a skills gap, and the next wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cabinet Ministers of India 2022: Community Representation
As Prime Minister Modi has repeatedly stated, “Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas,” the new cabinet is a combination of regional and geographical diversity, experience, gender, and communities, with record representation for SCs, STs, and OBCs.

House Leader in the Rajya Sabha
The Union Minister Piyush Goyal was appointed Rajya Sabha House Leader. He succeeded longtime BJP politician Thawarchand Gehlot, who was recently appointed Governor of Karnataka, as House Leader.

What does the ADR report indicate about the 2022 new Cabinet Ministers?
The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report reaches the following conclusions:

1- Criminal Cases: 33 Ministers are facing criminal charges. Twenty-four ministers are facing serious criminal charges, including murder, attempted murder, and robbery.

At least ninety percent of the members of the new Cabinet are wealthy. This indicates that seventy out of eighty-eight ministers have declared total assets exceeding Rs 1 crore.

Four ministers have reported assets in excess of 50 crore rupees. These are Jyotiraditya Scindia (more than Rs 379 crore), Piyush Goyal, Narayan Rane, and Rajeev Chandrasekhar (over Rs 64 crore).

Cabinet Ministers with the fewest assets include Pratima Bhoumik (about Rs 6 lakh), John Barla (approximately Rs 14 lakh), Kailash Choudhary (approximately Rs 24 lakh), Bishweswar Tudu (approximately Rs 27 lakh), and V Muraleedharan (approximately Rs 27 lakh) (around Rs 27 lakh).

9 ministers out of 78 hold a PhD, 17 ministers are graduates or professional graduates, 2 ministers have only completed their Class VIII examinations, 3 ministers have passed their Class X examinations, and 7 ministers have passed their Class XII examinations.

FAQ

Which Ministries does Prime Minister Modi hold?

Premier Modi Is Responsible For The Following Ministries: Personnel, Public Complaints, And Pensions Ministry 2. Department Of Space The Department Of Nuclear Energy 4. All Significant Policy Matters And Other Portfolios Not Assigned To Any Minister

How many categories do Council of Ministres divide into?

Four types of ministers comprise the Council of Ministers: 1- Cabinet Minister 2- Minister Of State (Independent Charge) 3- Minister Of State 4- Deputy Minister

Who is the longest-serving elected head of government among India’s Prime Ministers?

Narendra Modi Is The Indian Prime Minister With The Longest Term As Head Of Elected Governments.

What is the number of Ministers in the new Modi Cabinet?

The New Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Includes 31 Cabinet Ministers, 45 Ministers of State, and 2 Ministers of State (Independent Charge).