Team Modi 2.0: 15 ministers inducted into Cabinet, 28 sworn-in as MoS

The first Cabinet reshuffle since the Narendra Modi-led government took office for a second time in May 2019 on Wednesday saw 12 ministers getting axed, seven junior ministers being promoted as Cabinet ministers, and 36 new faces being inducted to the council of ministers.

As many as 15 Cabinet ministers, including some new faces, were sworn-in at the swearing in ceremony held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. While 13 members took oath in Hindi, two did so in English.

Rane, 69, a Rajya Sabha MP and a former Maharashtra chief minister, was the first to take oath.

After Rane, Sonowal, former Assam chief minister, took oath in English. The 58-year-old leader has earlier served as Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Sports and Youth Affairs under Prime Minister Modi Congress-turned-BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, a Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh, also took oath as a Cabinet minister. The 50-year-old leader has been Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Union Minister of State for Commerce & Communications in the earlier UPA government.

Lok Sabha MP from Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh Virendra Kumar, Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha Ashwini Vaishnaw, Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar and JD(U) leader R C P Singh, Lok Sabha MP from Bihar's Hajipur Pashupati Kumar Paras, were also sworn-in as Cabinet ministers.

"I congratulate all the colleagues who have taken oath today and wish them the very best for their ministerial tenure. We will continue working to fulfil aspirations of the people and build a strong and prosperous India," said PM Modi on Twitter after the swearing-in ceremony while attaching a hashtag that said Govt4Growth.

28 ministers have been inducted as Ministers of State, including Meenakshi Lekhi, Pankaj Choudhary, Anupriya Patel, Shobha Karandlaje.

This is the first reshuffle in the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019.

With this reset, Modi has brought in young faces and has also given representation to various social groups and regions in the reshuffle.

Minister of State in the Finance Ministry, Anurag Thakur, took oath as a Cabinet minister on Wednesday. MoS for Home, G. Kishan Reddy, and MoS for Agriculture, Parshottam Rupala, also got a promotion.

Hardeep Singh Puri, who was the Minister of State (independent charge) for Civil Aviation and Housing and Urban Affairs, has also been elevated. So has Kiren Rijiju who held independent charge for Youth Affairs and Sports.

Power Minister R.K. Singh, who held independent charge, and Mansukh Mandaviya, Shipping and Ports Minister with independent charge, have also been promoted. Gujarat will now get two additional Cabinet ministers in the form of Rupala and Mandaviya.

Before the massive reshuffle, several heavyweight ministers had resigned, while 43 new faces joined the government.

Twelve ministers have resigned from the Modi government, including Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar.

President Ram Nath Kovind has accepted their resignations, a statement from the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

Among the senior ministers, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Chemical and Fertiliser Minister Sadananda Gowda and Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Gangwar have also resigned.

Meanwhile, Thawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, has been appointed as the Governor of Karnataka.

Here's the full list of those sworn in on Wednesday, along with their portfolios: 

INDUCTED AS CABINET MINISTERS

Narayan Rane: Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister

Sarbananda Sonowal: Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and AYUSH

Dr Virendra Kumar: Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment

Jyotiraditya Scindia: Union Minister for Civil Aviation

Ramchandra Prasad Singh: Union Minister for Steel

Ashwini Vaishnaw: Union Minister for Railways, Communication, Electronics & IT

Pashupati Kumar Paras: Union Minister for Food Processing Industries

Bhupender Yadav: Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Labour & Employment

PROMOTED TO CABINET RANK

Kiren Rijiju: Union Minister for Law & Justice

Hardeep Singh Puri: Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Housing & Urban Affairs 

Mansukh Mandaviya: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Chemicals & Fertilisers

Raj Kumar Singh: Union Minister for Power, New & Renewable Energy

Parshottam Rupala: Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

G Kishan Reddy: Union Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Development of Northeast

Anurag Thakur: Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Sports & Youth Affairs

INDUCTED AS MINISTERS OF STATE
 

Pankaj Choudhary: Minister of State for Finance

Anupriya Patel: Minister of State for Commerce & Industries

Satya Pal Singh Baghel: Minister of State for Law & Justice

Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Electronics & IT

Shobha Karandlaje: Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare

Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma: Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Darshana Vikram Jardosh: Minister of State for Textiles, Railways

Meenakshi Lekhi: Minister of State for External Affairs, Culture

Annpurna Devi: Minister of State for Education

A Narayanaswamy: Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment

Kaushal Kishore: Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs

Ajay Bhatt: Minister of State for Defence, Tourism

B L Verma: Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region, Cooperation

Ajay Kumar: Minister of State for Home Affairs

Chauhan Devusinh: Minister of State for Communications

Bhagwanth Khuba: Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy, Chemicals and Fertilisers

Kapil Moreshwar Patil: Minister of State for Panchayati Raj

Pratima Bhoumik: Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment

Dr Subhas Sarkar: Minister of State for Education

Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad: Minister of State for Finance

Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh: Minister of State for External Affairs, Education

Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar: Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare

Bishweswar Tudu: Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Jal Shakti

Shantanu Thakur: Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Dr Munjapara Mahendrabhai: Minister of State for Women and Child Development, AYUSH

John Barla: Minister of State for Minority Affairs

Dr L Murugan: Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, and Information and Broadcasting

Nisith Pramanik: Minister of State for Home Affairs, Youth Affairs and Sports