Cabinet Reshuffle LIVE: Anurag Thakur takes charge as new I&B minisiter

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10:41 PM

Full list of ministries under PM Narendra Modi

Apart from being the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is also in charge of personnel, public grievances and pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; all important policy issues; and all other ministries not allocated to other ministers.

10:20 PM

Sarbananda Sonowal becomes ports, shipping and waterways minister

Former chief minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal, a new inductee in the Narendra Modi Cabinet, has been given charge of the ports, shipping and waterways ministry. Additionally, he will be the Ayush minister.

10:15 PM

Smriti Irani retains women and child welfare ministry

Union Women and Child Affairs Minister Smriti Irani will continue to hold the same portfolio in the expanded Narendra Modi Cabinet.

10:14 PM

Kiren Rijiju becomes Union minister for law and justice

Kiren Rijiju, earlier the MoS with independent charge for sports and youth affairs, has become the Union law and justice minister with a Cabinet rank. 

10:12 PM

Bhupendra Yadav gets labour ministry

Bhupendra Yadav has been given charge of the labour ministry, a position previously held by Santosh Gangwar

10:11 PM

Pashu Pati Kumar Paras becomes food processing ministry

Pashu Pati Kumar Paras from Janata Dal (United), an alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party, has got charge of the food processing ministry.

10:08 PM

Giriraj Singh named Rural Development Minister

Giriraj Singh has become the Union minister for rural development.

10:07 PM

Anurag Thakur becomes Union Sports Minister

Anurag Thakur, previously minister of sports for finance, has become the Union minister for sports, youth affairs and information & broadcasting. The sports and youth affairs ministry was previously held by Kiren Rijiju and I&B ministry by Prakash Javadekar.

10:05 PM

Meenakshi Lekhi becomes MoS External Affairs

Meenakshi Lekhi has become the new minister of state for external affairs.

10:04 PM

PM Modi keeps science & tech ministry, Rupala gets dairy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kept the key science and technology portfolio with himself. Parshottam Rupala has been made the dairy minister.

9:59 PM

Jyotiraditya Scindia become Union Civil Aviation minister

Jyotiraditya Scindia, a new face in Narendra Modi's new Council of Ministers, has been given the charge of the crucial civil aviation ministry. 

9:58 PM

Hardeep Singh Puri is the new petroleum minister

Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, has got additional charge of the petroleum ministry, ostensibly to help push sustainable infrastructure.

9:53 PM

Dharmendra Pradhan gets charge of education ministry

Union Petroleum and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been given additional charge of education ministry. The education ministry was previously held by Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.

9:50 PM

Ashwini Vaishnav is the new minister for railways and IT & Communications

Former bureaucrat Ashwini Vaishnav, a new inductee in the Union Council of Ministers, has become the Union railway minister. This portfolio was previously held by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. Additionally, Vaishnav will also have the portfolio of IT and communications, previously held by Ravi Shankar Pradhan.

9:49 PM

Piyush Goyal becomes textiles minister: TV reports

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal gets additional charge of the textiles ministry.