New Delhi (07.07.2021): This is not a reshuffle but a big reset that has been effected by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister has brought in Sarbananda Sonowal, Narayan Rane and Jyotiraditya Scindia as Cabinet ministers while dropping as many as 12 ministers including Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar.

Union cabinet will now have 15new Cabinet ministers. Some new faces took oath of the office in at the swearing-in ceremony held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan while some of them have been promoted to cabinet ranks. Total 43 persons took oath of the office including those getting a promotion, which is apparently one of the most inclusive with record representation of SC, ST members.

The Modi government accommodated its allies as well in the reshuffle with JD(U), LJP and Apna Dal getting their representation in the council of minister with RCP Singh, Pashupati Kumar Paras and Anupriya Patel being the prominent names.

Rane, 69, a Rajya Sabha MP and former chief minister of Maharashtra, was the first to take oath. After Rane, Sonowal, another former chief minister (Assam), took oath. 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.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, a Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh, also took oath as a Cabinet minister.He had served as Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Union Minister of State for Commerce and Communications in the Manmohan Singh 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 Hajipur in Bihar Pashupati Kumar Paras were also sworn-in as Cabinet ministers. Kiren Rijiju, R K Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya, Parshottam Rupala, G Kishan Reddy and Anurag Thakur were elevated to Cabinet ministers. Bhupendra Yadav, who has been serving as BJP general secretary, was also sworn-in as a Cabinet minister.

The new council of minister will be a mix of youth and those with administrative experience including former chief ministers. There will be a special focus on bringing down the average age of the Modi cabinet, post-expansion there will be 14 ministers below the age of 50, and six will be in the cabinet.

This was the first reshuffle in his Council of Ministers by the Prime Minister since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019. Full list of 43 ministers To join team Modi: (CLICK FOR THE COMPLETE LIST OF PORTFOLIOS)

1. Narayan Tatu Rane: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

2. Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH

3. Dr. Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

4. Jyotiraditya M Scindia: Minister of Civil Aviation

5. Ramchandra Prasad Singh: Minister of Steel

6. Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways;Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

7. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras: Minister of Food Processing Industries

8. Kiren Rijiju: Minister of Law and Justice

9. Raj Kumar Singh: Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy

10. Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs

11. Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

12. Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment

13. Parshottam Rupala: Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

14. G. Kishan Reddy: Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

15. Anurag Singh Thakur: Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

16. Pankaj Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

17. Anupriya Singh Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

18. Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice

19. Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

20. Shobha Karandlaje: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

21.Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

22. Darshana Vikram Jardosh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

23. Meenakashi Lekhi: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture

24. Annpurna Devi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

25. A. Narayanaswamy: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

26. Kaushal Kishore: Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

27. Ajay Bhatt: Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

28. B. L. Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation

29. Ajay Kumar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

30. Chauhan Devusinh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications

31. Bhagwanth Khuba: Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

32. Kapil Moreshwar Patil: Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

33. Pratima Bhoumik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

34. Dr. Subhas Sarkar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

35. Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

36. Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education

37. Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

38.Bishweswar Tudu: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti

39. Shantanu Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

40. Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai : Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH

41. John Barla: Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs

42. Dr. L Murugan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

43. Nitish Pramanik:Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports