Narendra Modi took the oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term on Sunday. President Droupadi Murmu then administered the oath to Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, and Nitin Gadkari. Here is the full list of ministers who were sworn in on Sunday to be part of the Modi 3.0 ministry.
BJP leader Narendra Modi was sworn in 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. On this significant day, a total of 72 leaders were sworn in to be part of the Modi 3.0 ministry.
The new Cabinet includes 30 Cabinet ministers, five Ministers of State with Independent Charge, and 36 Ministers of State.
Here is the complete list:
**Cabinet Ministers:**
- Rajnath Singh, who held the Union Defence Minister's post in the previous government, was sworn in.
- 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 the Finance portfolio previously, is part of the new government.
- Dr. S Jaishankar, who was the External Affairs Minister, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Manohar Lal Khattar, who quit as Haryana Chief Minister in March, was given a 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 a Congress candidate, was sworn in as Union Minister.
- Dharmendra Pradhan, who was a Union minister in the 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, a 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 in the Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
- Dr. Virendra Kumar took oath as a Cabinet Minister in the third term of the PM Modi-led government.
- Jual Oram was sworn in as Union Minister in 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 the 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 the 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 the 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 in as MoS (Independent Charge).
- Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bikaner MP, took oath as MoS (Independent Charge).
- Prataprao Jadhav, Shiv Sena leader from the 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 the 2022 UP assembly polls, was inducted as MoS.
- Shripad Naik, who is a six-time North Goa MP, is part of the third Narendra Modi government as well.
- Pankaj Chaudhary, who held MoS (Finance) in the second Modi ministry, took oath today.
- Krishan Pal Gurjar, who won from Faridabad, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Ramdas Athawale, Republican Party of India chief, was sworn in as Union Minister.
- Nityanand Rai, who won from Ujiyarpur Lok Sabha seat, took oath as Union Minister.
- Anupriya Patel, whose party Apna Pal allied with NDA, was sworn in as Union Minister.
- V Somanna, who won from Tumkur seat, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, leader from Chandrababu Naidu's party, took oath as Union Minister.
- SP Singh Baghel, who won his fifth term as MP from Agra, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Shobha Karandlaje, who won from the Bangalore North seat, was sworn in as Union Minister.
- Kirti Vardhan Singh, three-time BJP MP, took oath as Union Minister.
- BL Verma, who is Uttar Pradesh BJP's vice president, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Shantanu Thakur, BJP MP from Bangaon, was sworn in as Union Minister on Sunday.
- Kamlesh Paswan, three-time MP from Bengal, was sworn in as Union Minister.
- Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who was elected from the Karimnagar seat by a margin of 2.25 lakhs votes, took oath today.
- Ajay Tamta, BJP leader from Uttarakhand, was sworn in as Union Minister.
- Dr. L Murugan, who was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in April, was sworn in as Union Minister.
- Suresh Gopi, actor-turned-politician, is also part of the PM Modi-led government.
- Ravneet Singh Bittu, who switched from Congress to BJP in March, took oath in Modi 3.0.
- Sanjay Seth, BJP leader who won from Ranchi, was sworn in as Union Minister.
- Raksha Khadse, a three-time Lok Sabha MP, is part of the third Modi government.
- Bhagirath Choudhary, who won from the Ajmer Lok Sabha seat, took oath as MoS.
- Satish Chandra Dubey, who was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in July 2022, was sworn in on Sunday.
- Durgadas Uikey, BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Sukanta Majumdar, who is West Bengal BJP chief, was sworn in as Union Minister.
- Savitri Thakur, BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, was chosen to be part of the third Modi government.
- Tokhan Sahu, who won from Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur seat, took oath as MoS.
- Raj Bhushan Choudhary, who won the 2024 polls from the Muzaffarpur seat, was sworn in today.
- Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma, Andhra Pradesh BJP leader, is part of Modi 3.0.
- Harsh Malhotra, former Mayor of East Delhi Municipal Corporation, took oath as Union Minister.
- Nimuben Bambhaniam, who won from the Bhavnagar Lok Sabha seat, was sworn in today.
- Murlidhar Mohol, former Pune Mayor, is also a part of the Modi Cabinet.
- George Kurian, state general secretary of the BJP's Kerala unit, took oath as Union Minister.
- Pabitra Margherita, Rajya Sabha MP from Assam, was sworn in as Union Minister in the PM Modi-led Cabinet.
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, fell short of the majority mark in the Lok Sabha on its own, winning 240 seats. The majority mark in the Lok Sabha is 272.
