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Overview of the reshuffle of the Indian cabinet
On 7 July 2021
Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi carried out a
reshuffle of his
ministry.
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Background
Modi carried out 3 cabinet reshuffles during his
first ministry.[
citation needed] The cabinet reshuffle of 2021 is the first cabinet reshuffle of the
second Modi ministry.
Changes
Jyotiraditya Scindia,
Narayan Rane,
Sarbananda Sonowal,
Anupriya Patel,
Kapil Patil,
Meenakshi Lekhi,
Ajay Bhatt,
Bhupender Yadav,
Darshana Jardosh,
Pashupati Kumar Paras,
Ramchandra Prasad Singh,
Bharati Pawar,
Ashwini Vaishnaw,
Nisith Pramanik,
Shobha Karandlaje,
Pratima Bhoumik,
L. Murugan,
Ajay Kumar Mishra,
Pankaj Chaudhary,
Kaushal Kishore,
Rajeev Chandrasekhar,
Subhas Sarkar,
Shantanu Thakur,
Rajkumar Ranjan Singh,
Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma,
S. P. Singh Baghel,
Annapurna Devi Yadav,
B. L. Verma,
Devusinh Chauhan,
Bhagwanth Khuba,
Mahendra Munjapara,
John Barla,
Bishweswar Tudu and
A. Narayanaswamy became new ministers.
Harsh Vardhan,
Prakash Javadekar,
Ravi Shankar Prasad,
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank,
D. V. Sadananda Gowda,
Santosh Gangwar,
Sanjay Dhotre,
Debasree Chaudhuri,
Rattan Lal Kataria,
Babul Supriyo,
Thawarchand Gehlot and
Pratap Sarangi left the Modi cabinet.
Anurag Thakur,
G. Kishan Reddy,
Kiren Rijiju,
R. K. Singh,
Hardeep Singh Puri,
Mansukh L. Mandaviya and
Parshottam Rupala were promoted to cabinet rank ministers.
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Cabinet-level changes
Colour key
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- Joined the cabinet
- Promoted
- Left the cabinet
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Minister
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Position before reshuffle
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Position after reshuffle
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Amit Shah
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Minister of Home Affairs
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Minister of Home Affairs
Minister of Co-operation
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Nitin Gadkari
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Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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Minister of Road Transport and Highways
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D. V. Sadananda Gowda
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Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
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Resigned from the government
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Narendra Singh Tomar
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Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj
Minister of Food Processing Industries
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Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
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Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Minister of Law and Justice
Minister of Communications (India)
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
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Resigned from the government
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Thawar Chand Gehlot
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Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
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Resigned from the government
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Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'
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Minister of Education
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Resigned from the government
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Smriti Irani
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Minister of Women and Child Development
Minister of Textiles
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Minister of Women and Child Development
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Harsh Vardhan
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Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of Science and Technology
Minister of Earth Sciences
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Resigned from the government
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Prakash Javadekar
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Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
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Resigned from the government
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Piyush Goyal
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Minister of Railways
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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Minister of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of Textiles
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Dharmendra Pradhan
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Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister of Steel
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Minister of Education
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
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Narayan Rane
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Rajya Sabha MP
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Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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Sarbananda Sonowal
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Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
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Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Minister of AYUSH
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Virendra Kumar Khatik
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
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Mahendra Nath Pandey
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Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
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Minister of Heavy Industries
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Giriraj Singh
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Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
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Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj
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Jyotiraditya Scindia
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Rajya Sabha MP
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Minister of Civil Aviation
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Ramchandra Prasad Singh
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Rajya Sabha MP
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Minister of Steel
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Ashwini Vaishnaw
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Rajya Sabha MP
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Minister of Railways
Minister of Communications (India)
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
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Pashupati Kumar Paras
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of Food Processing Industries
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Kiren Rijiju
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports
Minister of State for Minority Affairs
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Minister of Law and Justice
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Raj Kumar Singh
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for New and Renewable Energy
Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
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Minister of Power
Minister of New and Renewable Energy
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Hardeep Singh Puri
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Mansukh Mandaviya
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
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Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
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Bhupender Yadav
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Rajya Sabha MP
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Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Minister of Labour and Employment
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Parshottam Rupala
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Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
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Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
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G. Kishan Reddy
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Minister of State for Home Affairs
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Minister of Culture
Minister of Tourism
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
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Anurag Singh Thakur
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Minister of State for Finance
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs
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Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
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Ministers of State-level changes
Colour key
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- Joined the cabinet
- Left the cabinet
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Minister
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Position before reshuffle
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Position after reshuffle
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Santosh Kumar Gangwar
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment
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Resigned from the government
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Rao Inderjit Singh
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs
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Shripad Yesso Naik
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH
Minister of State for Defence
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Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Minister of State for Tourism
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Jitendra Singh
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Minister of State for Department of Space
Minister of State for Department of Atomic Energy
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Minister of State for Department of Space
Minister of State for Department of Atomic Energy
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Prahlad Singh Patel
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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism
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Minister of State for Jal Shakti
Minister of State for Food Processing Industries
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Faggan Singh Kulaste
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Minister of State for Steel
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Minister of State for Steel
Minister of State for Rural Development
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Ashwini Kumar Choubey
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Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
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Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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Arjun Ram Meghwal
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Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
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Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of State for Culture
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General (Retd.)
V. K. Singh
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Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways
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Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Civil Aviation
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Krishan Pal Gurjar
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Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
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Minister of State for Power
Minister of State for Heavy Industries
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Raosaheb Danve
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Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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Minister of State for Railways
Minister of State for Coal
Minister of State for Mines
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Niranjan Jyoti
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Minister of State for Rural Development
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Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Minister of State for Rural Development
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Babul Supriyo
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Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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Resigned from the government
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Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
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Minister of State for Education
Minister of State for Communications
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology
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Resigned from the government
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Rattan Lal Kataria
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Minister of State for Jal Shakti
Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
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Resigned from the government
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Rameswar Teli
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Minister of State for Food Processing Industries
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Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister of State for Labour and Employment
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Pratap Chandra Sarangi
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Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
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Resigned from the government
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Debasree Chaudhuri
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Minister of State for Women and Child Development
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Resigned from the government
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Pankaj Chaudhary
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Finance
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Anupriya Singh Patel
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
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S. P. Singh Baghel
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Law and Justice
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar
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Rajya Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology
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Shobha Karandlaje
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
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Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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Darshana Jardosh
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Textiles
Minister of State for Railways
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Meenakshi Lekhi
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for External Affairs
Minister of State for Culture
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Annpurna Devi
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Education
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A. Narayanaswamy
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
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Kaushal Kishore
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs
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Ajay Bhatt
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Defence
Minister of State for Tourism
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B. L. Verma
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Rajya Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region
Minister of State for Co-operation
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Ajay Mishra Teni
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Home Affairs
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Devusinh Chauhan
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Communications
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Bhagwanth Khuba
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers
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Kapil Moreshwar Patil
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Panchayati Raj
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Pratima Bhoumik
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
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Subhas Sarkar
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Education
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Bhagwat Karad
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Rajya Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Finance
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Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for External Affairs
Minister of State for Education
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Bharati Pawar
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
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Bishweswar Tudu
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Tribal Affairs
Minister of State for Jal Shakti
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Shantanu Thakur
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways
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Mahendra Munjapara
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Women and Child Development
Minister of State for AYUSH
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John Barla
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Minority Affairs
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L. Murugan
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State President, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party
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Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
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Nisith Pramanik
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Lok Sabha MP
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Minister of State for Home Affairs
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports
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See also
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