Fresh Faces, Fresh Roles: What First Timers Got in Modi Cabinet 3.0

New Delhi: In a major political move, Modi 3.0 Cabinet announced portfolios with big four ministers retained signalling a huge continuity in terms of key government policies. On Sunday, alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 30 cabinet ministers, 4 Minister of state (independent charge) and 36 ministers of state sworn in. While, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh have retained ir previous roles, cabinet features 33 first-timers sworn in in third term of Narendra Modi led-government  on June 9.  list includes four former CMs and several or known political leers.

majority of berths in newly formed government are allocated to BJP, with remaining going to its allied parties. BJP-led NDA government also ensured representation for its first MP in Kerala, Suresh Gopi. Meanwhile, Hindustani Awami Morcha President Jitan Ram Manjhi secured a ministerial berth. Among fresh faces from BJP in Council of Ministers are Jitin Prasa, Raksha Khse, Muralidhar Mohol, and V Somanna.

What First-Time Lok Sabha MPs Allocated in Modi 3.0 Cabinet:

Union Cabinet

Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Union agriculture and rural development ministry

Manohar Lal Khattar: Minister of housing and urban affairs; and minister of power.

HD Kumaraswamy: Minister of heavy industries; and minister of steel.

Piyush Goyal: Minister of commerce and industry.

Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh: Minister of panchayati raj; and minister of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying.

Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu: Minister of civil aviation.

Chirag Paswan: Minister of food processing industries.

Ministers of state (independent charge)

Jhav Prataprao Ganpatrao: Minister of state (independent charge) of ministry of Ayush; and minister of state in ministry of health and family welfare.

Jayant Chaudhary: Minister of state (independent charge) of ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship; and minister of state in ministry of education.

Ministers of State

Shri Jitin Prasa: Minister of state in ministry of commerce and industry; and minister of state in ministry of electronics and information technology.

Ram Nath Thakur: Minister of state in ministry of agriculture and farmers Welfare.

Ravneet Singh Bittu: Minister of state in ministry of food processing industries; and minister of State in ministry of railways.

Raksha Nikhil Khse: Minister of state in ministry of youth affairs and sports.

Suresh Gopi: Minister of state in ministry of petroleum and natural gas; and minister of state in ministry of tourism.

Kamlesh Paswan: Minister of state in ministry of rural development.

Sukanta Majumdar: Minister of state in ministry of education; and minister of state in ministry of development of north eastern region.

Durgas Uikey: Minister of state in ministry of tribal affairs.

Raj Bhushan Choudhary: Minister of state in ministry of Jal Shakti.

Satish Chandra Dubey: Minister of state in ministry of coal; and minister of state in ministry of mines.

Sanjay Seth: Minister of state in ministry of defence.

Bhagirath Choudhary: Minister of state in ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare.

Harsh Malhotra: Minister of state in ministry of corporate affairs; and minister of state in ministry of ro transport and highways.

V Somanna: Minister of state in ministry of jal shakti; and minister of state in ministry of railways.

Savitri Thakur: Minister of state in ministry of women and child development.

This comes as on Monday, June 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office for third consecutive time emphasising dedication for better and developed India. Earlier arriving at South Block, taking charge, is first action was signing a file authorizing release of 17th instalment of PM Kisan Nidhi, benefiting 9.3 crore farmers with a distribution of approximately Rs 20,000 crores.

"We are not bound by time. Our work doesn't here to strict office hours. We have no limits to our thinking or criteria for our efforts. This is my team, and country trusts it."