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

New Delhi: In a major political move, the Modi 3.0 Cabinet announced portfolios with the 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 their previous roles, the cabinet features 33 first-timers sworn in in the third term of the Narendra Modi led-government  on June 9. The list includes four former CMs and several other known political leaders.

The majority of the berths in the newly formed government are allocated to the BJP, with the remaining going to its allied parties. The 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 the fresh faces from the BJP in the Council of Ministers are Jitin Prasada, Raksha Khadse, 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)

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

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

Ministers of State

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Durgadas Uikey: Minister of state in the ministry of tribal affairs.

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

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

Sanjay Seth: Minister of state in the ministry of defence.

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

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

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

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

This comes as on Monday, June 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed the office for the third consecutive time emphasising dedication for better and developed India. Earlier arriving at the South Block, taking charge, is first action was signing a file authorizing the release of the 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 adhere to strict office hours. We have no limits to our thinking or criteria for our efforts. This is my team, and the country trusts it."