Modi Cabinet 2.0: Nitin Gadkari is the new Minister of Road Transport & Highways, MSMEs; full portfolio list of the second Narendra Modi-led NDA government out

The anticipation surrounding the ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Union Cabinet in his second term ended at the swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday. However, there was an obvious curiosity on which minister is given the responsibility of which portfolio. On Friday, the list of Ministers in the Union Cabinet was finally announced, and Nitin Gadkari will be in charge of the Road Transport and Highways Ministry and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises portfolios. 

READ: PORTFOLIOS LIST OUT: Here's The List Of Ministries That Have Been Allotted In The Modi Cabinet 2.0

In PM Modi’s first term in charge in 2014, Gadkari, one of the most experienced leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, was the Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping. In the cabinet reshuffle in September 2017, he was also given charge of the  Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. 

In the previous government, Giriraj Singh was Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. 

The veteran leader updated his Twitter bio as soon as the announcement of the portfolios were made.  

Gadkari is also a Member of Parliament representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha, having beaten Congress’ Nana  Patole by 216009 votes in the recently-held elections. 

READ: WATCH | Nitin Gadkari Takes Oath As A Newly-inducted Cabinet Minister In The Modi Cabinet 2.0 At The Swearing-in Ceremony At Rashtrapati Bhavan

Watch the video of Gadkari taking oath as the Union Minister: 

On Twitter, the Minister had thanked the PM for the responsibility given to him.

Here’s the full list of the Ministers of the ‘Modi 2.0’ government: 

Cabinet Ministers:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi:

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions,

Department of Atomic Energy,

Department of Space,

And all important policy issues, and 

All other portfolios not allocated to any minister

• Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence
• Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs
• Nitin Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Minister of Water Resources, MSMEs
• DV Sadananda Gowda: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
• Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs
• Ram Vilas Paswan: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
• Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Minister of Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister of Panchayati Raj
• Ravi Shankar Prasad: Minister of Law and Justice, and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Minister of Communications 
• Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Minister of Food Processing Industries
• Thaawarchand Gehlot: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
• S Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs
• Ramesh Pokhriyal: Minister of HRD
• Arjun Munda: Minister of Tribal Affairs
• Smriti Irani: Minister of Women and Child Development, Minister of Textiles 
• Prakash Javedekar: Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Environment, Forest and Climate change
• Harsh Vardhan: Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of earth Sciences
• Piyush Goyal : Minister of Railways, Commerce and Industry
• Dharmendra Pradhan :Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Steel.
• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs.
• Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
• Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
• Arvind Ganpat Sawant: Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.
• Giriraj Singh: Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
• Gajendra Singh Shekhawat​​​​​​​: Minister of Jal Shakti.

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

1. Santosh Kumar Gangwar​​​​​​​: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

2.Rao Inderjit Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning.

3. Shripad Yesso Naik​​​​​​​: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence.

4. Jitendra Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region;Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space.

5. Kiren Rijiju​​​​​​​: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

6.Prahalad Singh Patel: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism.

7. Raj Kumar Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

8. Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

9. Mansukh L. Mandaviya​​​​​​​: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

Ministers of State

1. Faggansingh Kulaste​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel.

2. Ashwini Kumar Choubey​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

3. Arjun Ram Meghwal​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

4. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

5.Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

6. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

7. G. Kishan Reddy: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

8. Parshottam Rupala​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

9. Ramdas Athawale​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.

11. Babul Supriyo​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

12.Sanjeev Kumar Balyan​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

13. Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

14. Anurag Singh Thakur​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

15. Angadi Suresh Channabasappa​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways.

16. Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

17. Rattan Lal Kataria​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

18. V. Muraleedharan​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

19. Renuka Singh Saruta​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

20. Som Parkash​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

21. Rameswar Teli​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

22. Pratap Chandra Sarangi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

23. Kailash Choudhary​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

24. Debasree Chaudhuri​​​​​​​: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.