In order to revamp his administration that has been heavily criticised over the handling of the coronavirus crisis, soaring prices, and resentment from several sections, the Prime Minister has added 43 new ministers to the Cabinet. The new members include highly qualified professionals.
It was the first reshuffle and expansion of the Modi government since it assumed power for the second time in 2019. 15 of the 43 leaders are allotted ministries of Cabinet whereas 28 leaders will get the state ministries.
Eclectic Mix of Professionals.
The newly appointed members include eight are lawyers, four are doctors, two former IAS officers and four MBA degree holders, and several engineers.
List of Cabinet Ministers
- Narayan Rane
- Sarbananda Sonowal
- Virendra Kumar
- Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
- Ramchandra Pratap Singh
- Ashwini Vaishnav
- Pashupati Nath Paras
- Kiren Rijiju
- RK Singh
- Hardeep Singh Puri
- M Mandaviya
- Bhupendra Yadav
- P Rupala
- G Kishan Reddy
- Anurag Singh Thakur
Minister of States
- Pankaj Choudhary
- Anupriya Patel
- SP Baghel
- R Chandrasekhar
- S Karandlaje
- Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
- Darshana Jardosh
- Meenakshi Lekhi
- Annapurna Devi
- A Narayanaswamy
- Kaushal Kishore
- Ajay Bhatt
- BL Verma
- Devusinh Chauhan
- Bhagwanth Khuba
- Kapil M Patil
- Pratima Bhoumik
- Subhas Sarkar
- Ajay Kumar
- Bhagwath Karad
- Rajkumar Singh
- Bharati Pawar
- Bishveswar Tudu
- Shantanu Thakur
- M Mahendrabhai
- John Barla
- L Murugan
- Nisith Pramanik
High Profile Exit of 12 Ministers
- Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare
- Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Minister of Human Resource Development
- Santosh Gangwar, Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
- Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- Debasree Chaudhuri, Minister of State for Woman and Child Development
- Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology
- Thawar Chand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment
- Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Pratap Sarangi, Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Rattan Lal Kataria, Minister of State for Jal Shakti
- Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Justice, Electronics and Information Technology and Communications
- Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Opposition’s Reactions To Cabinet Reshuffle 2021
Poor Dr. Harsh Vardhan, a good man has been made a scapegoat for monumental failures at the highest level — nowhere else. https://t.co/NA8NZiheNn
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) July 7, 2021
खराबी इंजन में है और बदले डिब्बे जा रहे है !
यही तो है “दुर्दशाजीवी मोदी मंत्रिमंडल” के विस्तार की सच्चाई !
??— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) July 7, 2021
There is a lesson for ministers in these resignations. If things go right the credit will go to the PM, if things go wrong the Minister will be the fall guy.
That is the price a Minister pays for implicit obedience and unquestioning subservience.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) July 7, 2021
