Modi keeps ministry of Atomic Energy, Space and Public Grievances

According to the full list provided by Rashtrapati Bhavan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself keeps important portfolios like Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space.

Arun Jaitley, the most sought after minister in the Modi cabinet has given charges of Finance, Corporate Affairs as well as the ministry of defense.

While taking charge on Tuesday, Jailtley said, his primary focus will be on fiscal consolidation and inflation.

“The big challenge is maintaining a balance between growth and inflation. Controlling inflation will be a priority, but the government needs to restore the pace of growth,” Jaitley said.

He also indicated that the Defence Ministry is temporary charge till the Prime Minister finds a suitable candidate.

“For a transient phase, I will be looking after Ministry of Defence also, but that’s only an additional charge till there’s an expansion in cabinet itself,” Jaitley said.

Check the final list of portfolios issued by President’s office:

Cabinet Ministers:

Narendra Modi:Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

Rajnath Singh: Home Affairs

Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs

Arun Jaitley: Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence

M. Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs

Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Nitin Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways, Shipping

Ravi Shankar Prasad: Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice

D.V. Sadananda Gowda: Railways

Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture

Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare

Najma Heptulla: Minority Affairs

Gopinath Munde: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation

Maneka Gandhi: Women and Child Development

Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Ananth kumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers

Ashok Gajapathi Raju: Civil Aviation

Anant Geete: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries

Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment

Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs

Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment

Smriti Irani: Human Resource Development

Ministers of State

General (retd) V.K. Singh: Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs

Nirmala Sitharaman: Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge), Finance, Corporate Affairs

Inderjit Singh Rao: Planning (Independent Charge),
Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), Defence

Dharmendra Pradhan: Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)

Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Textiles (Independent Charge),
Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Shripad Yesso Naik: Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge)

Prakash Javadekar: Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs

Sarbananda Sonowal: Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)

Piyush Goyal: Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)

Dr. Jitendra Singh: Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent Charge) Prime Minister Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space

G.M. Siddeshwara: Civil Aviation

Manoj Sinha: Railways

Nihalchand: Chemicals and Fertilizers

Upendra Kushwaha: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj,
Drinking Water and Sanitation

Radhakrishnan P: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Kiren Rijiju: Home Affairs

Krishan Pal: Road Transport and Highways, Shipping

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Agriculture, Food Processing Industries

Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava: Tribal Affairs

Raosaheb Dadarao Danve: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Vishnu Deo Sai: Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment

Sudarshan Bhagat: Social Justice and Empowerment

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