Modi 3.0 ministry. Full list of 72 ministers who took oath

Narendra Modi took the oath as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time on Sunday. President Droupadi Murmu then administered oath to Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, and Nitin Gadkari. Here is the full list of ministers who were sworn in on Sunday to be part of the Modi 3.0 ministry

India Today, New Delhi, Jun 9, 2024 : BJP leader Narendra Modi took the oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term on Sunday. This is historic as no Prime Minister other than Jawaharlal Nehru, the first PM of Independent India, has returned for a third term as the PM. On this historic day, a total of 72 leaders were sworn in to be part of the Modi 3.0 ministry.

The new Cabinet includes 30 Cabinet ministers, five Ministers of State with Independent Charge, and 36 Ministers of State.

CABINET MINSTERS

Rajnath Singh, who held the Union Defence Minister's post in the previous government, was sworn in on Sunday.

Amit Shah, who was the Union Home Minister in the Modi 2.0, was inducted into the new government.

Nitin Gadkari, who held the post of Union Minister of Road and Transport, was part of the newly-formed NDA government.

JP Nadda, who is the BJP national chief, was the new entrant to the Narendra Modi-led Cabinet

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, has been given a Cabinet berth

Nirmala Sitharaman, who held Finance portfolio previously, was part of new government

Dr S Jaishankar, who was the External Affairs Minister, was part of Modi 3.0

Manohar Lal Khattar, who quit as Haryana Chief Minister in March, was given Cabinet post

HD Kumaraswamy, chief of JD(S), was sworn in as Union Minister in the PM Modi-led NDA government

Piyush Goyal, who secured his first Lok Sabha term after defeating Congress candidate, was sworn in as Union Minister

Dharmendra Pradhan, who was a Union minister in previous government, was sworn in as Union Minister again

Jitan Ram Manjhi, founder of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), took oath as a Union Cabinet Minister

Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, leader from Nitish Kumar's JD(U), took oath as a Union Cabinet Minister

Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP leader from Assam, was sworn-in as Union Minister

Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Telugu Desam Party leader, was included into Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government

Dr. Virendra Kumar took oath as Cabinet Minister in the third term of PM Modi-led government

Jual Oram was sworn-in as Union Minister in the Modi 3.0

Pralhad Joshi was sworn-in as Union Minister on Sunday

Ashwini Vaishnaw, who held the Railways portfolio previously, took oath as Union Cabinet Minister

Giriraj Singh was sworn-in as Union Minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government

Jyotiraditya Scindia, who won his fifth term in Lok Sabha, was sworn in as Union Minister

Bhupendra Yadav, who was Union Cabinet Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, was included in Modi 3.0

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who won his third term from Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency, took oath as Union Cabinet Minister

Annapurna Devi, a BJP leader, was sworn-in as Union Minister in the PM Modi-led NDA government

Kiren Rijiju, who has been one of the key ministers in Narendra Modi cabinet since the BJP came into power in 2014, took oath today

Mansukh Mandaviya, who held the post of Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare in previous regime, took oath on Sunday

Hardeep Singh Puri, who has been a Rajya Sabha member since 2018, was sworn-in as Union Minister

GK Reddy was sworn-in as Union Minister in the newly formed NDA government

Chirag Paswan, whose party Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas (LJP-RV) allied with NDA, took oath in Modi 3.0

CR Patil took oath as a Union Cabinet Minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government

MINISTERS OF STATE WITH INDEPENDENT CHARGE

Rao Inderjit Singh, who is a six-term MP, took oath as Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Jitendra Singh, Udhampur MP, was sworn as MoS (Independent Charge)

Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bikaner MP, took oath as MoS (Independent Charge)

Prataprao Jadhav, Shiv Sena leader from Eknath Shinde faction, was included in Modi 3.0

Jayant Chaudhary, whose party RLD allied with NDA before polls, was given MoS (Independent Charge)

MINISTERS OF STATE

Jitin Prasada, who joined BJP in 2021 before 2022 UP assembly polls, was inducted as MoS

Shripad Naik, who is six-time North Goa MP, is part of the third Narendra Modi government as well

Pankaj Chaudhary, who held MoS (Finance) in second Modi ministry, took oath today

Krishan Pal Gurjar, who won from Faridabad, is part of Modi 3.0

Ramdas Athawale, Republican Party of India chief, was sworn in as Union minister

Nityanand Rai, who won from Ujiyarpur Lok Sabha seat, takes oath as Union Minister

Anupriya Patel, whose party Apna Pal allied with NDA, was sworn in as Union Minister

V Somanna, who won from Tumkur seat, is part of Modi 3.0

Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, leader from Chandrababu Naidu's party, took oath as Union Minister

SP Singh Baghel, who won his fifth term as MP from Agra, is part of Modi 3.0

Shobha Karandlaje, who won from the Bangalore North seat, was sworn in as Union Minister

Kirti Vardhan Singh, three-time BJP MP, took oath as Union Minister

BL Verma, who is Uttar Pradesh BJP's vice president, is part of Modi 3.0

Shantanu Thakur, BJP MP from Bangaon, was sworn in as Union Minister on Sunday

Kamlesh Paswan, 3-time MP from Bengal, was sworn-in as Union Minister

Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who was elected from Karimnagar by margin of 2.25 lakhs votes, took oath today

Ajay Tamta, BJP leader from Uttarakhand, was sworn-in as Union minister

Dr L Murugan, who was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in April, was sworn in as Union minister

Suresh Gopi, actor-turned-politician, is also part of PM Modi-led government

Ravneet Singh Bittu, who switched from Congress to BJP in March, took oath in Modi 3.0

Sanjay Seth, BJP leader who won from Ranchi, was sworn in as Union Minister

Raksha Khadse, three-time Lok Sabha MP, is part of third Modi government

Bhagirath Choudhary, who won from Ajmer Lok Sabha seat, took oath as MoS

Satish Chandra Dubey, who was re-elected to Rajya Sabha in July 2022, was sworn in on Sunday

Durgadas Uikey, BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, is part of Modi 3.0

Sukanta Majumdar, who is West Bengal BJP chief, was sworn in as Union minister

Savitri Thakur, BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, was chosen to be part of third Modi government

Tokhan Sahu, who won from Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur seat, took oath as MoS

Raj Bhushan Choudhary, who won the 2024 polls from Muzaffarpur seat, was sworn in today

Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma, Andhra Pradesh BJP leader, is part of Modi 3.0

Harsh Malhotra, former Mayor of East Delhi Municipal Corporation, took oath as Union Minister

Nimuben Bambhaniam, who won from Bhavnagar Lok Sabha seat, was sworn in today

Murlidhar Mohol, former Pune Mayor, is also a part of Modi Cabinet

George Kurian, state general secretary of the BJP's Kerala unit, took oath as Union Minister

Pabitra Margherita, Rajya Sabha MP from Assam, was sworn in as Union Minister in PM Modi-led Cabinet

Narendra Modi returned as the Prime Minister as the NDA won 293 of the 543 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The BJP, however, was short of the majority mark in the Lok Sabha on its own, winning 240 seats. The magic number in the Lok Sabha is 272.