Union Cabinet Expansion: Complete List Of Ministers Sworn-In

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his cabinet on Wednesday with 43 NDA leaders being sworn-in.

While seven ministers were elevated, as many as 12, including Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar, were dropped during the expansion.

Many believe that the Cabinet rejig was done to revamp the administration’s image, which has come in for severe criticism due to its handling of the Covid-19 crisis.

Ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar, education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank", health minister Harsh Vardhan, chemicals and fertilisers minister D V Sadananda Gowda, labour minister Santosh Gangwar, minister of state for women and child Development Debasree Chaudhuri tendered their resignations on Wednesday.

Many believe that the reshuffle was meant to send a clear message that performance is all that matters.

Here’s the list of all the leaders who took oath as Cabinet ministers:

1. Narayan Tatu Rane
2. Sarbananda Sonowal
3. Dr. Virendra Kumar
4. Jyotiraditya M Scindia
5. Ramchandra Prasad Singh
6. Ashwini Vaishnaw
7. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras
8. Kiren Rijiju
9. Raj Kumar Singh
10. Hardeep Singh Puri
11. Mansukh Mandaviya
12. Bhupender Yadav
13. Parshottam Rupala
14. G. Kishan Reddy
15. Anurag Singh Thakur

The following leaders were sworn-in as Ministers of State:

1. Pankaj Choudhary
2. Anupriya Singh Patel
3. Dr. Satya Pal Singh Baghel
4. Rajeev Chandrasekhar
5. Shobha Karandlaje
6. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma
7. Darshana Vikram Jardosh
8. Meenakshi Lekhi
9. Annpurna Devi
10. A. Narayanaswamy
11. Kaushal Kishore
12. Ajay Bhatt
13. B. L. Verma
14. Ajay Kumar
15. Chauhan Devusinh
16. Bhagwanth Khuba
17. Kapil Moreshwar Patil
18. Sushri Pratima Bhoumik
19. Dr. Subhas Sarkar
20. Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
21. Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
22. Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
23.  Bishweswar Tudu
24. Shantanu Thakur
25. Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai
26. John Barla
27. Dr. L. Murugan
28. Nisith Pramanik

 The Centre is yet to allocate ministries to these ministers.