Amit Shah will be the new Home minister, and Rajnath Singh the new Defence minister, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Friday.
Nirmala Sitharaman, who was the Defence Minister in previous Modi govt, will now be the Finance Minister.
S. Jaishankar will be the External Affairs Minister.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain DoPT, Atomic Energy as well as all important policy issues and portfolios not allocated.
Modi was sworn in on Thursday as prime minister for a second term, helming a 57-member team of ministers, including him and BJP president Amit Shah who makes his debut in the Central government.
Here are the LIVE updates:
3:06 pm: Nirmala Sitharaman takes charge as Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
Nirmala Sitharaman takes charge as Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs. #UnionCabinet pic.twitter.com/JU8lnvIan6
— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2019
2:15 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi forms Jal Shakti Ministry which would be headed by Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
1:46pm:
Giriraj Singh on being appointed as Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries: Whatever responsibility I have been given I will work to take it forward in PM's road map. I have already managed this portfolio in Bihar then I will like working in this portfolio once again. pic.twitter.com/i5sGEpcYGD
— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2019
1:22pm: Pralhad Joshi will be new Parliamentary Affairs Minister and will also get Coal and Mines.
1:20pm: Harsimrat Kaur Badal remains Food Processing minister, Thawar Chand Gehlot is Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment
1;19pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to retain DoPT, Atomic Energy; all important policy issues and portfolios not allocated.
1:10pm: Ravi Shankar Prasad gets Telecom besides retaining his old portfolios of Law and I-T, Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank to be HRD minister.
1:08pm: Ram Vilas Paswam to remain Consumer Affairs Minister while Agriculture goes to Narendra Singh Tomar who also gets Rural Development.
1:04pm: Prakash Javadekar gets Information and Broadcasting as well as Environment.
1:02pm: Nitin Gadkari to retain Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Dharmedra Pradhan to remain petroleum minister
1:00pm: Smriti Irani will be the new Women and Child Development Minister along with retaining the Textile Ministry; Piyush Goyal has been given the charge of the ministries of Railways and Commerce
12:57 pm: Cabinet portfolios announced. Rajnath Singh new Defence Minister, Amit Shah now Home Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman Finance Minister and S Jaishankar new External Affairs Minister.
Rajnath Singh appointed as the new Defence Minister, Amit Shah new Home Minister, S Jaishankar new External Affairs Minister. pic.twitter.com/6F1T4okJA8
— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2019
12:38 pm: In their bilateral meeting PM of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth extended his warm felicitations to PM Modi. PM Modi thanked him and reiterated his commitment to further strengthening the fraternal and enduring bilateral ties between the two countries in all spheres.
12:11 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli at Hyderabad House.
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli at Hyderabad House. Both the leaders will hold a bilateral meeting today. He attended PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony yesterday. pic.twitter.com/f96CzCEhEs
— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2019
11:35 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth at Hyderabad House.
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth at Hyderabad House. Both the leaders will hold a bilateral meeting today. He attended PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony yesterday. pic.twitter.com/NYn0eTE9Lo
— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2019
11:05 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena at Hyderabad House. Both the leaders will hold a bilateral meeting.
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena at Hyderabad House. Both the leaders will hold a bilateral meeting. The Sri Lankan President attended PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ZHaiMVn57R
— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2019
9:02 am: The first meeting of the new cabinet to take place in Delhi later today.
