New Delhi: As a fresh set of ministers have been inducted into the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, the third reshuffle since 2014. Nine new ministers were into the council of ministers and four have been promoted to the Union Cabinet. The swearing-in ceremony began at 10.45 am on September 3. Six ministers in the existing Cabinet “volunteered to resign” in the run-up to the reshuffle, while three other seats fell vacant after the exit of Manohar Parrikar and Venkaiah Naidu, and the death of Anil Madhav Dave, who held Independent Charge of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The six outgoing ministers from the Cabinet include Kalraj Mishra (MoS MSME), Rajiv Pratap Rudy (MoS Independent Charge of Skill Development), Bandaru Dattatreya (Labour), Faggan Singh Kulaste (MoS Health), Sanjiv Balyan (MoS Water Resources) and Mahendra Nath Pandey (MoS HRD). Pandey was recently named BJP chief of Uttar Pradesh. Here is the full list of Cabinet Ministers and Council of Ministers: Shri Narendra Modi – Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; all important policy issues, and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister. CABINET MINISTERS Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs Sushma Swaraj Minister of External Affairs Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs Nitin Jairam Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Shipping; and Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Suresh Prabhu Minister of Commerce and Industry D.V. Sadananda Gowda Minister of Statistics and Program Implementation Uma Bharati Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramvilas Paswan Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Minister of Women and Child Development Ananthkumar Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Jagat Prakash Nadda Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati Minister of Civil Aviation Anant Geete Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Harsimrat Kaur Badal Minister of Food Processing Industries Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Mines Chaudhary Birender Singh Minister of Steel Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs Radha Mohan Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Textiles; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting Harsh Vardhan Minister of Science and Technology; Minister of Earth Sciences; and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar Minister of Human Resource Development Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Piyush Goyal Minister of Railways; and Minister of Coal Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Defence Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Rao Inderjit Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Santosh Kumar Gangwar Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Shripad Yesso Naik Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Jitendra Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space Mahesh Sharma Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Giriraj Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Manoj Sinha Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Raj Kumar Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Alphons Kannanthanam Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Ministers of States Vijay Goel Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Radhakrishnan P. Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping S.S. Ahluwalia Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramdas Athawale Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Vishnu Deo Sai Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel Ram Kripal Yadav Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal Rajen Gohain Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways V. K. Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs Parshottam Rupala Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj Krishan Pal Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs Shiv Pratap Shukla Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Ashwini Kumar Choubey Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Sudarshan Bhagat Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs Upendra Kushwaha Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development Kiren Rijiju Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Virendra Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs Anantkumar Hegde Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship M. J. Akbar Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries Y. S. Chowdary Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences Jayant Sinha Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Babul Supriyo Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Vijay Sampla Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Arjun Ram Meghwal Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Ajay Tamta Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles Krishna Raj Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Mansukh L. Mandaviya Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Anupriya Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare C.R. Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry P.P. Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Satya Pal Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.