PM Modi’s cabinet has retained the known faces in the big four ministries
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today assumed office in Delhi, days after the grand swearing-in ceremony, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the oath of office along with 71 ministers of the new coalition government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet has retained the known faces in the big four ministries – Amit Shah has retained the Home portfolio, Rajnath Singh Defence, Foreign ministry has been retained by S Jaishankar and the Finance ministry by Nirmala Sitharaman.
The Council of Ministers comprises 30 Cabinet Ministers, five Ministers of State with Independent Charge, and 36 Ministers of State.
PM Modi, 73, will head a coalition government in his third term, or Modi 3.0, for the first time since he became Prime Minister in 2014 after 10 years of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule.
He is the second Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to be elected for a third term in a row.