A week after the Lok Sabha election results were announced, Modi Sarkar 3.0 has officially taken shape and is prepared for the challenges that lie ahead.
Narendra Modi's victory in securing a third consecutive term as Prime Minister of India marks a significant milestone in the country's political landscape.
With a resounding mandate from the people, Modi's leadership has once again prevailed, reaffirming his position as one of India's most dominant and influential political figures in recent times.
His re-election underscores the widespread support and trust he commands among voters, reflecting both his accomplishments and his vision for the nation's future.
As Modi embarks on this new term, expectations are high, and the spotlight is firmly on his agenda for governance, development, and progress.
He took oath for a historic third consecutive term amid a crowd of 10,000 invitees at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Celebrities, industrialists, political leaders, friends, supporters, and foreign dignitaries applauded this rare feat as the sun set on a warm summer evening.
Notably, this will be the first time PM Modi will share power with his allies since he came to power in 2014.
All eyes looked out for the surprises in the four rows of ministers who followed Modi, as President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office in a two-and-half hour ceremony that saw seven women ministers.
Loud cheering for young Rammohan Rao (TDP), a seasoned Jiten Ram Majhi (HAM), and BJP seniors Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari were heard when their names were called.
This BJP led Modi government has ministers who hail from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and even Kerala where BJP has won its first Lok Sabha seat this time.
Among those who attended Modi’s third swearing-in were seven top leaders from India's neighbourhood and the Indian Ocean region - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Mauritius President Mohamed Muizzu, Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Bhutan's Tshering Tobgay and Seychelles’ Vice President Ahmed Afif.
The front row of VIP attendees featured renowned film stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, and Rajinikanth, along with Akshay Kumar, among others. Notable industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, along with their families, were also present. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud attended the ceremony with his wife, while former Presidents Ram Nath Kovind and Pratibha Patil graced the occasion as well.
The ceremony also saw the presence of several religious leaders, adding to its significance.
Among those sworn in were seasoned leaders such as Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar, and J P Nadda. However, the event also introduced fresh faces like former chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh) and Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana).
Notably, there was a sparse representation of opposition leaders. While Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, attended the ceremony, several others chose to skip it.
Among the invitees were also people from the transgender community as well as sanitation workers and labourers, who were involved in the construction of the new Parliament building.
37 ministers dropped
In Prime Minister Modi’s third term, 37 ministers have been dropped, including seven Cabinet ministers such as Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur, and Narayan Rane. While all three Ministers with Independent Charge remain, 30 out of 42 Ministers of State have been dropped. Notable names among those dropped include V K Singh, Faggansingh Kulaste, Ashwini Choubey, and Rajeev Chandrashekhar. Smriti Irani, a cabinet minister in both terms of the Modi Government, lost the Amethi election to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s aide Kishori Lal Sharma by over 169,000 votes. Irani served as HRD and Textiles Minister in Modi’s first term and held the Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs portfolios in the second term. Anurag Thakur, who won his fifth consecutive term from the Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency, held dual charge of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in Modi 2.0.
Transgender community, labourers invited
People from the transgender community, labourers, and sanitation workers who contributed to the construction of the new parliament building have been invited to the swearing-in ceremony. BJP MPs Virendra Kumar and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat felicitated the transgender community members and sanitation workers respectively before the ceremony. It's the first time transgender individuals are formally invited. Former Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya honoured 90 labourers and 30 sanitation workers involved in the construction.
Mix of old and new faces
PM Modi's third-term council of ministers reflects diverse representation from all corners of the country and various social groups. It comprises 27 ministers from Other Backward Classes, 10 from Scheduled Castes, 5 from Scheduled Tribes, and 5 from minorities.
Notably, 18 senior ministers will head ministries, and the cabinet includes 43 ministers who have served three terms or more in Parliament, with 39 having prior experience as central government ministers. Additionally, it features multiple former chief ministers, 34 ministers with experience in state legislatures, and 23 who have served as ministers in states. The 72-member council of ministers has seven women, including two with cabinet rank.
Among the new ministers, there are 33 first-timers, including seven from allied parties: TDP's K Rammohan Naidu, JDU's Lalan Singh, RLD's Jayant Chaudhary, and others. Notably, Suresh Gopi became the first BJP MP from Kerala. This time, BJP's NDA partners secured five cabinet berths, compared to none previously, with two ministers of states with independent charge and four ministers of state (MoS) also inducted.
The List of cabinet ministers
-Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space
-Rajnath Singh: Ministry of Defence
-Amit Shah: Ministry of Home Affairs; Ministry of Cooperation
-Nitin Gadkari: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
-JP Nadda: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
-Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare; Ministry of Rural Development
-Nirmala Sitharaman: Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Corporate Affairs
-Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Ministry of External Affairs
-Manohar Lal Khattar: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Ministry of Power
-JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy: Ministry of Heavy Industries; Ministry of Steel
-Piyush Goyal - Ministry of Commerce and Industry
-Dharmendra Pradhan: Ministry of Education
-HAM leader Jitan Ram Manjhi: Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
-JD(U) leader Lalan Singh: Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and dairying
-Sarbananda Sonowal: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
-Virendra Kumar: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
-TDP leader Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu: Ministry of Civil Aviation
-Prahlad Joshi: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
-Jual Oram: Ministry of Tribal Affairs
-Giriraj Singh: Ministry of Textiles
-Ashwini Vaishnaw: Ministry of Railways; Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
-Jyotiraditya Scindia: Ministry of Communications; Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
-Bhupendra Yadav: Ministry of Environment and Forests
-Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Ministry of Tourism; Ministry of Culture
-Annpurna Devi: Ministry of Women & Child Development
-Kiren Rijiju: Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Ministry of Minority Affairs
-Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
-Mansukh Mandaviya: Ministry of Labour & Employment; Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
-G Kishan Reddy: Ministry of Coal; Ministry of Mines
-LJP(RV) Chirag Paswan: Ministry of Food Processing Industries
-C R Patil: Ministry of Jal Shakti
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
-Rao Inderjit Singh: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Ministry of Planning; Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
-Jitendra Singh: Ministry of Science and Technology; Ministry of Earth Sciences; 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; Minister of State in the Department of Space
-Arjun Ram Meghwal: Ministry of Law and Justice; Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
-Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav: Ministry of Ayush; Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
-RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
Ministers of State
-Jitin Prasada: MoS Ministry of Commerce and Industry; MoS Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
-Shripad Yesso Naik: MoS Ministry of Power; MoS Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
-Pankaj Chaudhary: MoS Ministry of Finance
-Krishan Pal: MoS Ministry of Cooperation
-RPI(A) leader Athawale Ramdas Bandu: MoS Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
-Ram Nath Thakur: MoS Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
-Nityanand Rai: MoS Ministry of Home Affairs
-Anupriya Singh Patel: MoS Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; MoS Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
-V Somanna: MoS Ministry of Jal Shakti; MoS Ministry of Railways
-TDP MP Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani: MoS Ministry of Rural Development; MoS Ministry of Communications
-S. P. Singh Baghel: MoS Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying;
MoS Ministry of Panchayati Raj
-Shobha Karandlaje: MoS Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; MoS Ministry of Labour and Employment
-Kirti Vardhan Singh: MoS Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change;
MoS Ministry of External Affairs
-BL Verma: MoS Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; MoS Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
-Shantanu Thakur: MoS Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
-Suresh Gopi: MoS Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; MoS Ministry of Tourism
-L. Murugan: MoS Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; MoS Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs
-Ajay Tamta: MoS Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
-Bandi Sanjay Kumar: MoS Ministry of Home Affairs
-Kamlesh Paswan: MoS Ministry of Rural Development
-Bhagirath Choudhary: MoS Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
-Satish Chandra Dubey: MoS Ministry of Coal; MoS Ministry of Mines
-Sanjay Seth: MoS Ministry of Defence
-Ravneet Singh Bittu: MoS Ministry of Food Processing Industries; MoS Ministry of Railways
-Durga Das Uikey: MoS Ministry of Tribal Affairs
-Raksha Nikhil Khadse: MoS Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
-Sukanta Majumdar: MoS Ministry of Education; MoS Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
-Savitri Thakur: MoS Ministry of Women and Child Development.
-Tokhan Sahu: MoS Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
-Raj Bhushan Choudhary: MoS Ministry of Jal Shakti
-Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma: MoS Ministry of Heavy Industries; MoS Ministry of
Steel
-Harsh Malhotra: MoS Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; MoS Ministry of
Corporate Affairs
-Nimuben Bambhania: MoS Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution
-Murlidhar Mohol: MoS Ministry of Cooperation; MoS Ministry of Civil Aviation
-George Kurian: MoS Ministry of Minority Affairs; MoS Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
-Pabitra Margherita: MoS Ministry of External Affairs; MoS Ministry of Textiles
