Third Modi ministry

This article is about the 3rd Union Council of Ministers headed by Narendra Modi. For the third Gujarat Council of Ministers headed by Narendra Modi, see Third Modi ministry (Gujarat).

Third Modi ministry
26th Ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	9 June 2024
People and organisations
Head of state	Droupadi Murmu
Head of government	Narendra Modi
No. of ministers	31 cabinet Ministers 5 ministers of state (Independent Charge) 36 ministers of state
Total no. of members	72
Member parties	National Democratic Alliance   Bharatiya Janata Party   Telugu Desam Party   Shiv Sena   Janata Dal (United)   Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)   Janata Dal (Secular)   Rashtriya Lok Dal   Hindustani Awam Morcha   Apna Dal (Sonelal)   Republican Party of India (A)
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Indian National Congress (I.N.D.I.A.)
Opposition leader	Rahul Gandhi, INC (Lok Sabha)
History
Election	2024
Legislature terms	1 year, 98 days
Budgets	2024 Budget 2025 Budget
Incoming formation	18th Lok Sabha
Predecessor	Second Modi ministry

The Third Modi ministry, also called Modi 3.0, is the union council of ministers of India headed by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, which was formed after the 2024 Indian general election held in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024. ^[1] The results of the election were announced on 4 June 2024, leading to the formation of the 18th Lok Sabha. The union council of ministers was sworn in along with the Prime Minister on 9 June 2024. The oath ceremony was arranged in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan at Raisina Hill. This ministry marks the second-largest Union Council of Ministers in Indian history, after the Third Vajpayee ministry.

History

Modi taking charge of the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term

The Third Modi ministry came into existence following the 2024 general election to the 18th Lok Sabha in which the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance emerged victorious winning 293 of the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha.

PM Modi chaired the first cabinet meeting on 10 June and the portfolios of the Union Council of Ministers was released shortly after.

Re-elected Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, chairs the first Union Cabinet Meeting of his third term in New Delhi, to discuss the basic plans and distribute ministries among the ministers.

Swearing-in ceremony

Third oath of office ceremony of Narendra Modi

Prime Minister of India, with President Droupadi Murmu administering the oath.
Date	9 June 2024;15 months ago (2024-06-09)
Location	Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India
Coordinates	28°36′51″N77°11′56″E / 28.6143°N 77.199°E / 28.6143; 77.199
Participants	Prime Minister of India,  Narendra Modi Third Modi ministry Assuming office President of India, Droupadi Murmu Administering oath
←  2019

The ceremony was held in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 71 other members of the Third Modi ministry took the oath of office. ^[2]

Invitees

Main article: Foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government

• Bangladesh: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. ^[3]
• Bhutan: Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. ^[3]
• Maldives: President Mohamed Muizzu. ^[4]
• Mauritius: Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth. ^[3]
•    Nepal: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. ^[3]
• Seychelles: Vice President Ahmed Afif. ^[3]
• Sri Lanka: President Ranil Wickremesinghe. ^[5]

List of Ministers

The following is the complete list of the Cabinet Ministers of India: ^{[6] [7]}

Cabinet Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Remarks
Prime Minister Minister 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.	Narendra Modi	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Defence	Rajnath Singh	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Home Affairs Minister of Co-operation	Amit Shah	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Road Transport and Highways	Nitin Gadkari	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers	Jagat Prakash Nadda	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister of Rural Development	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Finance Minister of Corporate Affairs	Nirmala Sitharaman	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of External Affairs	S. Jaishankar	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Power Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs	Manohar Lal Khattar	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Heavy Industries Minister of Steel	H. D. Kumaraswamy	9 June 2024	Incumbent		JD(S)
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Piyush Goyal	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Education	Dharmendra Pradhan	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Jitan Ram Manjhi	9 June 2024	Incumbent		HAM(S)
Minister of Panchayati Raj Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying	Lalan Singh	9 June 2024	Incumbent		JD(U)
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways	Sarbananda Sonowal	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment	Virendra Kumar Khatik	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Civil Aviation	Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu	9 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of New and Renewable Energy	Prahlad Joshi	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Tribal Affairs	Jual Oram	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Textiles	Giriraj Singh	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Railways Minister of Information and Broadcasting Minister of Electronics and Information Technology	Ashwini Vaishnaw	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Communications Minister of Development of North Eastern Region	Jyotiraditya Scindia	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Bhupender Yadav	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Culture Minister of Tourism	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Women and Child Development	Annpurna Devi	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Minority Affairs	Kiren Rijiju	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas	Hardeep Singh Puri	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Labour and Employment Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports	Mansukh L. Mandaviya	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Coal Minister of Mines	G. Kishan Reddy	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of Food Processing Industries	Chirag Paswan	9 June 2024	Incumbent		LJP(RV)
Minister of Jal Shakti	C. R. Patil	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Remarks
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning	Rao Inderjit Singh	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences	Jitendra Singh	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice	Arjun Ram Meghwal	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of AYUSH	Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav	9 June 2024	Incumbent		SS
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	Jayant Chaudhary	9 June 2024	Incumbent		RLD

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Remarks
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture	Rao Inderjit Singh	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
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	Jitendra Singh	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs	Arjun Ram Meghwal	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
	L. Murugan	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav	9 June 2024	Incumbent		SS
	Anupriya Patel	9 June 2024	Incumbent		AD(S)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education	Jayant Chaudhary	9 June 2024	Incumbent		RLD
	Sukanta Majumdar	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology	Jitin Prasada	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy	Shripad Yesso Naik	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance	Pankaj Chaudhary	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Co-operation	Krishan Pal Gurjar	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
	Murlidhar Mohol	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	Ramdas Athawale	9 June 2024	Incumbent		RPI(A)
	B. L. Verma	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	Ram Nath Thakur	9 June 2024	Incumbent		JD(U)
	Bhagirath Choudhary	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs	Nityanand Rai	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers	Anupriya Patel	9 June 2024	Incumbent		AD(S)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti	V. Somanna	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
	Raj Bhushan Choudhary	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways	V. Somanna	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
	Ravneet Singh Bittu	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development	Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar	9 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
	Kamlesh Paswan	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications	Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar	9 June 2024	Incumbent		TDP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying	S. P. Singh Baghel	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
	George Kurian	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj	S. P. Singh Baghel	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment	Shobha Karandlaje	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Kirti Vardhan Singh	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs	Kirti Vardhan Singh	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
	Pabitra Margherita	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	B. L. Verma	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
	Nimuben Bambhaniya	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways	Shantanu Thakur	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism	Suresh Gopi	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting	L. Murugan	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	Ajay Tamta	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
	Harsh Malhotra	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines	Satish Chandra Dubey	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence	Sanjay Seth	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries	Ravneet Singh Bittu	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs	Durga Das Uikey	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports	Raksha Khadse	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region	Sukanta Majumdar	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development	Savitri Thakur	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs	Tokhan Sahu	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel	Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs	Harsh Malhotra	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation	Murlidhar Mohol	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs	George Kurian	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP
Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles	Pabitra Margherita	9 June 2024	Incumbent		BJP

Demographics

Parties

Party		Cabinet Ministers	Ministers of State (Independent Charge)	Ministers of State	Total number of ministers	Total number of ministries
	Bharatiya Janata Party	26	3	32	61	93 (42 Cabinet; 5 MOS independent charge; 46 MOS (*Total of 4 ministries shared with TDP, JD(U), RLD, and RPI(A), with one ministry each))
	Telugu Desam Party	1	0	1	2	3 (1 Cabinet; 2 MOS (*1 shared with BJP))
	Janata Dal (United)	1	0	1	2	3 (2 Cabinet; 1 MOS (*shared with BJP))
	Shiv Sena	0	1	0	1	2 (1 MOS independent charge; 1 MOS (*shared with AD(S)))
	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)	1	0	0	1	1 (1 Cabinet)
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	0	1	0	1	2 (1 MOS independent charge; 1 MOS (*shared with BJP))
	Janata Dal (Secular)	1	0	0	1	1 (1 Cabinet)
	Hindustani Awam Morcha	1	0	0	1	1 (1 Cabinet)
	Apna Dal (Sonelal)	0	0	1	1	2 (2 MOS (*1 shared with SHS))
	Republican Party of India (A)	0	0	1	1	1 (1 MOS (*shared with BJP))
Total		31	5	36	72	105 (excluding important policies and other portfolios not allocated to any Minister)

Representation of cabinet ministers by party

1. Bharatiya Janata Party (84.7%)
2. Telugu Desam Party (2.82%)
3. Janata Dal (United) (2.82%)
4. Shiv Sena (1.41%)
5. Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (1.41%)
6. Rashtriya Lok Dal (1.41%)
7. Janata Dal (Secular) (1.41%)
8. Hindustani Awam Morcha (1.41%)
9. Republican Party of India (A) (1.41%)
10. Apna Dal (Soneylal) (1.41%)

States

State	Cabinet Ministers	Ministers of State (Independent Charge)	Ministers of State	Total number of ministers	Name of ministers
Andhra Pradesh	1	—	2	3	Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
Arunachal Pradesh	1	—	—	1	Kiren Rijiju
Assam	1	—	1	2	Sarbananda Sonowal Pabitra Margherita
Bihar	4	—	4	8	Giriraj Singh Jitan Ram Manjhi Lalan Singh Chirag Paswan Nityanand Rai Satish Chandra Dubey Raj Bhushan Choudhary Ram Nath Thakur
Chhattisgarh	—	—	1	1	Tokhan Sahu
Goa	—	—	1	1	Shripad Yesso Naik
Gujarat	5	—	1	6	Amit Shah S. Jaishankar Jagat Prakash Nadda Mansukh L. Mandaviya C. R. Patil Nimuben Bambhaniya
Haryana	1	1	1	3	Manohar Lal Khattar Rao Inderjit Singh Krishan Pal Gurjar
Jharkhand	1	—	1	2	Annpurna Devi Sanjay Seth
Karnataka	3	—	2	5	Nirmala Sitharaman H. D. Kumaraswamy Prahlad Joshi V. Somanna Shobha Karandlaje
Kerala	—	—	1	1	Suresh Gopi
Madhya Pradesh	3	—	4	7	Shivraj Singh Chouhan Virendra Kumar Khatik Jyotiraditya Scindia Durga Das Uikey Savitri Thakur L. Murugan George Kurien
Maharashtra	2	1	3	6	Nitin Gadkari Piyush Goyal Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav Raksha Khadse Murlidhar Mohol Ramdas Athawale
Odisha	3	—	—	3	Dharmendra Pradhan Jual Oram Ashwini Vaishnaw
Rajasthan	2	1	2	5	Bhupender Yadav Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Arjun Ram Meghwal Bhagirath Choudhary Ravneet Singh Bittu
Telangana	1	—	1	2	G. Kishan Reddy Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Uttar Pradesh	3	1	7	11	Narendra Modi Rajnath Singh Hardeep Singh Puri Jayant Chaudhary Jitin Prasada Pankaj Chaudhary S. P. Singh Baghel Kirti Vardhan Singh B. L. Verma Kamlesh Paswan Anupriya Patel
Uttarakhand	—	—	1	1	Ajay Tamta
West Bengal	—	—	2	2	Shantanu Thakur Sukanta Majumdar
Delhi	—	—	1	1	Harsh Malhotra
Jammu and Kashmir	—	1	—	1	Jitendra Singh
Total	31	5	36	72

See also

• List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha
• 2024 Speaker of the Lok Sabha election
• Union Council of Ministers
• Premiership of Narendra Modi
• 2025 Mahadevapura Electoral Controversy

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