Modi's cabinet: Jaitley gets Finance, Sushma External Affairs

Narendra Modi was sworn in as India’s 15th Prime Minister at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday. [caption id=“attachment_1544699” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File photo of Arun Jaitley. AFP[/caption] There was much speculation about portfolio allocation, with Modi ensuring that the ministries allotted to his Council of Ministers did not go public even through the swearing-in ceremony. Here is the complete list of who will head which ministry in Modi’s government Union Cabinet Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space Rajnath Singh - Home Affairs Sushma Swaraj - External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs Arun Jaitley - Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs Ministry Nitin Gadkari - Transport Ministry, Highways and Shipping Smriti Irani - Human Resource Development Venkaiah Naidu - Urban Development, Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs Maneka Gandhi - Ministry of Women and Child Welfare DV Sadananda Gowda - Railways Uma Bharti - Water Resources River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Najma A Heptullah - Minority Affairs Gopinathrao Munde - Rural Development, Panchayati Raj Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramvilas Paswan - Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Kalraj Mishra - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ananth Kumar - Chemicals and Fertilizers Ravi Shankar Prasad - Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati - Civil Aviation Anant Geete - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Processing Industries Narendra Singh Tomar - Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Jual Oram - Tribal Affairs Radha Mohan Singh - Agriculture Thaawar Chand Gehlot - Social Justice and Empowerment Dr Harsh Vardhan - Health and Family Welfare Ministers of State (including Independent Charge) General VK Singh - Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs Inderjit Singh Rao - Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), Defence Santosh Kumar Gangwar - Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shripad Yesso Naik - Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) Dharmendra Pradhan - Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) Sarbananda Sonowal - Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar - Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs Piyush Goyal - Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh - Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent Charge), Prime Minister Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space Nirmala Sitharaman - Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) Finance, Corporate Affairs GM Siddeshwara - Civil Aviation Manoj Sinha - Railways Nihalchand - Chemicals and Fertilizers Upendra Kushwaha - Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation Radhakrishnan P - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Kiren Rijiju - Home Affairs Krishan Pal - Road Transport and Highways, Shipping Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan - Agriculture, Food Processing Industries Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava - Tribal Affairs Raosaheb Dadarao Danve - Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Vishnu Deo Sai - Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Sudarshan Bhagat - Social Justice and Empowerment