Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream team 2019 reflects his desire to get the agenda of a New India going on full throttle.
While he has retained experienced ministers, the choice of domain experts like S Jaishankar reflects the desire to implement out of the box ideas.
He has ensured that high performers are rewarded and laggards are dropped.
The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers-
CABINET MINISTERS-
1. Narendra Modi– Prime Minister of India. Also in-charge of- Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and All important policy issues; All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
2. Rajnath Singh– Minister of Defence
3. Amit Shah– Minister of Home Affairs
4. Nitin Jairam Gadkari – Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
5. D.V. Sadananda Gowda – Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
6. Nirmala Sitharaman – Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
7. Ramvilas Paswan – Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
8. Narendra Singh Tomar – Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj.
9. Ravi Shankar Prasad – Minister of Law and Justice; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
10. Harsimrat Kaur Badal – Minister of Food Processing Industries.
11. Thaawar Chand Gehlot – Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
12. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – Minister of External Affairs
13. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ – Minister of Human Resource Development
14. Arjun Munda – Minister of Tribal Affairs
15. Smriti Zubin Irani – Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles.
16. Dr. Harsh Vardhan – Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Minister of Science and Technology; and Minister of Earth Sciences.
17. Prakash Javadekar – Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
18. Piyush Goyal – Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce and Industry.
19. Dharmendra Pradhan – Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Steel.
20. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi – Minister of Minority Affairs
21. Pralhad Joshi – Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines.
22. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey – Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
23. Arvind Ganpat Sawant– Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise.
24. Giriraj Singh– Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
25. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat– Minister of Jal Shakti.