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Shri Narendra Modi assumes office as 15th Prime Minister of India

Posted on : 27-05-2014 | Back | Print

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was sworn-in by President of India Shri Pranab Mukerjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 26, 2014. His swearing-in was followed by the Cabinet Ministers taking their oath of office. He assumed office as the Fifteenth Prime Minister of India on May 27, 2014. .

The complete swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister of India and the Union Council of Ministers can be seen at the link: http://www.presidentofindia.nic.in/swearingin.html

As per press reports, Prime Minister Shri Modi had received a call from Netherlands Prime Minister Mr. Mark Rutte.  Congratulating him, Netherlands Prime Minister said the Netherlands' connection with India is 400 years old and had its roots in Surat.  He said that he had been following the general elections in India and the popularity of Mr. Modi. He added that he looked forward to meet Mr. Modi at the earliest and expressed the hope that, under his leadership, cooperation between the Netherlands and India would grow in leaps.

The complete election results of the General Elections  to the Lok Sabha 2014 can be viewed at the Election Commission of India website at the link:  http://eciresults.nic.in/

Message from The Prime Minister
My dear fellow Indians and citizens of the world,
Namaste!

A very warm welcome to the official website of the Prime Minister of India.

On 16th May 2014 the people of India gave their verdict. They delivered a mandate for development, good governance and stability. As we devote ourselves to take India’s development journey to newer heights, we seek your support, blessings and active participation. Together we will script a glorious future for India. Let us together dream of a strong, developed and inclusive India that actively engages with the global community to strengthen the cause of world peace and development.

I envision this website as a very important medium of direct communication between us. I am a firm believer in the power of technology and social media to communicate with people across the world. I hope this platform creates opportunities to listen, learn and share one’s views.

Through this website you will also get all the latest information about my speeches, schedules, foreign visits and lot more. I will also keep informing you about innovative initiatives undertaken by the Government of India.
Yours,
NarendraModi

List of Council of Ministers and their Portfolios


Prime Minister

 

Shri Narendra Modi

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

Cabinet Ministers

1

Shri Raj Nath Singh

Home Affairs

2

Smt. Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs
Overseas Indian Affairs

3

Shri Arun Jaitley

Finance
Corporate Affairs
Defence

4

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

Urban Development
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Parliamentary Affairs

5

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Road Transport and Highways
Shipping

6

Shri D.V. SadanandaGowda

Railways

7

Sushri Uma Bharati

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

8

Dr. Najma A. Heptulla

Minority Affairs

9

Shri Gopinathrao Munde

Rural Development
Panchayati Raj
Drinking Water and Sanitation

10

Shri Ramvilas Paswan

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

11

Shri Kalraj Mishra

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

12

Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

Women and Child Development

13

Shri Ananthkumar

Chemicals and Fertilizers

14

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

Communications and Information Technology
Law and Justice

15

Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati

Civil Aviation

16

Shri Anant Geete

Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

17

Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Food Processing Industries

18

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

Mines
Steel
Labour and Employment

19

Shri Jual Oram

Tribal Affairs

20

Shri Radha Mohan Singh

Agriculture

21

Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Social Justice and Empowerment

22

Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

Human Resource Development

23

Dr. Harsh Vardhan

Health and Family Welfare

 

Ministers of State

1

General V.K. Singh

Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge)
External Affairs
Overseas Indian Affairs

2

Shri Inderjit Singh Rao

Planning (Independent Charge)
Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge)
Defence

3

Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar

Textiles (Independent Charge)
Parliamentary Affairs
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

4

Shri Shripad Yesso Naik

Culture (Independent Charge)
Tourism (Independent Charge)

5

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)

6

Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)

7

Shri Prakash Javadekar

Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge)
Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)
Parliamentary Affairs

8

Shri Piyush Goyal

Power (Independent Charge)
Coal (Independent Charge)
New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)

9

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

10

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)
Finance
Corporate Affairs

11

Shri G.M. Siddeshwara

Civil Aviation

12

Shri Manoj Sinha

Railways

13

Shri Nihalchand

Chemicals and Fertilizers

14

Shri Upendra Kushwaha

Rural Development
Panchayati Raj
Drinking Water and Sanitation

15

Shri Radhakrishnan P

Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

16

Shri Kiren Rijiju

Home Affairs

17

Shri Krishan Pal

Road Transport and Highways
Shipping

18

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

Agriculture
Food Processing Industries

19

Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

Tribal Affairs

20

Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

21

Shri Vishnu Deo Sai

Mines
Steel
Labour and Employment

22

Shri Sudarshan Bhagat

Social Justice and Empowerment



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