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Modi 3.0: Nirmala Sitharaman to Anupriya Patel, check portfolios of 7 women ministers in new NDA govt

Modi 3.0: Narendra Modi has become only the second PM after Jawaharlal Nehru to secure a third consecutive term. Along with Modi, who took oath, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar were sworn in as Cabinet ministers.

Modi 3.0, Modi Cabinet Image Source : PTIWomen MPs taking oath as ministers at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Union government

Modi Cabinet 3.0: Seven women members, including Nirmala Sitharaman, Annapurna Devi and Anupriya Singh Patel, were sworn in as the ministers in the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi Cabinet at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday (June 9). The swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Council of ministers was held in the grand forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan which was attended by many heads of state, political veterans and debutants, business tycoons and a few film stars adding a dash of stardust to the event. PM Modi equalled the feat of the first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who won in the 1952, 1957 and 1962 general elections.

In the Modi 3.0 Cabinet, the women ministers include Nirmala Sitharaman, Apna Dal MP Anupriya Patel, and BJP MPs Shobha Karandlaje, Nimuben Bambhaniya, Raksha Khadse, Savitri Thakur, and Annapurna Devi. Sitharaman and Devi became the Cabinet ministers, while the other women took oaths as ministers of state.

Check portfolios of 7 women ministers in new NDA govt

S.No.

Cabinet Ministers 

Party

Portfolio(s)

1.

Nirmala Sitharaman

BJP 

Minister of Finance, and Minister of Corporate Affairs

2. Annapurna Devi BJP Minister of Women and Child Development

MINISTERS OF STATE:

S.No.

Ministers of State

Party

Portfolio(s)

1.

Anupriya Patel

Apna Dal (Sonneylal)

Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare, and Minister of State of Chemicals and Fertilizers

2. Shobha Karandlaje BJP

Minister of State of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, and Minister of State of Labour and Employment

3. Raksha Nikhil Khadse BJP Minister of State of Youth Affairs and Sports
4. Savitri Thakur BJP  Minister of State of Women and Child Development
5. Nimuben Bambhaniya BJP Minister of State of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

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