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Jaitley is big player after Modi; Rajnath gets home, Sushma foreign

New Delhi: Arun Jaitley has turned out to be the most important person in the new government after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with three heavy portfolios of finance, defence and corporate affairs, it was announced

MINISTERS OF STATE:

V.K. 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).

Jitendra Singh: Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent Charge) , Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Nirmala Sitharaman: Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge), Finance, Corporate Affairs, G.M. Siddeshwara: Civil Aviation, Manoj Sinha: Railways, Nihalchand: Chemicals and Fertilizers, Upendra Kushwaha: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation.

P. Radhakrishnan: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Kiren Rijiju, Home Affairs, Krishan Pal: Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, 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