New ministers join Modi ministry, Prakash Javadekar elevated to cabinet rank

Minister of State Prakash Javadekar was sworn in as a cabinet minister on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought about major changes in his ministry

Prakash Javadekar and Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Minister of State Prakash Javadekar was sworn in as a cabinet minister on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought about major changes in his ministry.

Prakash Javadekar and Narendra Modi

In a solemn function at Rashtrapati Bhavan, others who joined his ministry as Ministers of State included Faggan Singh Khulaste, Vijay Goel, M.J. Akbar, S.S. Ahluwalia and Ramdas Athavale.

A total of 19 MPs are expected to take oath on Tuesday. All of them are from the BJP barring Athavale.

List of new ministers in Modi government

The follwing is the list of new ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government:

List of new ministers in Modi government

The follwing is the list of new ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government:

The 19 new Ministers of State:

Faggan Singh Kulaste

S.S. Ahluwalia

Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi

Vijay Goel

Ramdas Athavale

Rajen Gohain

Anil Madhav Dave

Purushottam Rupala

M.J. Akbar

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Jaswant Sinh Bhabhor

Mahendra Nath Pandey

Ajay Tamta

Krishna Raj

Mansukh Bhai Mandavia

Anupriya Patel

C.R. Chaudhary

P.P. Chaudhary

Subhas Ramrao Bhamre