Modi 2.0 Council of Ministers: Meet 6 powerful women leaders in PM Modi's new cabinet

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Deboshree Chowdhury is a first timer in the newly elected government. She has taken oath as a Minister of State. Chowdhury is a BJP leader from West Bengal, where the party has managed to make massive inroads in the Lok Sabha elections 2019 by winning 18 seats. (Image: Twitter)

Nirmala Sitharaman (60) has been one of the crucial women ministers in the previous Modi government and is among one of the six female ministers who have been sworn in as part of the new government on May 30. Sitharaman has been serving as the Minister of Defence of India since 2017 and has served as Member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2016. Sitharaman is India's second female defence minister after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Sitharaman has been given Finance Ministry and Minister of Corporate Affairs in Modi government 2.0. (Image: PTI)

Renuka Singh Saruta (58) also sworn in as a Minister of State in the Modi government. Saruta is a tribal leader of the BJP from Chhattisgarh. She was a former minister in the Raman Singh government. A two-time MLA, Renuka Singh was women and child development minister in the Raman Singh cabinet from 2003 to 2005. (Image: PTI)

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (52) took oath as a Minister of State (MoS) in the new Modi government. In the previous Modi government, she held the portfolio of Minister of State for Food Processing Industries. She has been a strong advocate of promoting afforestation, social and cultural values, protecting cows, uplifting poor children and helping women from financially weak backgrounds get married. (Image: Twitter)

Smriti Zubin Irani (43), who emerged as a giant killed after defeating Congress President Rahul Gandhi from Amethi in Lok Sabha Elections, has also taken oath as a cabinet minister in the new government. Irani became the youngest cabinet minister in 2014 after the BJP won a massive victory in the Lok Sabha polls and was assigned the high-profile Human Resource Development ministry. Irani got Ministry of Women and Child Development in the new government. (Image: PTI)