Modi Cabinet 2024: Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday, marking his third consecutive term in office. This historic event makes him only the second Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to achieve this feat. Modi took the oath in the name of God, administered by President Droupadi Murmu.
Alongside Modi, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S. Jaishankar were sworn in as cabinet ministers, reflecting the Prime Minister's focus on continuity and experience. Notably, these leaders held prominent positions in Modi's previous term. Party president J.P. Nadda returned to the cabinet after a five-year hiatus, while former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and ex-Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar joined the cabinet as new faces.
JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy, HAM (Secular) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, JD(U) leader Lalan Singh, and TDP's K. Ram Mohan Naidu were inducted as ministers.
Check the full list below:
Cabinet Ministers
| Cabinet Ministers | Party |
| 1. Rajnath Singh | BJP |
| 2. Amit Shah | BJP |
| 3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari | BJP |
| 4. Jagat Prakash Nadda | BJP |
| 5. Shivraj Singh Chouhan | BJP |
| 6. Nirmala Sitharaman | BJP |
| 7. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | BJP |
| 8. Manohar Lal Khattar | BJP |
| 9. H. D. Kumaraswamy | JD(S) |
| 10. Piyush Goyal | BJP |
| 11.Dharmendra Pradhan | BJP |
| 12. Jitan Ram Manjhi | HAM |
| 13. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh | JD(U) |
| 14. Sarbananda Sonowal | BJP |
| 15. Virendra Kumar | BJP |
| 16. Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu | TDP |
| 17. Pralhad Joshi | BJP |
| 18. Jual Oram | BJP |
| 19. Giriraj Singh | BJP |
| 20. Ashwini Vaishnaw | BJP |
| 21. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia | BJP |
| 22. Bhupender Yadav | BJP |
| 23. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | BJP |
| 24. Annpurna Devi | BJP |
| 25. Kiren Rijiju | BJP |
| 26. Hardeep Singh Puri | BJP |
| 27. Mansukh Mandaviya | BJP |
| 28. G. Kishan Reddy | BJP |
| 29. Chirag Paswan | Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) |
| 30. C R Paatil | BJP |
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
| 1. Rao Inderjit Singh | BJP |
| 2. Jitendra Singh | BJP |
| 3. Arjun Ram Meghwal | BJP |
| 4. Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao | Shiv Sena |
| 5. Jayant Chaudhary | RLD |
Ministers of State
| 1. Jitin Prasada | BJP |
| 2. Shripad Yesso Naik | BJP |
| 3. Pankaj Chaudhary | BJP |
| 4. Krishan Pal Gurjar | BJP |
| 5. Ramdas Athawale | Republican Party of India |
| 6.Ram Nath Thakur | JD(U) |
| 7. Nityanand Rai | BJP |
| 8. Anupriya Patel | Apna Dal (Soneylal) |
| 9.V. Somanna | BJP |
| 10. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani | TDP |
| 11. Satya Pal Singh Baghel | BJP |
| 12.Shobha Karandlaje | BJP |
| 13. Kirtivardhan Singh | BJP |
| 14. B. L. Verma | BJP |
| 15. Shantanu Thakur | BJP |
| 16. Suresh Gopi | BJP |
| 17. L. Murugan | BJP |
| 18. Ajay Tamta | BJP |
| 19. Bandi Sanjay Kumar | BJP |
| 20. Kamlesh Paswan | BJP |
| 21. Bhagirath Choudhary | BJP |
| 22. Satish Chandra Dubey | BJP |
| 23. Sanjay Seth | BJP |
| 24. Ravneet Singh Bittu | BJP |
| 25. Durgadas Uikey | BJP |
| 26. Raksha Nikhil Khadse | BJP |
| 27. Sukanta Majumdar | BJP |
| 28. Savitri Thakur | BJP |
| 29. Tokhan Sahu | BJP |
| 30. Raj Bhushan Choudhary | BJP |
| 31. Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma | BJP |
| 32. Harsh Malhotra | BJP |
| 33. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya | BJP |
| 34. Murlidhar Mohol | BJP |
| 35. George Kurian | BJP |
| 36. Pabitra Margherita | BJP |
BJP stalwarts Piyush Goyal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Bhupender Yadav, who transitioned from the Rajya Sabha to the Lok Sabha, retained their ministerial roles. Additionally, former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Virendra Kumar, Pralhad Joshi, Giriraj Singh, and Jual Oram were among those sworn in.
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The event was attended by several dignitaries, including Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, TDP president Chandrababu Naidu, and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar. Bollywood icons Shahrukh Khan and Rajinikanth, along with industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, were also present. Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge attended, despite many opposition leaders opting to skip the ceremony.
Special guests included leaders from India's neighbouring countries and the Indian Ocean region, such as Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Bhutanese PM Tshering Tobgay, and Seychelles Vice-President Ahmed Afif.