New Members Inducted Into The Council Of Ministers By PM Modi

Besides Javadekar, who was MoS (Independent), all new Ministers of State were sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari, a galaxy of union ministers, including Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani and Chaudhary Birender Singh and BJP chief Amit Shah.(Image Courtesy: PMO India/Twitter)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expanded his council of ministers by elevating Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar in the cabinet and also inducted 19 new Ministers of State.(Image Courtesy: PIB India/Twitter)

All new ministers sworn in Tuesday are from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) barring RPI leader Ramdas Athawale and Apna Dal lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh Anupriya Patel. (Image Courtesy: PMO India/Twitter)

Anupriya Patel takes oath as the Minister of State (MoS)

Krishna Raj sworn in as the Minister of State (MoS)

Dr Subhash Ramrao Bhamre takes oath as the Minister of State (MoS)

P P Choudhary sworn in as the Minister of State (MoS)

CR Chaudhary sworn in as the Minister of State (MoS)

Mansukh Mandaviya takes oath as the Minister of state (MoS)

Ajay Tamta sworn in as the Minister of State (MoS)

Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey takes oath as the Minister of State (MoS)

Jaswant Singh Bhabhor takes oath as Minister of State (MoS)

Arjun Ram Meghwal takes oath as the Minister of State (MoS)

M. J. Akbar takes oath as the Minister of State (MoS)

Parsottambhai Rupala sworn in as the Minister of State (MoS)

Anil Madhav Dave sworn in as the Minister of State (MoS)

Rajen Gohain takes oath as the Minister of State (MoS)

Fagan Khulaste takes oath as Minister of State (MoS)

Ramdas Athawale takes oath as Minister of State (MoS)

SS Ahluwalia takes oath as Minister of State (MoS)

Ramesh Jigajinagi takes oath as Minister of State (MoS)