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Piyush Goyal Is The New Textile Minister

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has been given additional charge of Ministry of Textiles in the recent cabinet reshuffle and expansion. Piyush Goyal will continue to hold the portfolios of Commerce and Industry Ministry, and Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution. Goyal takes over from Smriti Irani who took charge of the Textiles Ministry in July 2016, and in 2019 was given the additional portfolio of Ministry of Women and Child Development. She is now in charge of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Cabinet reshuffle: Full list of ministers in PM Modi's Cabinet The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Council of Ministers

Shri Narendra Modi		Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

CABINET MINISTERS
1	Shri Raj Nath Singh	Minister of Defence
2	Shri Amit Shah	Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation
3	Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Minister of Road Transport and Highways
4	Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman	Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs
5	Shri Narendra Singh Tomar	Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
6	Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar	Minister of External Affairs
7	Shri Arjun Munda	Minister of Tribal Affairs
8	Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani	Minister of Women and Child Development
9	Shri Piyush Goyal	Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles
10	Shri Dharmendra Pradhan	Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
11	Shri Pralhad Joshi	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Coal; and Minister of Mines
12	Shri Narayan Tatu Rane	Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
13	Shri Sarbananda Sonowal	Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH
14	Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	Minister of Minority Affairs
15	Dr. Virendra Kumar	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
16	Shri Giriraj Singh	Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj
17	Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	Minister of Civil Aviation
18	Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh	Minister of Steel
19	Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw	Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
20	Shri Pashu Pati Kumar Paras	Minister of Food Processing Industries
21	Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Minister of Jal Shakti
22	Shri Kiren Rijiju	Minister of Law and Justice
23	Shri Raj Kumar Singh	Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
24	Shri Hardeep Singh Puri	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
25	Shri Mansukh Mandaviya	Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
26	Shri Bhupender Yadav	Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment
27	Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey	Minister of Heavy Industries
28	Shri Parshottam Rupala	Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
29	Shri G. Kishan Reddy	Minister of Culture; Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
30	Shri Anurag Singh Thakur	Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1	Rao Inderjit Singh	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
2	Dr. Jitendra Singh	Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space

MINISTERS OF STATE
1	Shri Shripad Yesso Naik	Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
2	Shri Faggansingh Kulaste	Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
3	Shri Prahalad Singh Patel	Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
4	Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
5	Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
6	General (Retd.) V. K. Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
7	Shri Krishan Pal	Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
8	Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao	Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
9	Shri Ramdas Athawale	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
10	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti	Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
11	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
12	Shri Nityanand Rai	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
13	Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14	Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel	Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
15	Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel	Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice
16	Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
17	Sushri Shobha Karandlaje	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
18	Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma	Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
19	Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh	Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
20	Shri V. Muraleedharan	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
21	Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
22	Shri Som Parkash	Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
23	Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
24	Shri Rameswar Teli	Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
25	Shri Kailash Choudhary	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
26	Smt. Annpurna Devi	Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
27	Shri A. Narayanaswamy	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28	Shri Kaushal Kishore	Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
29	Shri Ajay Bhatt	Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
30	Shri B. L. Verma	Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
31	Shri Ajay Kumar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
32	Shri Devusinh Chauhan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
33	Shri Bhagwanth Khuba	Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
34	Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil	Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
35	Sushri Pratima Bhoumik	Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
36	Dr. Subhas Sarkar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
37	Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad	Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
38	Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
39	Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar	Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
40	Shri Bishweswar Tudu	Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
41	Shri Shantanu Thakur	Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
42	Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai	Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH
43	Shri John Barla	Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
44	Dr. L. Murugan	Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
45	Shri Nisith Pramanik	Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports