Establishing himself as the Prime Minister of India for the 3rd time, Narendra Modi took his oath on 9th June, 2024. Following the surprising election results announced on 4th June, the new cabinet Modi 3.0 was formed the same day with 30 cabinet ministers under the Modi government, 72 total ministers, and 9 new faces. At least 7 cabinet ministers and 30 state ministers could not establish a place in the new cabinet, including notable names like Smriti Irani and Anurag Thakur.

As announced on the 4th of June, the Lok Sabha election results showcased that out of the 543 total seats, BJP won 240 seats, 32 short of the majority mark, and allies helped the party to climb up to 293.

The new cabinet ministers’ oath was taken on 9th June after PM Modi took his. The new Council of Ministers consists of 30 Cabinet Ministers, 5 Ministers of State (Independent Charge), and 36 Ministers of State. From the outgoing Council of Ministers which includes 26 Cabinet Ministers, 7 have been dropped. Moreover, the outgoing Council of Ministers also included 3 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 42 Ministers of State, and out of these 42 Ministers of State, 30 have been dropped.

The following is the list of ministers forming the current Council of Ministers:

Cabinet Ministers who took their oath in Modi 3.0

Rajnath Singh
Amit Shah
Nitin Gadkari
JP Nadda
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Nirmala Sitharaman
S Jaishankar
Manohar Lal Khattar
HD Kumaraswamy
Piyush Goyal
Dharmendra Pradhan
Jitan Ram Manjhi
Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh
Sarbananda Sonowal
Dr Virendra Kumar
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu
Pralhad Joshi
Jual Oram
Giriraj Singh
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Jyotiraditya Scindia
Bhupender Yadav
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Annapurna Devi
Kiren Rijiju
Hardeep Singh Puri
Mansukh Mandaviya
G Kishan Reddy
Chirag Paswan
CR Patil

Ministers of State with Independent Charge

Rao Inderjit Singh
Jitendra Singh
Arjun Ram Meghwal
Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav
Jayant Chaudhary

Ministers of State 2024

Jitin Prasada
Shripad Naik
Pankaj Chaudhary
Krishan Pal Gurjar
Ramdas Athawale
Ram Nath Thakur
Nityanand Rai
Anupriya Patel
V Somanna
Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
SP Singh Baghel
Shobha Karandlaje
Kirti Vardhan Singh
BL Verma
Shantanu Thakur
Suresh Gopi
L Murugan
Ajay Tamta
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Kamlesh Paswan
Bhagirath Chaudhary
Satish Chandra Dubey
Sanjay Seth
Ravneet Singh Bittu
Durga Das Uikey
Raksha Khadse
Sukanta Majumdar
Savitri Thakur
Tokhan Sahu
Rajbhushan Chaudhary
Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma
Harsh Malhotra
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya
Murlidhar Mohol
George Kurian
Pabitra Margherita

According to statistical data and claims of the opposition parties, Modi 3.0 sees dwindling numbers in terms of minority representation. For the first time in Indian history, the new council has no Muslim representation, and the remaining minority representation stands at only 5%. Among the whopping 72 members, only 5 are minority faces, namely, Kiren Rijiju and Hardeep Puri who are Cabinet Ministers, and Ravneet Singh, George Kurien, and Ramdas Athwale as the Ministers of State.

Opposition parties have claimed that this move will have an adverse impact on the concerns of the minorities and calls for serious introspection within the formation of the new Council of Ministers. Following his oath, PM Modi assumed office for the third time, and has signed the first file of this term dedicated to farmers’ welfare and upliftment.