Following the oath-taking ceremony held in the evening at the Rashtrapati Bhavan as part of the Cabinet reshuffle exercise, portfolios were allocated to the newly-inducted ministers.
Dr Ashwini Vaishnav is the new Minister of Railways as well as the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
Mansukh Mandaviya is the new Health Minister.
Anurag Thakur is the new Sports Minister, as well as, Information & Broadcasting Minister.
Home Minister Amit Shah will also be in charge of the newly created Ministry of Cooperation. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will also be the Minister of Corporate Affairs.
Kiren Rijiju will be the new Minister of Law and Justice.
Hardeep Singh Puri will be in charge of the ministries of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs.
Here is the full list released by PIB on its official Twitter handle:
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