Amit Shah is Home Minister, Sitharaman gets Finance, Rajnath Defence

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Amit Shah. File Photo

New Delhi, May 31:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday allocated portfolios to the newly inducted ministers. Rajnath Singh is the Defence Minister, while Amit Shah gets the Home Ministry, Nirmala Sitharaman is the Finance Minister and S Jaishankar is External Affairs Minister.

Below is the list 

Rajnath Singh: Minister of Defence.

Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs.

Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs.

Nitin Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

DV Sadananda Gowda: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers.

Ramvilas Paswan: Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Narendra Singh Tomar:  Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj.