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Jaitley is big player after Modi; Rajnath gets home, Sushma foreign

New Delhi: Arun Jaitley has turned out to be the most important person in the new government after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with three heavy portfolios of finance, defence and corporate affairs, it was announced

CABINET MINISTERS:

Rajnath Singh: Home Affairs, Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs, Arun Jaitley: Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence, M. Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs, Nitin Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, D.V. Sadananda Gowda: Railways, Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

 Najma A. Heptulla: Minority Affairs, Gopinathrao Munde: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Maneka Gandhi: Women and Child Development, Ananth Kumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ravi Shankar Prasad: Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice.

Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati: Civil Aviation, Anant Geete: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries, Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment, Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs, Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture, Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment, Smriti Irani: Human Resource Development, Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare