- Here are some key assignments:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space
- Rajnath Singh: Ministry of Defence
- Amit Shah: Ministry of Home Affairs; Ministry of Cooperation
- Nitin Gadkari: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- JP Nadda: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare; Ministry of Rural Development
- Nirmala Sitharaman: Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- S Jaishankar: Ministry of External Affairs
- Among the new entrants to the Union Cabinet, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has got Agriculture and Rural Development Ministries, while BJP president J P Nadda has returned to the Health Ministry.
- Among the five members of the BJP’s allies in the Union Cabinet, JD (Secular)'s H D Kumaraswamy has got Heavy Industries, and Steel ministries, Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM-Secular) has Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry, and Lalan Singh (Janata Dal-United) Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Ministries.
Question:
1 Who has been appointed as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare?
- A) JP Nadda
- B) Nitin Gadkari
- C) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
- D) Lalan Singh