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Reshuffle of Union Council of Ministers
September 3 , 2017
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The Prime Minister led Union Cabinet has been expanded.
Four cabinet ministers and nine ministers of state were sworn in by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
| Minister | Charge |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Defence |
| Piyush Goyal | Railways; and Coal. |
| Suresh Prabhu | Commerce and Industry. |
| Dharmendra Pradhan | Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
| Nitin Jairam Gadkari | Road Transport and Highways; Shipping; and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation |
| Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Independent Charge) | Youth Affairs and Sports; and Information and Broadcasting |
- Nirmala Sitharaman is the first “full time” woman Defence Minister and the second woman next to Indra Gandhi to hold the prestigious post.
- Nirmala Sitharaman becomes the second woman after external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to be a part of the cabinet committee on security (CCS) in PM Narendra Modi’s government. She has also become part of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister, which also includes External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, Finance minister Arun Jaitley and Home minister Rajnath Singh
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