PM Modi’s cabinet 2.0: Amit Shah likely to get Finance, Rajnath Singh Home Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman may retain Defence ministry

New Delhi: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his 57-member council of ministers were sworn in by President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday, it is learnt that several of the top ministers have been given the following portfolios:
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PM Modi will be in charge of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister;
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Rajnath Singh will be the Minister of Home Affairs;
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Amit Shah will be the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs;
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Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Minister of Shipping, Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation;
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DV Sadanand Gowda, Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation;
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Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Defence;
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S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs;
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Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law and Justice, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology;
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Ramesh Pokhriyal, Minister of Health and Family Welfare;
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Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development;
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Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Rural Development and Minister for Panchayati Raj;
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Thawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.