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Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants abducted more than 200 girls from north-eastern Nigeria

from April 2014 aged between 12 and 15.

Air India announced on 1 May 2014 to join largest global airlines network Star Alliance in July

2014.

National Basketball Association (NBA) on 1 May 2014 banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald

Sterling for life and fined him 2.5 million dollars over an alleged racist remark on African-American

spectators in the stand.

Granary with walls of mud-bricks discovered by archaeologists during excavation at Rakhigarhi village

a Harappan civilisation site, in Haryana.

India ranked no 1 in ICC Twenty20 International Team rankings by replacing Sri Lanka.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ford Motor Co Alan Mulally announced to retire on 1 July 2014.

US senate confirmed name of Manish Shah as Federal Judge in Illinois. He was confirmed by the Senate

by 95-0 votes.

Government of Namibia purchased 3400 India-made EVMs for use in the countries Presidential

Election, scheduled in November 2014.

The United States on 2 May 2014 announced 1.2 million US dollar aid package for Ukrainian

Journalists.

The Election Queue Management System, a first of its kind initiative in the country in Budwan

district, West Bengal.

World Press Freedom Day was observed on 3 May 2014 across the world.

Trap Shooter, Manavjit Sandhu ranked at third spot in ISSF World Ranking.

Nobel Laureate economist Gary Becker died at the age of 93 due to illness in Chicago.

First indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra successfully test fired on 4 May 2014 from

a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet over the Arabian Sea off Goa.

Vice-president of Panama Juan Carlos Varela on 4 May 2014 won the presidential election.

Sania Mirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe on 3 May 2014 won womens doubles title by

defeating the Czech Russian team of Eva Hrdinova and Valeria Solovyeva 6-4, 6-3 in the final at the

WTA Portugal Open 2014 held in Oeiras, Portugal.

Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik won the 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press

Freedom Prize.

Virat Kohli was ranked no 1 in ICC list of One Day International (ODI) ranking released in Dubai

on 4 May 2014.

Dipika Pallikal ranked 10 in the Womens Squash Association (WSA) rankings released on 4 May 2014.

New Element 117 which is temporarily called Uunseptium with 117 protons set to join periodic



table.

Martin Kilzan won Munich ATP tournament in Germany by defeating Fabio Fognini 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Mark Selby of England won World Snooker Championship title 2014 on in Sheffield, England.

A book entitled A Stamp is Born authored by C. R. Pakrashi was released by Vice President of India, M

Hamid Ansari.

Prime Minister of Slovenia, Alenka Bratusek resigned on 5 May 2014.

Elena Baltacha, the former British No 1 tennis player died of liver cancer at the age of 30.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on 5 May 2014 declared outbreak of polio as a World

Health Emergency.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 6 May 2014 issued the guidelines to allowe the minors of age

above 10 years to open Savings bank accounts.

BCCI suspended RCA and appointed an ad-hoc body to run the states cricket affairs. The action was

taken after Lalit Modi was elected as RCA President.

Pakistan successfully test-fired surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Hataf-III Ghaznavi during war

exercises of Armys Strategic Force Command.

Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed the former fast bowler of Pakistan, Waqar Younis as the

national coach of the national team of Pakistan.

Two Indian-Americans Manjusha P. Kulkarni and Ranjana Paintal on 7 May 2014 were selected for

Champions of Change by the White House.

Indian-American cardiologist Mitul Kadakia won the prestigious 2014 Gregory Bradeb Memorial

Fellow of the Year Award.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on 7 May 2014 approved the flying license of AirAsia

India Private Limited (AAIPL).

Dennis Lillee left Cricket Australia coaching post over pay hike.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on 7 May 2014 issued guidelines to operastors for Real

Time Tracking of Aircrafts.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was named snooker's Player of the Year at the sport's annual awards ceremony in

London on 8 May 2014.

Inspector General K Natarajan took over as the 21st Commander of the Coast Guard Region

(Andaman and Nicobar) as a successor of VSR Murthy.

Book entitled India Junction A Window to the Nation was released by Arunendra Kumar, the

Chairman of Railway Board.

Reserve Bank of Inia (RBI) in its notification barred eligible Indian companies from raising ECB

from overseas branches/subsidiaries of Indian banks.



SEBI exempted Etihad Airways from making open offer in the Jet deal as purchase of 24% stake of Jet

Airlines doesnt amount to change in ownership.

The United States, Russia, China, Britain and France signed a protocol to the Central Asian Nuclear-

Weapon-Free-Zone Treaty.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang eight day official visits to four nations of African continent starting on 4

May 2014 concluded on 11 May 2014.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor set up a High Powered Committee to look into the pollution levels in Delhi

and suggest steps to reduce its levels in the city.

Manipur defeated defending champions Orissa to clinch the Senior National Womens Football

Championships title at Golaghat Stadium in Assam.

President of India conferred National Florence Nighangle Awards 2014 on 35 nursing personnel from

across the country for their meritorious services.

Russias Maria Sharapova won the Mutua Madrid Open Tennis title by defeating Romanian

Simona Halep 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the finals.

Rafael Nadal won his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at Mutua Madrid Open final after

Kei Nishikori was forced to withdraw with a back injury.

London-based Hinduja brothers emerged richest in UK in the Super-Rich list. They replaced Lakshmi

Mittal and Alisher Usmanov to top the list.

The President of India gave his assent to the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2011 and with his

assent the Bill became a law.

Union Government on 13 May 2014 appointed Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the

28th Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

Oscar winning Swedish Film Director Malik Bendjelloul died.

RBI has allowed the overseas branches of domestic banks to offer structured derivatives even if

the products are not allowed in India, at present.

The committee to review Governance of Boards of Banks in India on 13 May 2014 submitted its

report to Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

UN Envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on 13 May 2014 submitted his resignation to UN Secretary-

General Ban Ki-moon in New York.

Justice BS Chauhan appointed as the Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as a

successor of Justice NP Singh.

T-TBI has been chosen for the Special Commendation at the Golden Peacock National Training Awards

2014 for conduct of Entrepreneurship training.

Indian American Indira Talwanis name was confirmed as a federal judge in Massachusetts by US

Senate.



VRV Sriprasad appointed as MD of Volvo Buses India.

Pankaj Advani on 14 May 2014 won Cricket Club of India (CCI) Classic Billiards and Snooker

tournament.

Hockey India (HI) honoured heroes of 1975 World Cup team on 14 May 2014.

Six workers injured on 14 May 2014 after Hot water Spill from a valve at Kudankulam Nuclear Power

Plant.

Asia's biggest milk brand Amul on 14 May 2014 announced to set up a dairy processing plant in

Varanasi.

The International Technology Law Association on 14 May 2014 appointed Sajai singh as the President.

SC has appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal panel to further probe the IPL betting or spot fixing scandal

that involves Narayanswamy Srinivasan and 12 others.

Kasturirangan Task Force on Waste to Energy submitted its report on 14 May 2014 to the Planning

Commission.

Governor of the Reserve Bank of India announced that plastic currency notes will be launched in 2015

after field trials in five cities.

Ashwin B. Pandya appointed as the Chairman of the Central Water Commission & ex-officio

Secretary of the Government of India.

Meghalaya High Court on 15 May 2014 ruled that the nationals of Bangladesh, who settled in

the state before 24 March 1971 should be treated as Indians.

16th Lok Sabha Elections 2014 results declared: BJP emerged as the winner in the 16th Lok Sabha

election by securing 282 seats of 543. The results were declared on 16 May 2014.

Manmohan Singh resigned as the Prime Minister of India after his party faced a defeat in the

16th Lok Sabha election.

Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation to the Governor of the state. He

also recommended dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.

Brazil released two postage stamps to pay tribute to the 100 years of Indian cinema. The

stamps have been designed by Indian graphic designer.

Montek Singh Ahluwalia resigned as the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India on

17 May 2014.

15th Lok Sabha has been dissolved by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 18 May

2014 on advice of the outgoing Union Cabinet.

Russi Mody, the former Tata Steels Chairman died.

Nabam Tuki on 18 May 2014 sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh in Itanagar

and his oath to the office was administered by Nirbhay Sharma.



Indian men's recurve team on 18 May 2014 won Silver Medal in Archery World Cup Stage 2 at

Medellin, US.

Novak Djokovic won the Men's Italian Tennis Open 2014 held in Rome, Italy on 18 May 2014.

Serena Williams of US won the Women's Italian Tennis Open 2014 on 18 May 2014. She defeated

World No. 11 Sara Errani of Italy.

Three-time F1 world champion, Sir Jack Brabham died at the age of 88. He is the only driver, who won

a title by a car bearing his name.

Veteran nuclear scientist N Srinivasan died.

Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Chairman Chakravarthi Rangarajan

resigned on 19 May 2014.

Bhasha Shahid Diwas or Language Martyrs Day was observed in Barak Valley of Assam on 19 May in

remembrance of martyrs of language of the state.

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam awarded honorary degree by Edinburgh University.

Pawan Chamling of SDF sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Sikkim for a record fifth consecutive

time.

Jitan Ram Manjhi sowrn-in as the new Chief Minister of Bihar. Governor DY Patil administered his

oath of the office and secrecy.

RBI directed all new ATMs to be installed by commercial banks from July 2014 onwards would

provide audible instructions and Braille keypads to customers.

Domestic e-retailer Flipkart on 21 May 2014 announced that it has acquired rival and leading fashion

e-tailer Myntra.com for 300 million US dollar.

K Rajendra Kumar on 21 May 2014 was appointed as new Director General of Police of Jammu

and Kashmir. He succeeded Ashok Prasad.

Anandiben Patel was sworn-in as the first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat on 22 May 2014.

Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Sukumari Bhattacharji who had equal grasp over English and Sanskrit

language died on 24 May 2014.

Indias distance runner, Kisan Tadvi won silver in boys 3000m race in 2014 Youth Olympics Asian Area

Athletics Qualification event in Bangkok.

Former IB chief, Rajiv Mathur took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the

Central Information Commission.

China won 2014 Uber Cup title of badminton on 24 May 2014.

Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 4-1 to win 10th UEFA Champions League Football title on

May 24, 2014.

Japan won 2014 Thomas Cup badminton.



TR Zeliang sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Nagaland as the successor of Neiphiu Rio on

24 May 2014.

Malavath Poorna of Andhra became youngest woman to climb Mount Everest.

RBI allowed banks to provide loans with tenures of up to 10 years to exporters to help them

ensure capital flows to fulfill long-term contracts.

Gorakhdham Express rammed into a stationary goods train near Khalilabad in UP in which six bogies

were derailed.

Shekhar Guptas book entitled Anticipating India - The best of national interest was released on 24

May 2014.

Singapore became the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India.

Petro Poroshenko won the Ukrainian Presidential Election held on 25 May 2014.

Japan won AFC Women's Asian Cup title against Australia in Vietnam on 25 May 2014.

Dalia Grybauskaite, the Iron Lady of Lithuania, on 25 May 2014 won the Presidential elections

of Lithuania.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany on 25 May 2014 won Monaco Grand Prix of Formula One.

Hindustan Motors halted the production of Indias iconic car Ambassador on 25 May 2014.

Russia and China exercised their veto power against a draft resolution which was intended to refer the

Syrian civil war to the ICC.

Indian rupee becomes the best performing currency in Asia-Pacific region against US dollar so far in

2014.

SIT has been constituted by Union Cabinet to implement the decision of Supreme Court on large

amounts of money stashed abroad.Former judge of Supreme Court Justice MB Shah will head the SIT.

The Royal Thai Army led by Commander-in-Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha in fourth week of May

2014 announced military coup in Thailand.

Narendra Modi on 26 May 2014 was sworn-in as the 15th Prime Minister of India on along with

45-member Council of Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Sushma Swaraj became the first woman External Affairs Minister on 26 May 2014.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightened acquisition & merger rules for Non-Banking Financial

Companies.

Ahmed Maitiq was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Libiya on 26 May 2014.

Mauritius on 27 May 2014 decided to provide automatic tax information exchange to India.

Sachin Tendulkar has been appointed as the goodwill ambassador of 35th National Games, Kerala

scheduled to be held from January-February 2015.

PM of India Narendra Modi held talks with PM of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif.



Maharashtra Government has included chapter on the name of master blaster Sachin in Marathi and

English subject syllabus of class IV.

Indian Navy and Singapore Navy conducted annual bilateral naval exercises, SIMBEX 2014 in Andaman

Sea from 22 May to 28 May 2014.

Azlan Shah best known as The Father of Malaysian hockey died in Ipoh, Malaysia on 28 May 2014. He

was 86. Shah was the 34th ruler of the State of Perak and was a die-hard hockey player.

Maya Angelou, the American author and poet died.

Hiroshi Naka appointed as Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank.

Nripendra Misra appointed as Principal Secretary to PM Narendra Modi.

Supersonic Akash air defence missiles successfully intercepted targets.

Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed as the 14th Attorney-General of India. He succeeds Gulam

Vahanvati.

Vishwanath Tripathi, eminent Hindi writer awarded the prestigious Vyas Samman 2013.

The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari on 29 May 2014 presented the Malti Devi Gyan Peeth

Puraskar-2014.

Union Government and the World Bank signed a loan agreement for World Bank (IDA) assistance of

1006.20 million US dollar for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III.

The international Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed on 29 May 2014.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced on 29 May 2014 to buy 78 percent stake in Network18

Media and Investments for 4000 crore rupees.

Mahindra Group Chairman Anand G Mahindra on 29 May 2014 became the first Indian to receive the

prestigious Harvard Medal.

Human Proteome Map (HPM) deciphering 84% of human proteins was published in British Journal

Nature on 28 May 2014.

Two Indian-Americans Sriram J Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe on 29 May 2014 jointly won the prestigious

Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Vishwanath Tripathi, eminent Hindi writer awarded the prestigious Vyas Samman 2013.

Ajit Doval has been appointed as the National Security Adviser on 30 May 2014.

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on 30 May 2014 released the Provisional and Quarterly Estimate

of National Income for the financial year 2013-14.

Union Government signed credit agreement of a 24 million US dollar with World Bank for additional

financing for URWSSP.

Union Government signed a credit agreement of 165 million US dollar with World Bank for MRWSSP.

Union Government signed a credit agreement of 121.20 million US dollar with World Bank for UDWDP.



The US Air Force on 30 May 2014 deployed two Global Hawks on Misawa airbase in Northern Japan.

The private space travel firm Space X on 30 May 2014 unveiled its new manned Dragon V2 Capsule to

take astronauts into Low-Earth orbit and beyond.

Goa Day was observed on 30 May 2014.

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has appealed to the people of India to Say No To

Tobacco on 'World No Tobacco Day' on May 31, 2014.

BG Srinivas, President and Member of the Board of Infosys resigned will be effective from 10

June 2014.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on 31 May 2014 approved the appointment

of Kavery Banerjee as Secretary, Department of Posts.

Important Days

May 1 International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day.

May 3 World Press Freedom Day, International Energy Day.

May 8 International Red Cross Day (It is celebraed to commemorate the birth

anniversary of the founder of the Red Cross Organization Jean Henry Dunant).

May 11 National Technology Day.

May 15 International Family Day.

May 17 World Telecom Day.

May 24 Commonwealth Day.

May 29 The international Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.

May 30 Goa Day.

May 31 World No Tobacco Day.



Person Appointed US Government on 2 May 2014 appointed Indian-American Jawahar Kaliani to the Office

of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Department of Treasury.

Secretary of the DBT, K. VijayRaghavan elected a foreign associate of the U.S. National

Academy of Sciences (USNAS).

K Natarajan took over as 21st Command of Coast Guard Region (A&N)

Kristin Lund of Norway became first-ever woman to head a UN Peacekeeping Force

Justice BS Chauhan appointed as the Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal

as a successor of Justice NP Singh..

VRV Sriprasad appointed as MD of Volvo Buses India

Constitutional Scholar Sujit Choudhry appointed as Dean of UC Berkeley Law school

A.B. Pandya appointed as the Chairman of Central Water Commission

Nabam Tuki sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

Jitan Ram Manjhi took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar

Pawan Chamling sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Sikkim for record 5th term

Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as Chief Minister of Odisha for fourth consecutive term.

President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee appointed Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of

India.

Narendra Kumar Verma selected as MD of ONGC Videsh Ltd

Anandiben sworn-in as first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat

Rajiv Mathur took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the Central

Information Commission.

Petro Poroshenko won the Ukrainian Presidential Elections

Ahmed Maitiq sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Libya

Nripendra Misra appointed as Principal Secretary to PM Narendra Modi

Mukul Rohatgi appointed as 14th Attorney-General of India

Hiroshi Naka appointed as Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank

Ajit Doval appointed as new National Security Adviser

Kavery Banerjee appointed as Secretary, Department of Posts.



Person Resigned CEO of Ford Motor Co Alan Mulally announced to resign on 1 July 2014

Prime Minister of Slovenia, Alenka Bratusek resigned on 5 May 2014.

UN Envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi resigned

PM Manmohan Singh tendered his resignation to President

Nitish Kumar resigned as Bihar Chief Minister

PM Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan resigned

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Resigned

Narendra Modi resigned as Gujarat CM to take over as PM

BG Srinivas, President and Member of the Board of Infosys resigned will be effective from

10 June 2014.

Obituary

Nobel Laureate economist Gary Becker died at 93

Oscar winning Swedish Film Director Malik Bendjelloul died

Russi Mody, the former Tata Steels Chairman died

N Srinivasan, the veteran nuclear scientist died

American Cinematographer Gordon Willis deadat 82

David Allen, former off-spinner of England and Gloucestershire died

Donald Levine creator of Worlds first action figure died

Maya Angelou, the American author and poet died

Azlan Shah-The Father of Malaysian hockey died at 86

Indologist and Sanskrit Scholar Sukumari Bhattacharji died.



Person on Visit

SAARC Countries Leaders visited India

SAARC Countries Leaders visited India on 26 May 2014. They visited India as a part of swearing-in

ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had substantive

meetings with all eight leaders who visited India after the swearing-in ceremony.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan

Prime Minister of Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan

President Abdulla Yameen of Maldives

Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam of Mauritius

Prime Minister Sushil Koirala of Nepal

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan

Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.

Person on News US Senate confirmed Manish Shah as federal judge in Illinois

Hinduja Brothers emerged richest in UK

Former Israel PM Olmert sentenced to imprisonment in corruption case

US Senate confirmed Indira Talwani as federal judge in Massachusetts.

Narendra Modi elected as the Prime Minister of India.

Sajai Singh appointed as President of International Technology Law Association

Shah Rukh Khan featured on the cover page of magazine Forbes Middle East

Indian-American student Akhil Rekulapelli won National Geographic Bee Championship

Sushma Swaraj became the first woman External Affairs Minister of India

A court in Ecuador sentenced former President Jamil Mahuad in absentia for 12 years in

jail for embezzlement.



Awards Ahmet Sik won UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2014

IAA received International Arch of Europe Award

Indian-American Mitul Kadakia won 2014 Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year

Award

Two Indian-Americans Manjusha P. Kulkarni and Ranjana P. selected for Champions of

Change

Caparo Group won International Business of the Year award 2014

Vikaram Sunderam won Best Chef in the Mid-Atlantic of James Beard Awards 2014

President conferred National Florence Nightingale Awards on 35 nursing personnel

TechnoparkTBI selected for Golden Peacock Award 2014

Edinburgh University awarded honorary degree to Former President APJ Abdul Kalam

Project Mobile Seva under DeitY won the 2014 United Nations Public Service Award

Vishwanath Tripathi received Vyas Samman 2013

Two Indian-Americans Sriram and Ansun jointly won the Scripps National Spelling Bee

The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari on 29 May 2014 presented the Malti Devi Gyan

Peeth Puraskar-2014.

Anand Mahindra became first Indian to receive Harvard Medal.

Abbreviations / Terms OCC - Comptroller of the Currency

CSO - Central Statistical Organisation

RBI -Reserve Bank of India

FDI - Foreign direct investment

DGCA - Directorate General of Civil Aviation

ACC - Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

SIMBEX 2014 - Annual bilateral naval exercises between Indian Navy and Singapore Navy

conducted in Andaman Sea from 22 May to 28 May 2014.



Council of MinistersCouncil of Ministers - Government of India

S.no Portfolio Name

Cabinet Ministers

1

Prime Minister and also in-charge of the

Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated

to the charge of any MinisterNarendra Modi

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Atomic Energy Department of

Space

2 Home Affairs Rajnath Singh

3 External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj

4 Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence Arun Jaitley

5Urban Development Housing, Urban Poverty

Alleviation, Parliamentary AffairsM Venkaiah Naidu

6 Road Transport, Highways Shipping Nitin Gadkari

7 Railways D V Sadananda Gowda

8Water Resources, River Development and Ganga

RejuvenationUma Bharati

9 Minority Affairs Dr Najma A Heptulla

10Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking

Water and Sanitation

Rural Development Minister Gopinath

Munde passed away on 3rd June 2014.

New minister for the portfolio is yet to be

decided.

11 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan

12 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra

13 Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi

14 Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar

15Communications and Information Technology, Law

and JusticeRavi Shankar Prasad

16 Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati

17 Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete

18 Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal

19 Mines Steel Labour and Employment Narendra Singh Tomar



20 Tribal Affairs Jual Oram

21 Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh

22 Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot

23 Human Resource Development Smriti Irani

24 Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan

Ministers of State with Independent Charge

1Development of North Eastern Region, External

Affairs, Overseas Indian AffairsGeneral VK Singh

2Planning, Statistics and Programme

Implementation, DefenceInderjit Singh Rao

3Textiles, Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources,

River Development and Ganga RejuvenationSantosh Kumar Gangwar

4 Culture and Tourism Shripad Yesso Naik

5 Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan

6Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs

and SportsSarbananda Sonowal

7Information and Broadcasting Environment, Forest

and Climate Change, Parliamentary AffairsPrakash Javadekar

8 Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal

9

Science and Technology Earth Sciences Prime

Minister Office Personnel, Public Grievances &

Pensions Department of Atomic Energy,

Department of Space

Jitendra Singh

10 Commerce and Industry, Finance Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman

Ministers of State

1 Civil Aviation GM Siddeshwara

2 Railways Manoj Sinha

3 Chemicals and Fertilizers Nihalchand

4Rural Development Panchayati Raj Drinking Water

and SanitationUpendra Kushwaha

5 Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Radhakrishnan P

6 Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju

7 Road Transport and Highways Shipping Krishan Pal

8 Agriculture, Food Processing Industries Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

9 Tribal Affairs Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava



10 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Raosaheb Dadarao Danve

11 Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai

12 Social Justice and Empowerment Sudarshan Bhagat

Cabinet Ministers In Picture

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