Credited with boosting the highway network across the country, Nitin Gadkari has retained the charge of the Road Transport and Highways Ministry. Former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been allocated Housing and Urban Affairs, and Power Ministries. Ashwini Vaishnaw, a rising star in the government who was in charge of crucial Railways, and Electronics and Information Technology ministries, has not only retained these portfolios but has also been given the important Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

Dharmendra Pradhan and Piyush Goyal will also continue to be in charge of the Education, and Commerce and Industry ministries respectively. Hardeep Singh Puri has retained the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry but has shed the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.

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JD(Secular)’s H D Kumaraswamy has been assigned the Heavy Industries and Steel ministries. Jitan Ram Manjhi from HAM-Secular will oversee the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Ministry. Lalan Singh of Janata Dal-United has been entrusted with the Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying Ministries. Additionally, TDP’s K Rammohan Naidu will head the Civil Aviation Ministry, while Chirag Paswan, leader of LJP (Ram Vilas), has been given charge of the Food Processing Industries Ministry.