❖ The first meeting of the new government was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and the division of portfolios was announced.

❖ Seven women leaders were inducted into the Council of Ministers, with only two were given cabinet berths.

❖ Leaders of NDA allies were assigned 11 berths in the Cabinet.

❖ No changes have been made in the top four ministries – Home, Defence, Finance and External Affairs.

❖ For the third time in a row, Nitin Gadkari has become the Minister of Road Transport and Highways.

❖ Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been made the Minister of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Rural Development.

❖ At the same time, BJP President JP Nadda, who became a cabinet minister, will have the responsibility of the Ministry of Health.

❖ Former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will hold the important portfolios like Power and Housing.

❖ Among the top 10 ministers, HD Kumaraswamy is the only non-BJP leader.

❖ He has been given the charge of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Steel.

❖ Ashwini Vaishnaw has been retained as the railway minister.

❖ V Somanna and Ravneet Singh Bittu have been made Ministers of State for Railways.

❖ Annapurna Devi has got the charge of Women and Child Development.

❖ K Rammohan Naidu, from TDP and the youngest minister in the government, will be the Civil Aviation Minister.

❖ Mansukh Mandaviya has been made the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs.

❖ Raksha Khadse is the youngest woman minister of state for sports.

❖ L. Murugan got the Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

❖ Kerala’s Suresh Gopi has been made Ministers of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Ministry of Tourism.

❖ No Muslim MP was sworn in as a minister for the first time.

❖ In fact, No Muslim candidate from NDA allies got elected to the 18th Lok Sabha this time. IN