Nirmala Sitharaman has been retained as the finance minister for the next five years. Sitharaman took over the finance portfolio in 2019 following Arun Jaitley's illness. She was the first full-time woman Finance Minister of the country in 2019.
She has also held the positions of Defence Minister and Industry and Commerce Minister. On Sunday, she became the first woman to be sworn in as a minister for the third consecutive term under the Modi government.
On Sunday, she became the first woman to be sworn in as a minister for the third consecutive term under the Modi government.
Amith Shah and Rajnath Singh have retained the Home Ministry and Defence Ministry, respectively. Manohar Lal Khattar has been appointed as the new Minister of Power, along with the Housing and Urban Affairs portfolio.