Nirmala Sitharaman - The new defence minister of India

Q.  President of India has appointed whom as India’s first full time woman defence minister?
- Published on 04 Sep 17

a. Nirmala Sitharaman
b. Najma Heptullah
c. Smriti Irani
d. Sushma Swaraj

ANSWER: Nirmala Sitharaman
 
Nirmala Sitharaman - The new defence minister of IndiaThe President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers:-
Shri Narendra ModiPrime Minister and also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.

CABINET MINISTERS
1. Shri Raj Nath SinghMinister of Home Affairs.
2. Smt. Sushma SwarajMinister of External Affairs.
3.Shri Arun JaitleyMinister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
4.Shri Nitin Jairam GadkariMinister of Road Transport and Highways; Minister of Shipping; and Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
5. Shri Suresh PrabhuMinister of Commerce and Industry.
6. Shri D.V. Sadananda GowdaMinister of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
7. Sushri Uma BharatiMinister of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
8.Shri Ramvilas PaswanMinister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
9. Smt. Maneka Sanjay GandhiMinister of Women and Child Development.
10.Shri AnanthkumarMinister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
11.Shri Ravi Shankar PrasadMinister of Law and Justice; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology.
12.Shri Jagat Prakash NaddaMinister of Health and Family Welfare.
13.Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju PusapatiMinister of Civil Aviation.
14.Shri Anant GeeteMinister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
15.Smt. Harsimrat Kaur BadalMinister of Food Processing Industries.
16.Shri Narendra Singh TomarMinister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Mines.
17.Shri Chaudhary Birender SinghMinister of Steel.
18.Shri Jual OramMinister of Tribal Affairs.
19.Shri Radha Mohan SinghMinister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
20.Shri Thaawar Chand GehlotMinister of Social Justice and Empowerment.
21.Smt. Smriti Zubin IraniMinister of Textiles; and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
22.Dr. Harsh VardhanMinister of Science and Technology; Minister of Earth Sciences; and
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
23.Shri Prakash JavadekarMinister of Human Resource Development.
24.Shri Dharmendra PradhanMinister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
25.Shri Piyush GoyalMinister of Railways; and Minister of Coal.
26.Smt. Nirmala SitharamanMinister of Defence.
27.Shri Mukhtar Abbas NaqviMinister of Minority Affairs.

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