Team Modi: The New Cabinet

Narendra Modi has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister, India's 15th and the second from the BJP. Mr Modi led his party to a historic 282-seat win, decimating the ruling Congress. These are the 23 ministers who will form the Cabinet in his 45-member council of ministers, the leanest ever.

Rajnath Singh : Ministry - Home

Arun Jaitley: Ministry - Finance with additional charge of Defence

Sushma Swaraj: Ministry - External Affairs

Nitin Gadkari: Ministry - Transport

Sadananda Gowda: Ministry - Railways

M Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs Ministries

Ravi Shankar Prasad: Ministry - Telecom and Law

Smriti Irani: Ministry - Human Resource Development

Uma Bharti: Ministry - Water Resources, Ganga Renovation

Najma Heptulla: Ministry - Minority Affairs

Gopinath Munde: Ministry - Rural Development, Sanitation

Ram Vilas Paswan: Ministry - Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Kalraj Mishra: Ministry - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Maneka Gandhi: Ministry - Women and Child Development

Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Ministry - Food Processing

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju: Ministry - Civil Aviation

Anant Geete: Ministry - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Ananth Kumar: Ministry - Chemicals and Fertilisers

Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment Ministries

Jual Oram: Ministry - Tribal Affairs

Thawar Chand Gehlot: Ministry - Social Justice and Empowerment

Radha Mohan Singh: Ministry - Agriculture

Dr Harsh Vardhan: Ministry- Health and Family Welfare