Dharmendra Pradhan gets Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. Ashwinin Vaishnaw gets Railways, IT & Telecommunications. Hardeep Singh Puri became the new Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the new Union Minister was elected to Rajya Sabha from Odisha on a BJP ticket with BJD support. He was the Private Secretary to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.