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{{short description|Overview of the reshuffle of the First Modi ministry (2014)}}

[[File:Prime Minister Modi in July 2021.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]]]

Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] carried out the first reshuffle of his [[Premiership of Narendra Modi|premiership]] on 9 November 2014 in which he expanded the initial composition of the [[First Modi ministry|ministry]] formed on 26 May 2014. Modi inducted four cabinet ministers, three ministers of state with independent charge, and fourteen ministers of state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29983743|title=Indian PM Narendra Modi expands cabinet with 21 new ministers|date=10 November 2014|website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref>

== Appointees ==

Former Goan Chief Minister [[Manohar Parrikar]] and Rajya Sabha MPs [[Suresh Prabhu]], [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]], and [[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Chaudhary Birender Singh]] were appointed cabinet ministers. The ministers of state (independent charge) appointed were [[Bandaru Dattatreya]], [[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]], and [[Mahesh Sharma]]. The ministers of state were [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]], [[Ram Kripal Yadav]], [[Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary]], [[Sanwar Lal Jat]], [[Mohan Kundariya]], [[Giriraj Singh]], [[Hansraj Gangaram Ahir]], [[Ram Shankar Katheria]], [[Y.S. Chowdary]], [[Jayant Sinha]], [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]], [[Babul Supriyo]], [[Niranjan Jyoti]], and [[Vijay Sampla]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/photo/narendra-modi-cabinet-expansion-bjp-central-ministers-373798-2014-11-09/5|title=Narendra Modi's Cabinet reshuffle: Meet the new ministers|date=9 November 2014|website=[[India Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=111200|title=Press Release: Allocation of Portfolios amongst the members of the Council of Ministers|date=9 November 2014|website=[[Press Information Bureau]]|author=President's Secretariat}}</ref>

== Cabinet-level changes ==

{| class="tocolours"
!Colour key
|-
|{{ubl|{{legend0|#A2E2AA|Joined the cabinet|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"|Minister
!Position before reshuffle
!Position after reshuffle
|-
| [[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Arun Jaitley]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]|[[Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Minister of Corporate Affairs]]|[[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]}}
| {{ubl|[[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]|[[Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Minister of Corporate Affairs]]|[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]}}
|-
| [[File:Shri Nitin Gadkari on March 3, 2023 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nitin Gadkari]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Minister of Road Transport and Highways]]|[[Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways|Minister of Shipping]]|[[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Minister of Rural Development]]|[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj|Minister of Panchayati Raj]]|[[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation|Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation]]}}
| {{ubl|[[Minister of Road Transport and Highways]]|[[Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways|Minister of Shipping]]}}
|- bgcolor="#A2E2AA"
| [[File:The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Manohar Parrikar]]'''
| ''None''{{efn|Chief Minister of Goa until 8 November 2014}}
| [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]
|- bgcolor="#A2E2AA"
| [[File:Suresh Prabhu (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Suresh Prabhu]]'''
| ''None''
| [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
|-
| [[File:D.V. Sadananda Gowda.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sadananda Gowda|D. V. Sadananda Gowda]]'''
| [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
| [[Minister of Law and Justice]]
|-
| [[File:Ravi Shankar Prasad At Office.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Minister of Communications (India)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology]]|[[Minister of Law and Justice]]}}
| [[Minister of Communications (India)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology]]
|- bgcolor="#A2E2AA"
| [[File:Jagat Prakash Nadda 2023.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]'''
| Rajya Sabha MP
| [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
|-
| [[File:Narendra Singh Tomar addressing a press conference after launching the Swachh Sarvekshan (Gramin)- 2017, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Mines (India)|Minister of Mines]]|[[Ministry of Steel#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of Steel]]|[[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of Labour and Employment]]}}
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Mines (India)|Minister of Mines]]|[[Ministry of Steel#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of Steel]]}}
|- bgcolor="#A2E2AA"
| [[File:Chaudhary Birender Singh with Venkaiah Naidu (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]'''
| Rajya Sabha MP
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Rural Development (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of Rural Development]]|[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of Panchayati Raj]]|[[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation|Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation]]}}
|-
| [[File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]'''
| [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)|Minister of Science and Technology]]|[[Ministry of Earth Sciences|Minister of Earth Sciences]]}}
|-
|}
{{notelist}}

== Minister of State-level changes ==

{| class="tocolours"
!Colour key
|-
|{{ubl|{{legend0|#A2E2AA|Joined the cabinet|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"|Minister
! Position before reshuffle
!Position after reshuffle
|-
| [[File:VK Singh.jpg|70px]]
| General '''[[V. K. Singh]]''' (Retd)
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region]]|[[Minister of State for External Affairs (India)|Minister of State for External Affairs]]|[[Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs]]}}
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation]]|[[Minister of State for External Affairs (India)|Minister of State for External Affairs]]|[[Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs]]}}
|-
| [[File:Rao Inderjit Singh taking over as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning in May 2014 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Rao Inderjit Singh]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Planning (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning]]|[[Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation]]|[[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of State for Defence]]}}
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Planning (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning]]|[[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of State for Defence]]}}
|-
| [[File:Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Santosh Kumar Gangwar]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Textiles (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles]]|[[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs]]|[[Ministry of Jal Shakti#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation]]}}
| [[Ministry of Textiles (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:The ILO Deputy Director General (Policy) International Labour Organization, Ms. Deborah Greenfield meeting the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Bandaru Dattatreya]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Rajiv Pratap Rudy PIB (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]]|[[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs]]}}
|-
| [[File:Shripad Yasso Naik - Kolkata 2014-10-12 7755.JPG|70px]]
| '''[[Shripad Yesso Naik]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Culture (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture]]|[[Ministry of Tourism (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism]]}}
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Ayush#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH]]|[[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare]]}}
|-
| [[File:Sarbananda Sonowal with PM Modi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]'''
| [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports]]
| [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports]]
|-
| [[File:Prakash Javadekar MIB (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Prakash Javadekar]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change]]|[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information and Broadcasting]]|[[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs]]}}
| [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change]]
|-
| [[File:Jitendra Singh Rana.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)|Jitendra Singh]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology]]|[[Ministry of Earth Sciences#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences]]|[[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office]]|[[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions|Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]]|[[Department of Space |Minister of State for Department of Space]]|[[Department of Atomic Energy|Minister of State for Department of Atomic Energy]]}}
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region]]|[[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office]]<br>[[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions|Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]]<br>[[Department of Space |Minister of State for Department of Space]]<br>[[Department of Atomic Energy|Minister of State for Department of Atomic Energy]]}}
|-
| [[File:Am 11. April 2025 empfing Außenministerin Beate Meinl-Reisinger die indische Finanzministerin Nirmala Sitharaman in Wien (54445397025) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nirmala Sitharaman]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry]]|[[Minister of Finance (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Finance]]|[[Ministry of Corporate Affairs#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Corporate Affairs]]}}
| [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Dr. Mahesh Sharma taking charge as the Minister of State for (Independent Charge) Tourism, in New Delhi on November 12, 2014 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mahesh Sharma]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Culture (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture]]|[[Ministry of Tourism (India)#Cabinet Ministers|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism]]|[[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Civil Aviation]]}}
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi addressing media (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]'''
| Rajya Sabha MP
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Minority Affairs#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Minority Affairs]]|[[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs]]}}
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Ram Kripal Yadav (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ram Kripal Yadav]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Ministry of Jal Shakti#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Sanwar Lal Jat (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sanwar Lal Jat]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Ministry of Jal Shakti#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Mohan Kundariya (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mohan Kundariya]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Agriculture]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Giriraj Singh assuming charge as Minister of State (Independent Charge) in 2017.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Giriraj Singh]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in New Delhi on December 22, 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Hansraj Gangaram Ahir]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers]]
|-
| [[File:G. M. Siddeshwara (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[G. M. Siddeshwara]]'''
| [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Civil Aviation]]
| [[Ministry of Heavy Industries#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]]
|-
| [[File:Nihalchand addressing at the presentation of the 4th National Awards for Technology Innovation (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nihalchand]]'''
| [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers]]
| [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Panchayati Raj]]
|-
| [[File:Upendra Kushwaha in 2018 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Upendra Kushwaha]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Rural Development (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Rural Development]]|[[Ministry of Panchayati Raj#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Panchayati Raj]]|[[Ministry of Jal Shakti#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation]]}}
| [[Minister of Education#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Human Resource Development]]
|-
| [[File:Pon Radhakrishnan.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Pon Radhakrishnan]]'''
| [[Ministry of Heavy Industries#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]]
| {{ubl|[[Minister of Road Transport and Highways#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways]]|[[Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Shipping]]}}
|-
| [[File:Krishan Pal at the National Workshop on Autism Tools (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Krishan Pal]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Minister of Road Transport and Highways#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways]]|[[Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Shipping]]}}
| [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment]]
|-
| [[File:Sanjeev Kumar Balyan.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sanjeev Kumar Balyan]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Agriculture]]|[[Ministry of Food Processing Industries#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Food Processing Industries]]}}
| [[Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Agriculture]]
|-
| [[File:Vishnu Deo Sai, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Vishnu Deo Sai]]'''
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Mines (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Mines]]|[[Ministry of Steel#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Steel]]|[[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Labour and Employment]]}}
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Mines (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Mines]]|[[Ministry of Steel#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Steel]]}}
|-
| [[File:Sudarshan Bhagat giving awards (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sudarshan Bhagat]]'''
| [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment]]
| [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Rural Development]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Ram Shankar Katheria (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ram Shankar Katheria]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Minister of Education#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Human Resource Development]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Set1-3 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Y. S. Chowdary]]'''
| Rajya Sabha MP
| {{ubl|[[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Science and Technology]]|[[Ministry of Earth Sciences#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Earth Sciences]]}}
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:JayantSinha.JPG|70px]]
| '''[[Jayant Sinha]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Minister of Finance (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Finance]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (IC) and Information & Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore addressing after felicitating the winners of the World Youth Boxing Championship 2017, at a function (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Babul Supriyo 2018.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Babul Supriyo]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| {{ubl|[[Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Urban Development]]|[[Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation]]}}
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Niranjan Jyoti]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Ministry of Food Processing Industries#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Food Processing Industries]]
|- bgcolor=#A2E2AA
| [[File:Vijay Sampla (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Vijay Sampla]]'''
| Lok Sabha MP
| [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment]]
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cabinet reshuffles in India]]
[[Category:Modi administration]]
[[Category:November 2014 in India]]

2014 Indian cabinet reshuffle - Revision history

OctaviaKeys89 at 13:19, 20 September 2025