Rajnath Singh, on whom the Prime Minister banked on heavily in the last five years whenever there was a crisis, is the first minister to take oath after Narendra Modi

Amit Shah, for the first time, is part of the Union Cabinet. Modi's decision to bring Shah in his Cabinet signals that he will now play a crucial role in the government, effectively the go-to man for the Prime Minister, several party leaders believe

Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley will not be part of the new Modi Cabinet

Nirmala Sitharamana, the first full-time woman defence minister in the first Modi government, takes oath

Nitin Gadkari, often dubbed as the one of the high performing ministers during the first term of PM Narendra Modi-led government, takes oath. He is expected to be entrusted with key responsibilities in the second term too

Another new face which has found a place in the Union Council of Ministers is former foreign secretary S Jaishankar

Ravi Shankar Prasad takes oath as Union minister. In the first stint under Modi, the government's flagship Digital India programme was implemented under his watch

The JD(U) decided to not be a part of Narendra Modi's new Cabinet, saying it would not accept the BJP's offer of only one ministerial berth

Piyush Goyal, who briefly served as finance minister last year when Arun Jaitley was indisposed, takes oath

Prakash Javadekar, who has held several portfolios in the previous Narendra Modi government, takes oath. Javadekar took over the affairs of the HRD ministry from Smriti Irani , who was shunted to the textiles ministry amid various controversies, in 2016

Smriti Irani, who defeated Congress president Rahul Gandhi by 55,120 votes in Amethi in the Lok Sabha elections, takes oath

Dharmendra Pradhan, who steered Modi government's biggest social initiative of providing free cooking gas (LPG) connection to poor women in the rural hinterland, takes oath as Union minister

Giriraj Singh, a staunch loyalist of Narendra Modi since the days he was the Gujarat chief minister, takes oath

Jitendra Singh administered oath as minister of state with independent charge by President Ram Nath Kovind

Kiren Rijiju, Pralhad Singh Patel, RK Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri and Mansukh Lal Mandaviya take oath as MoS with independent charge

VK Singh and Arjun Ram Meghwal take oath of office

Anurag Thakur takes oath as minister of state. Thakur, who was also the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from May 2016 - February 2017, had received the 'Best Young Parliamentarian Award' in 2011

Maneka Gandhi likely to be pro-tem Speaker in the Lok Sabha. Gandhi is the outgoing Union minister for women and child development

Nityanand Rai, Rattan Lal Kataria, V Muraleedharan, Renuka Singh Saruta and Som Parkash take oath as ministers of state

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is not part of the new council of ministers

There are 24 Cabinet ministers and as many MoS' while nine others have been given MoS with independent charge rank

Narendra Modi was on Thursday sworn in as the country's Prime Minister for a second term, heading the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the presence of a large gathering of national and international dignitaries. Modi was administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Ram Nath Kovind at the forecourt of majestic Rashtrapati Bhavan . Here are the key highlights: