PM Narendra Modi inducted 19 new ministers into his Council of Ministers on 5 July, ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament scheduled to start later this month. While Prakash Javadekar was promoted, six Cabinet ministers have been dropped from the council.
The list of the 19 new ministers includes five Dalit leaders, two from minority communities and two women.
Here's a look at the assets and liabilities of the newly inducted ministers:
1) Jaswant Singh Bhabhor
The tribal leader is a Lok Sabha MP from Gujarat's Dahod.
Assets: Rs 1.97 crore (Rs 1,96,61,231)
Liabilities: Rs 17 lakh (Rs 17,41,547)
2) Ramdas Athawale
The Dalit leader is a Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra.
Assets: Rs 3.66 crores (Rs 3,66,59,600)
Liabilities: Rs 21 lakh (Rs 21,40,500)
3) Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
The Dalit leader is a Lok Sabha MP from Karnataka's Bijapur.
Assets: Rs 8.94 crores (Rs 8,94,29,828)
Liabilities: Rs 53 lakh (Rs 53,05,043)
4) Anil Madhav Dave
The author-cum-environmentalist is a Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh.
Assets: Rs 60 lakh (Rs 60,97,179)
Liabilities: Rs 26 lakh (Rs 26,01,600)
5) Faggan Singh Kulaste
The tribal leader is a Lok Sabha MP from Mandala in Madhya Pradesh.
Assets: Rs 2.57 crores (Rs 2,57,38,420)
Liabilities: Rs 98,311
6) PP Choudhary
The Lok Sabha MP from Pali in Rajasthan is a senior advocate and an RSS worker.
Assets: Rs 35.35 crores (Rs 35,35,03,467)
Liabilities: Rs 78 lakh (Rs 78,92,216)
7) Purshottambhai Rupala
The OBC Kushwaha leader hails from Gujarat.
Assets: Rs 7.54 crores (Rs 7,53,65,554)
Liabilities: Rs 7 lakh (Rs 7,13,024)
8) SS Ahluwalia
The Lok Sabha MP from Darjeeling was the Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Upper House during Manmohan Singh's term.
Assets: Rs 2,34 crores (Rs 2,33,77,223)
Liabilities: Rs 4.4 lakh (Rs 4,43,035)
9) Rajen Gohain
The 65-year-old tribal leader is a Lok Sabha MP from Assam's Nawong.
Assets: Rs 2.47 crores (Rs 2,47,36,544)
Liabilities: Rs 53 lakh (Rs 53,28,287)
10) Vijay Goel
The Delhi leader was elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.
Assets: Rs 29.97 crores (Rs 29,97,53,000)
Liabilities: Rs 1.01 crores (Rs 1,01,61,490)
11) Mahendra Nath Pandey
The Lok Sabha MP from Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh holds a PhD in Hindi.
Assets: Rs 2.65 crores (Rs 2,64,89,505)
Liabilities: Rs 11.14 lakh (Rs 11,14,000)
12) Subhash Ram Rao Bhamre
The Lok Sabha MP from Dhule in Maharashtra. Bhamre is a doctor who specialises in cancer surgery.
Assets: Rs 12.58 crores (Rs 12,58,33,320)
Liabilities: Rs 6.60 lakh (Rs 6,60,757)
13) MJ Akbar
The senior journalist is a Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand.
Assets: Rs 35.75 crores (Rs 35,75,39,712)
Liabilities: Rs 2.71 crore (Rs 2,71,35,168)
14) Ajay Tamta
The Lok Sabha MP from Uttarakhand's Almora is a Dalit leader.
Assets: Rs 63.67 lakh (Rs 63,66,653)
Liabilities: Rs 27.58 lakh (Rs 27,57,846)
15) Krishna Raj
The Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur is one of the three faces from the poll-bound state.
Assets: Rs 1.65 crores (Rs 1,65,06,411)
Liabilities: Rs 36.12 lakhs Rs 36,12,812
16) ML Mandaviya
The Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat represents the Patel community.
Assets: Rs 1.77 crore (Rs 1,77,06,931)
Liabilities: Rs 68,000
17) Anupriya Patel
The young Apna Dal leader is Lok Sabha MP from UP's Mirzapur.
Assets: Rs 2.68 crore (Rs 2,68,58,156)
Liabilities: Rs 18 lakh (Rs 18,05,603)
18) CR Chaudhary
The Jat leader is a Lok Sabha MP from Nagaur, Rajasthan.
Assets: Rs 1.79 crore (Rs 1,79,21,949)
Liabilities: Rs 0
19) AR Meghwal
Dalit leader Arjun Ram Meghwal is a Lok Sabha MP from Bikaner.
Assets: Rs 1.81 crore (Rs 1,81,42,863)
Liabilities: Rs 12.16 lakh (Rs 12,16,408)
First published: 5 July 2016, 15:42 IST