List of Union Ministers and portfolios updated as on 5 July 2016 - PDF Download

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his second cabinet expansion and reshuffle exercise since his government came to power in 2014, on 5 July 2016. In the cabinet reshuffle he inducted 19 new faces. Five ministers have been dropped from the Union Council of Ministers. These are Nihalchand, Ram Shankar Katheria, Sanwar Lal Jat, Manuskhbhai D Vasva and M K Kundariya. Here is the complete updated list of ministers and their portfolios.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space All important policy issues, and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

CABINET MINISTERS

1.	Shri Raj Nath Singh	Home Affairs
2.	Smt. Sushma Swaraj	External Affairs
3.	Shri Arun Jaitley	Finance Corporate Affairs
4.	Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu	Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Information  & Broadcasting
5.	Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Road Transport and Highways Shipping
6.	Shri Manohar Parrikar	Defence
7.	Shri Suresh Prabhu	Railways
8.	Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda	Statistics & Programme Implementation
9.	Sushri Uma Bharati	Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
10.	Dr. Najma A. Heptulla	Minority Affairs
11.	Shri Ramvilas Paswan	Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
12.	Shri Kalraj Mishra	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
13.	Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi	Women and Child Development
14.	Shri Ananthkumar	Chemicals and Fertilizers Parliamentary Affairs
15.	Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad	Law & Justice Electronics & Information Technology
16.	Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda	Health & Family Welfare
17.	Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati	Civil Aviation
18.	Shri Anant Geete	Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
19.	Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal	Food Processing Industries
20.	Shri Narendra Singh Tomar	Rural Development Panchayati Raj Drinking Water and Sanitation
21.	Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh	Steel
22.	Shri Jual Oram	Tribal Affairs
23.	Shri Radha Mohan Singh	Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
24.	Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot	Social Justice and Empowerment
25.	Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani	Textiles
26.	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	Science and Technology Earth Sciences
27.	Shri Prakash Javadekar	Human Resource Development

MINISTERS OF STATE

1.	Shri Rao Inderjit Singh	Planning (Independent Charge) Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
2.	Shri Bandaru Dattatreya	Labour and Employment (Independent Charge)
3.	Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy	Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge)
4.	Shri Vijay Goel	Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
5.	Shri Shripad Yesso Naik	AAYUSH (Independent Charge)
6.	Shri Dharmendra Pradhan	Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
7.	Shri Piyush Goyal	Power (Independent Charge) Coal (Independent Charge) New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) Mines (Independent Charge)
8.	Dr. Jitendra Singh	Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) Prime Minister’s Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space
9.	Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman	Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)
10.	Dr. Mahesh Sharma	Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge)
11.	Shri Manoj Sinha	Communications (Independent Charge) Railways
12.	Shri Anil Madhav Dave	Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)
13.	General V.K. Singh	External Affairs
14.	Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar	Finance
15.	Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste	Health & Family Welfare
16.	Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	Minority Affairs Parliamentary Affairs
17.	Shri S.S. Ahluwalia	Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Parliamentary Affairs
18.	Shri Ramdas Athawale	Social Justice & Empowerment
19.	Shri Ram Kripal Yadav	Rural Development
20.	Shri Haribhai Parthbhai Chaudhary	Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
21.	Shri Giriraj Singh	Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
22.	Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir	Home Affairs
23.	Shri G.M. Siddeshwara	Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
24.	Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi	Drinking Water & Sanitation
25.	Shri Rajen Gohain	Railways
26.	Shri Parshottam Rupala	Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Panchayati Raj
27.	Shri M.J. Akbar	External Affairs
28.	Shri Upendra Kushwaha	Human Resources Development
29.	Shri Radhakrishnan P.	Road Transport & Highways Shipping
30.	Shri Kiren Rijiju	Home Affairs
31.	Shri Krishan Pal	Social Justice & Empowerment
32.	Shri Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor	Tribal Affairs
33.	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan	Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
34.	Shri Vishnu Deo Sai	Steel
35.	Shri Sudarshan Bhagat	Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
36.	Shri Y.S. Chowdary	Science and Technology Earth Science
37.	Shri Jayant Sinha	Civil Aviation
38.	Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Information & Broadcasting
39.	Shri Babul Supriyo	Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
40.	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti	Food Processing Industries
41.	Shri Vijay Sampla	Social Justice & Empowerment
42.	Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal	Finance Corporate Affairs
43.	Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey	Human Resource Development
44.	Shri Ajay Tamta	Textiles
45.	Smt. Krishna Raj	Women & Child Development
46.	Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya	Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilizers
47.	Smt. Anupriya Patel	Health & Family Welfare
48.	Shri C.R. Chaudhary	Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
49.	Shri P.P. Chaudhary	Law & Justice Electronics & Information Technology
50.	Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre	Defence

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GK Questions SBI Clerk Mains Exam 26 June 2016 - Morning Shift

Hi Aspirants, here are are GK Questions asked in today's (26 June 2016) SBI Clerk Mains Exam - Morning Shift.

1. Kanha National Park is located at? - Madhya Pradesh

2. Currency of Malaysia? - Ringgit

3. Headquarters of World Tourism Organization? - Madrid, Spain

4. Cuttack situated on which river? – Mahanadi River

5. July 11 is observed as? - World Population Day

6. ECB full form? - External Commercial Borrowing

7. "Playing it my way" is the autobiography of? - Sachin Tendulkar

8. Ujjwala scheme is related to? – for free LPG scheme

9. Which country becomes first to ban deforestation? – Norway

10. Salt Lake stadium situated in? – Kolkata

11. Lima is the capital city of? – Peru

12. FMC merged with? – SEBI

13. Jayant Sinha is the Minister of State for Finance from which constituency? –Hazaribagh ,Jharkhand

14. Headquarters of Indian Overseas Bank? – Chennai

15. CRISIL is a? –  credit rating agency

16. Indus valley desert in northern region of which country? – Pakistan

17. T in RTGS means? – Time (Real time gross settlement)

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions – 14 June 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 14 June 2016. This questions will be very useful for all upcoming exams.

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1. World Blood Donor Day is observed on?

(A) 13 June

(B) 14 June

(C) 15 June

(D) 16 June

2. India and Ghana have recently (June 2016) signed three bilateral agreements to strengthen co-operation in varied fields. Name the capital of Ghana?

(A) Copenhagen

(B) Port-au-Prince

(C) Accra

(D) Victoria

3. Who of the following assumed charge as the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court on 13 June 2016?

(A) Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad

(B) Justice R K Mathur

(C) Justice Ashok Bhusan

(D) Justice J Chelemeswar

4. Who has won the 2016 Canada Grand Prix title of Formula One?

(A) Lewis Hamilton

(B) Sebastian Vettel

(C) Valtteri Bottas

(D) Nico Rosberg

5. Which entity will acquire professional social platform LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, as was announced on 13 June 2016?

(A) Facebook

(B) Google

(C) Twitter

(D) Microsoft

6. Which among the following country is not participating in the Joint Naval Exercise Malabar 2016?

(A) China

(B) India

(C) Japan

(D) USA

7. Name the theme of the 2016 World Blood Donors Day?

(A) Thank you for saving my life

(B) Safe blood for saving mothers

(C) Give the gift of life

(D) Blood connects us all

8. Writer Mudrarakshasa who died on 13 June 2016 was famous in which language?

(A) Tamil

(B) Urdu

(C) Hindi

(D) Bengali

9. Name the e-ticketing company in which Ratan Tata recently invested?

(A) Book My Show

(B) Kyazoonga

(C) Goal

(D) None of these

10. Name of the web portal and mobile app that will be launched by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development for IIT JEE aspirants?

(A) IITPAL

(B) Vidya Lakshmi

(C) Aspirants Guru

(D) None of these

Answers

1) Ans. (B) 14 June 2016 Theme: “Blood connects us all”

2) Ans. (C) Accra

3) Ans. (A) Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad

4) Ans. (A) Lewis Hamilton

5) Ans. (D) Microsoft

6) Ans. (A) China

7) Ans. (D)  Blood connects us all

8) Ans. (C) Hindi

9) Ans. (B) Kyazoonga

10) Ans. (A) IITPAL

Current Affairs Quiz Questions – 13 June 2016

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Current Affairs Quiz - 13 June 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Multiple Choice Current Affairs Quiz Questions for 13 June 2016 useful for all upcoming exams.

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1. ____ has recently become the first country in the world to prohibit deforestation?

(A) Scotland

(B) Norway

(C) Denmark

(D) Russia

2. On 11 June 2016 who became the first Indian cricketer to score a century on one day international (ODI) debut?

(A) Sanju Samson

(B) Karun Nair

(C) KL Rahul

(D) None of these

3. Who has been recently chosen as India’s flag bearer at Rio Olympics?

(A) Mary Kom

(B) Sushil Kumar

(C) Saina Nehwal

(D) Abhinav Bindra

4. Which country has successfully launched a 23rd BeiDou Navigation Satellite to support its global navigation and positioning network?

(A) China

(B) Argentina

(C) France

(D) Japan

5. Who on 12 June 2016 won the women’s title of the 2016 Australian Open Super Series Badminton tournament?

(A) P V Sindhu

(B) Carolina Marin

(C) Ratchanok Intanon

(D) Saina Nehwal

6. Name the Indian American author who recently won the prestigious 2016 International Dublin Literary Award for his semi-autobiographical novel “Family Life.”?

(A) Akhil Sharma

(B) Neel Mukerjee

(C) Arvind Adiga

(D) Vineeth Mathur

7. In which country on 12 June 2016 a mass shooting occurred at a gay nightclub in which at least 51 people were killed, including the gunman?

(A) Canada

(B) Italy

(C) USA

(D) Australia

8. Who on 12 June 2016 won the men’s title of the 2016 Australian Open Super Series Badminton tournament?

(A) P.Kashyap

(B) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus

(C) Lee Dong-keun

(D) Lin Dan

9. World Day Against Child Labour was observed on?

(A) 13 June

(B) 12 June

(C) 11 June

(D) 10 June

10. Inder Malhotra who died on 12 June 2016 was a veteran?

(A) Singer

(B) Writer

(C) Journalist

(D) Politician

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Norway

2) Ans. (C) KL Rahul

3) Ans. (D) Abhinav Bindra

4) Ans. (A) China

5) Ans. (D) Saina Nehwal

6) Ans. (A) Akhil Sharma

7) Ans. (C) USA

8) Ans. (B) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus

9) Ans. (B) 12 June

Note: 2016 Theme: ‘End child labour in supply chains – It’s everyone’s business.’

10) Ans. (C) Journalist

Current Affairs Quiz - 12 June 2016

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Employment News - 11 June 2016 to 17 June 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the employment news for 11th June to 17th June 2016.

1. UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Name Of Post : Enforcement Officers/Accounts Officers in Employees Provident Fund Organisation

No.of Vacancies : 257

Last Date :23.06.2016

2. BHARAT COAKING COAL LIMITED, DHANBAD

Name Of Post : Overseer (Civil), Junior Overman and Mining Sirdar

No.of Vacancies : 721

Last Date :07.07.2016

3. DENA BANK

Name Of Post : Specialist Officers in MMGS-II and SMGS IV

No.of Vacancies : 48

Last Date :24.06.2016

4. ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, JOSHPUR

Name Of Post : Child Psychologist, Vocation Counsellor, Technical Assistant, Physiotherapist, Office Assistant etc

No.of Vacancies : 68

Last Date :30 days from the date of publication

5. ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE, PUNE

Name Of Post : Junior Scientific Assistant, LDC, Painter and Decorator etc

No.of Vacancies : 24

Last Date :21 days from the date of publication

Source : http://employmentnews.gov.in/

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Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 12 June 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 12 June 2016 useful for all upcoming exams.

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1. ____ on 11 June 2016 became the first state in India to have an open government data portal?

(A) Assam

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Sikkim

2. Former Chief Minister V. Vaithilingam was elected unopposed as the Speaker of ____ legislative Assembly on 11 June 2016?

(A) Puducherry

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Kerala

(D) Delhi

3. India, Japan and United States (US) navies have kicked off 2016 ____ trilateral naval Exercise near South China Sea?

(A) TROPEX

(B) MALABAR

(C) IBSAMAR

(D) GARUDA

4. Union Railways Ministry has flagged off Champaran Satyagrah Express train at a function in Motihari, Bihar on 11 June 2016. Champaran Satyagrah Express train has been introduced to mark 100 years of the historic Champaran Satyagraha (movement) launched by Mahatma Gandhi in?

(A) 1919

(B) 1921

(C) 1917

(D) 1915

5. India was ranked ____ on a Global Peace Index (GPI) for year 2016 out of 163 countries?

(A) 121

(B) 141

(C) 101

(D) 87

6. Which country topped 2016 Global Peace Index?

(A) Denmark

(B) Austria

(C) New Zealand

(D) Iceland

7. Union Ministry of Power on 11 June 2016 has launched Surya Mitra mobile App to serve customers in the field of renewable energy. The app was launched by Union Power Minister?

(A) Piyush Goyal

(B) Ashok Gajapthi Raju

(C) Nitin Gadkari

(D) None of these

8. Which bank has recently launched India’s first internationally-listed certified green bond to finance climate change solutions around the world at London Stock Exchange (LSE)?

(A) ICICI Bank

(B) Axis Bank

(C) Canara Bank

(D) Yes Bank

9. Which country on 9 June 2016 honoured UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Order of Friendship Award?

(A) Russia

(B) France

(C) Italy

(D) Australia

10. Which country has topped in the list of 19 countries figuring in the 2016 Malware Infection Index (MII) in the Asia-Pacific region?

(A) India

(B) Indonesia

(C) China

(D) Pakistan

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Sikkim

2) Ans. (A) Puducherry

3) Ans. (B) MALABAR

4) Ans. (C) 1917

5) Ans. (B) 141

6) Ans. (D) Iceland

7) Ans. (A) Piyush Goyal

8) Ans. (B) Axis Bank

9) Ans. (A) Russia

10) Ans. (D) Pakistan

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GK Questions asked in UIIC AO Exam - 12 June 2016 (Evening Shift)

Hi Aspirants, United India Insurance is conducting its Administrative Officer exam on 12 June 2016. In this post we are sharing with you the GK & Computer Questions asked in today's (12 June 2016) UIIC AO Exam - Evening Shift.

1. Which is the first airport to operate fully on solar energy? - Cochin Airport

2. Next Asian Games 2018 will be held in? – Jakarta, Indonesia

3. South Asian Games 2018 will be held at? - Kathmandu, Nepal

4. National Science Day? - 28 February

5. Winner of Italian Tennis Open women's singles? – Serena Williams

6.  SBI Partner with which cab? – Uber

7. Mynamar recently granted license to which Indian bank? - SBI

8. RBI Executive Director? - Deepak Singhal

9. Pulitzer Prize for Public Service associated press? - The Washington Post

10. In context of banking, what does ‘BBB’ stands for__? - Bank Board Bureau

11. BASEL Norms to be implemented in India by which date? – March 31, 2019
12. Shatrujeet exercise concluded in? – Rajasthan
13. ____ dropped its plans to float a payments bank? - Cholamandalam
14. What is the rate of Interest in Crop Insurance scheme? - 7%
15. Youngest player to reach 10,000 runs in Test cricket? - Alastair cook
16. White label ATM registerd under which act? – Payment and Settlement Systems (PSS) Act 2007
17. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister? – Ranil Wickremesinghe
18. 2016 Academy award for best movie? – Spotlight
19. Best Actress award at 63rd National Film Awards 2016? – Kangana Ranaut 
20. In India, educational limit-options are? - 10 lakhs, 20 lakhs, 30 lakhs 
21. Account Aggregator to? - NBFC banks
22. In BASEL, what is the full form of CAR? - Capital Adequacy Ratio
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United India Insurance (UIIC) AO Exam 12 June 2016 Solved Questions - Morning Shift

Hi Aspirants, United India Insurance is conducting its Administrative Officer (AO) exam on 12 June 2016. In this post we are sharing with you the GK & Computer Questions asked in today's (12 June 2016) UIIC AO Exam - Morning Shift.

1. Who won the Best Actor award at National Award film awards 2016? - Amitabh Bachchan

2. Anti-corruption Day is observed on? - 9 December

3. IRDAI headquarter located in? - Hyderabad

4. BBB full form? - Bank Board Bureau

5. First state in the country to give social welfare benefits to transgender community? – Odisha

6. ICICI partnered with which for its payment bank? - Finotech

7. Basel Headquarter is at? – Switzerland

8. OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) prediction for India's growth? - 7.5%

9. MCLR full form? - Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR)

10. Asia’s largest underground railway station located in? – China

11. Who was recently reappointed as ICC Cricket Committee Chairman? – Anil Kumble 
12. Kaziranga National Park is situated at? - Assam
13. 42nd G7 Summit was histed by which country? - Japan
14. Winner of Italian Open Tennis tournamnet men's singles? – Andy Murray
15. Who is the present Attorney General Of India? – Mukul Rohatgi
16. Uday scheme related to? – Revival of Power Distribution
17. Why was State Bank of Travencore penalised for 1000cr? - For deficiencies in reporting to the CRILC database
18. ASBA fullform? - Application Supported by Blocked Amount 
19. Indradhanush initiative related to? – To revamp Public Sector Banks
20. Mrinalanini Sarabhai who passed away recently was a famous in? – classical dancer
20. Mrinalanini Sarabhai who passed away recently was a famous in? – classical dancer
21. SBI among 4 foreign banks granted approval to start branches in which country? - Myanmar
22. Raman Magsasey award is named after which country's President? - Philippines
23. Indian basket ball player selected in NBA? - Satnam Singh Bhamara 
24. Capital small finance bank started at? - Punjab
25. In Basel norms, what is the full form of HQLA? - High Quality Liquid Assets 
26. Minimum time frame for short term loans? - 60 days to 120 days
27. Fasalbhima Yojana SAO full forM? - Seasonal Agricultural Operational 

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