Narendra Modi Cabinet 2.0: As the second term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially begins, 58 ministers also take oath as cabinet members. The new Council retains several previous Cabinet Ministers like Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharam, Smriti Irani and also boasts of first-time ministers like Amit Shah and S Jaishankar. On the other hand, there were many surprises in omission. PM Modi dropped many familiar faces of the previous government.