Ashwini Vaishnaw, Dharmendra Pradhan, Anurag Thakur among big gainers in cabinet rejig As many as 43 ministers, including new and old, took oath on Wednesday evening and the portfolios were distributed soon after. Share Updated: Jul 8, 2021, 06:50 AM IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi has completely revamped the Union Council of Ministers by inducting new faces and restructuring the portfolios. A new entrant to the cabinet, Ashwini Vaishnaw will be the new Railways, Communications and IT Minister. Earlier, Ravi Shankar Prasad was heading the Communications and IT Ministry, while the Railways portfolio was with Piyush Goyal. Newly-promoted Cabinet minister Anurag Thakur has been made the new I&B Minister, besides holding the Sports portfolio. Thakur was earlier the Minister of State for Finance. The I&B portfolio was earlier with Prakash Javadekar, who is out of the Cabinet now. Sports ministry was held by Kiren Rijiju, who will now be the new Law Minister.