Narendra Modi was on Thursday sworn in as country's Prime Minister for a second term, heading the National Democratic Alliance government in the presence of a large gathering of national and international dignitaries.

Modi, 68, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Ram Nath Kovind at a glittering ceremony at the forecourt of majestic Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The other top leaders who were sworn-in as Union ministers included BJP president Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, D V Sadananda Gowda, Nirmala Sitharaman and Ram Vilas Paswan.

Here is the list of first-time ministers:

Amit Shah

Deboshree Chaudhary

G Kishan Reddy

Kailash Chowdhary

S Jaishankar

Shripad Naik

Suresh Angadi

Som Parkash

Subrat Pathak

Rattan Lal Kataria

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

Rameshwar Teli

Rita Bahuguna Joshi

RCP Singh

Nityanand Rai

Pralhad Joshi

First Published:May 30, 2019 8:49 PM IST