new delhi prime minister narendra modi on friday introduced to the lok sabha 43 of the 44 members of his council of ministers all ministers were introduced in the house barring minister of state for power coal and new and renewable energy independent charge piyush goyal who was absent after goyals name was announced by modi some congress members shouted that he was not present in the house then i will introduce him the next time modi said and continued announcing the names of other ministers those introduced included the bjp topbrass like home minister rajnath singh external affairs minister sushma swaraj finance corporate and defence minister arun jaitley parliamentary affairs urban development housing and poverty alleviation minister m venkaiah naidu and surface road transport and highways shipping rural development panchayati raj drinking water and sanitation minister nitin gadkari among the ministers representing bjps allies were minister for consumer affairs food and public distribution ram vilas paswan ljp heavy industries and public enterprises anant geete shiv sena food processing harsimrat kaur badal sad and civil aviation minister ashok gajapathi raju tdp others introduced by the prime minister included social justice and empowerment minister t c gehlot hrd minister smriti zubin irani and health and family welfare minister harsh vardhan there are 22 cabinet ministers 10 ministers of state with independent charge and 12 ministers of state