The two-time Union minister and Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka has been included in the Modi Cabinet 3.0 as Finance Minister.
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Jharkhand, Annapurna Devi, was made as the Union Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development.
Bengaluru's first-ever woman MP Shobha Karandlaje on Sunday took oath as part of Modi cabinet 3.0.
Raksha Khadse, the now three-time MP from Raver in Maharashtra, has been inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers.
46-year-old Thakur is a prominent woman tribal leader of the BJP in the state. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, she defeated the Congress' Radheshyam Muvel by 2.18 lakh votes.
The 57-year-old defeated Aam Aadmi Party’s Umesh Makwana by a huge margin of 4.55 lakh votes in the Bhavnagar constituency.
Ms Patel has been representing UP's Mirzapur since 2014. She has also held the post of Apan Dal (Soneylal) party president since 2016.