President K R Narayanan, as advised by Prime Minister Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today allotted portfolios to ministers of state:
| Name | Portfolios |
| Omak Apang | Tourism |
| Sukhbir Singh Badal | Industry |
| Bandaru Dattatreya | Urban Development |
| Ramesh Bais | Steel and Mines |
| Uma Bharati | Human Resource Development |
| Dalit Ezhilmalai | Health and Family Welfare (independent charge) |
| Maneka Gandhi | Welfare (independent charge) |
| Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| R K Kumar | Finance (Revenue, Banking and Insurance) and additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs |
| Babulal Marandi | Environment and Forests |
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Information and Broadcasting |
| Ram Naik | Railways and Parliamentary Affairs |
| Dr A K Patel | Chemicals and Fertilisers |
| Babagowda Patil | Rural Development (independent charge) |
| Dr Debendra Pradhan | Surface Transport |
| Kabindra Purkayastha | Communications |
| Vasundhara Raje | External Affairs |
| Dilip Ray | Coal (independent change) |
| Sompal | Agriculture |
| Satyapal Singh Yadav | Civil Supplies |
| R Janarathanan | Personnel, Public Grivances and Pensions |